AI’s rise: Progress, power, and ethical peril

The global discourse surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) has largely been dominated by an obsession with technological achievement. Conversations brim with excitement about creating smarter systems, optimising computational efficiencies, and redefining innovation’s boundaries. Yet, a troublingsilence looms large — one that sidesteps the profound ethical and social questions AI raises. Are we, as a global society, so captivated by the “can we?” that we’ve lost sight of the equally important “should we?”.