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When Energy Becomes Compute: Who Benefits in Whanganui?

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What a cutting-edge distributed AI proposal might tell us about renewable energy, regional prosperity and the next frontier of digital inclusion What if some of the most valuable infrastructure of the artificial intelligence age did not sit only inside enormous overseas data centres, but was also distributed through ordinary homes, businesses and community buildings? And […]

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We May Be Asking the Wrong Economic Question

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This reflection was prompted in part by a recent LinkedIn post from James Fierro on scarcity, abundance, and the changing economic question. Click here to view It is an odd time to talk about possibility. Perhaps we are asking the wrong economic question for the times we are now living in. The world does not

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On Passing Milestones and Finding the Difference Between Purpose and Why

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From Frenzy to Stillness – The last few weeks have flown by in a blur of preparation, anticipation, and presentation. It feels strange, and slightly disorienting, to suddenly find myself without the immediate pressure of preparing for Techweek2025, a project that has consumed my focus since the start of this year. The Whanganui Digital Inclusion

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The Power of Thinking and Starting with Why

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We don’t have the money, so we have to think. – Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) on Kiwi ingenuity (Image pottery sculpture by Robin Murdoch) https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/rutherford-of-nelson-1972 Whilst not quite as of earth-shattering  importance to the splitting of the atom, nevertheless , attention to quickly fixing the digital divide must be given more priority. Probably Rutherford would not

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Upon Fragility

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In my digital inclusion mahi, fragility is a constant state which motivates me to strive to stay strong to succeed. Fragility may be regarded as a weakness and debilitating condition for some, but I love fragility’s connection with exquisiteness, fineness, and brittleness.* Equally interesting to me is that their antonyms include roughness and rudeness, solidity

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AI + Communication Symposium held at Auckland University of Technology on Wednesday 6 September 2023

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THE HUMAN AND THE MACHINE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE CHANGING WORLD Congratulations to Auckland University of Technology (AUT) for hosting this excellent event.  What a fantastic opportunity it was to hear such impressive and thought-provoking presentations by outstanding academic experts about how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming our lives. The Symposium investigated AI’s impact across

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