Arun Sandaradura On February 22nd, the stage was set for an intense battle. The first leg of the Champions League Round of 16 clash, between Arsenal and Porto. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal were riding high after a string of impressive performances in the Premier League, scoring 21 goals in their last five […]
What is Sora AI?
Sora AI is the latest and most advanced release of Artificial Intelligence. From the company that also created ChatGPT and DALL-E (named OpenAI), Sora AI brings forth numerous questions and ideas that must be addressed. What is Sora AI? Above shows video AI in the past vs now. In a […]
The Snowy Mountains in Summer
By Sam Eyers From mountain biking to tobogganing, from bushwalking to swimming in the snowy river, the variety and sheer brilliance of the activities offered at the snowy mountains is just stunning. In the summer school holidays, I travelled to Jindabyne, a town 30 minutes’ drive away from Thredbo village. […]
AUS vs NZT20 – A Run Chase for the History Books
By Sam Campion On the 21st of February, debatably one of the greatest run chases in T20 cricket history took place at Sky Stadium in Wellington. This run chase (the side batting last needs to score a certain number of runs to win) went down to the last over of […]
Smashing Success: Recapping the Cricket World Cup
By Sam Eyers It was a humid day in Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad. The stadium of 120,000, was a sea of blue, with the occasional dot of yellow here and there. The Australians were heavily outnumbered and clear underdogs. Only a miracle would prove Australia the win. India batted first […]
A Multiverse of Possibilities
A Multiverse of Possibilities Warning: This article contains spoilers for Marvel movies and shows What’s the Deal Marvel Studios is a global production company that is loved by many fans young and old. Throughout my childhood, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has been my absolute favourite movie series. Since the […]
The Senior play Danny Fisher – a review
By Michael Korompay Walking into the drama theatre, with the warm lighting and jazz music, an immersive world was created, drawing the audience into the world of ‘Danny Fisher.’ Adapting Matthew Ryan’s play, Ms James’ captures the feeling of Australia in the 1940s, presenting a realistic and lived-in depiction of […]
Human or Not? The World’s Biggest Turing Test
By Seth Bogardus One of the questions that plagues us the most in the modern world is “Can AI be sentient?”. Many people have attempted to answer this question, but there is no definitive answer. The best criteria we have for sentience right now is the Turing Test. Invented by […]
A Brief History of Pumpkin Carving
By Aidan Lim The jack-o’-lantern is now an icon of Halloween, but how did it come to be?The jack-o’-lantern originated in Ireland, to ward away the wandering spirit of Stingy Jack. The myth is about Stingy Jack, who tricked the Devil. When he died, he was neither allowed into Heaven […]
Behind the Barbie
The new Barbie movie has blown up since its release date, making over 1.38 billion dollars in the global box office. On its first weekend out, Barbie made $155 million