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  By Dr Sajad Hussein Kamarally There was a time when mothers and aunties could spend hours on the telephone.“What are you cooking today?”“Who is getting married next month?”“Eh, did you hear about...?”It was innocent gossip. Nothing very important. Nothing that would change the world. But it made people happy.It made them feel connected.You could hear the laughter, the sighs, the excitement and sometimes even the silence at the other end of the line. There was warmth in a human voice. Today?We have WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram and so many other ways to communicate.We have everything.And yet, somehow, we seem more disconnected than ever.It has become so easy. So fast. And sometimes, so artificial.A family WhatsApp group may have 100 messages in a day, but hardly a real conversation. A 👍 here.A forwarded video there.A “Happy Birthday” sticker.A few emojis, that is it.Very convenient. Very efficient. But where is the human feeling? We used to call.We used to listen.We use...

  AI: A Tool or a Crutch? The Red Line We Must Draw A Great-Grandfather’s Concern By Dr Sajad Hussein Kamarally Today, I found myself thinking about how much technology has changed our lives. For the better? Or for the worse? I honestly don’t know.May be it is a little of both. You see, there is something very human about us. We have an inborn streak of laziness. The moment we discover something that means we no longer have to work quite so hard, we gladly embrace it. And that brings me to Artificial Intelligence,(AI). If AI can do a student’s homework, what happens to the student?He may get the answer,but does he understand it? Does he understand the principle behind it? The concept? The reason why the answer is what it is? More importantly, has he learned how to think? That is what worries me. The danger is not AI itself. The danger is what happens when we allow AI to do the thinking for us. A student who constantly asks AI for the answer may gradually lose the patience to strugg...