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Essay, Once Upon Three Roads| Issue 001

The Harm Beneath the AI Hype

Olalekan Adepoju, PhD The world is currently experiencing a radical change and our understanding of how we exist in it keeps changing; all thanks to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Broadly defined, AI refers to machine learning systems that make predictions based on statistical models constructed from vast quantities of data. From the workplace to education, entertainment and to virtually every aspect of our lives, the unthinkable vastness of these data systems has necessarily enabled a more efficient way … Continue reading The Harm Beneath the AI Hype

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Once Upon Three Roads| Issue 001, Poetry

Desire

The blood beneath my skin is white when you place it under the white lights.  I remember that January, its crisp touch of bright mistSpreading. I remember Allen, his body a home we haveJust returned to, after hearing that dozens of mothersJumped off Third Mainland bridge into their children’sFuneral. The elegies were inherited, almost lyrical thatThe Newspapers clouded the day, full of listeners.They did know … Continue reading Desire

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Once Upon Three Roads| Issue 001

Orbiting

I see the moon and a single pulsing star;Static and proud, guardians of a night sky.Her luminescence warms my thigh,And a gentle breeze kisses my soul. A white chocolate Malteser: replete withCraters and dust, ingredients of a young love.I see the moon, the moon sees me,And she is all orbit and resplendence. Her quiet light breaks me. I long for piecesOf her on my tongue; … Continue reading Orbiting

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