Apps! Apps are everywhere! We have an app for almost literally everything. Social media? Based on apps. Start your car? App. Want food? App. Apps make life so much easier and more efficient. But are they better? Safer? To be determined. Having everything...
Art isn’t dead, and AI isn’t alive
In the 21st century, all it takes is one quick scroll on any social media page to see an abundance of strange and bland content. Short videos with disembodied flat voices, frames that blend together and objects or people that really don't look quite right — the dead...
Proposed NAIT Applied AI diploma must have a competitive edge for future viability
NAIT might get an Applied Artificial Intelligence Diploma. The full-time, two-year program was first brought to Academic Council before being approved by the Board of Governors. NAIT currently has a continuing education course, AI-Driven Project Management, but the...
Is AI teaching us or are we teaching it?
Over the past few semesters, I’ve noticed that some instructors are less available to discuss feedback and instructions on assignments. And with AI ready at the push of the button, I’ve turned to it to explain instructions, give examples and even assist with grammar...
One bill, big question: Can age verification ever be safe?
Age verification laws sound simple on paper — until you look closely at how they work. Canada is now debating this through Bill S-209, which would require platforms to take reasonable steps to stop minors from accessing adult content online. Australia has also...
Has the world consumed too much?
Do you spend more than $14 a day? This money could be spent on gas, lunch or entertainment after class. These actions are the barebones of consumerism. According to The World Counts, a website tracking global challenges, if everyone lived like western consumers, we’d...
Am I too old for school?
We used to be too cool for school, but now we might be too old for school — especially online school. As older students, online learning can be difficult.
ChatGPT is killing my spark (and it’s killing yours, too)
I’ve been a passionate reader and writer ever since I was little. Reading other peoples’ experiences and writing about my own has always been a large part of my life. I was that kid who hid under the covers, reading novels with a flashlight until well after midnight....
Books on screens, hooked students and the downfall of my attention span
I wanted to finish a chapter of my investing course by reading it off my mobile. Instead, I finished three seasons of Friends in YouTube shorts, and I thought to myself: ‘Could studies BE any more distracting?’ In high school, back in my home country, I...
The death of media literacy
On my internet feeds, there’s been a lot of controversy around the show Hazbin Hotel. The show follows the devil’s daughter as she tries to set up a place for sinners to redeem their souls. While the premise itself has people talking, the fourth episode, Masquerade,...










