Care Bots

Pulse 15 January 2024 On July 6, 2023, the Channel News Asia website published an article by Reuters entitled ‘AI robots could play future role as companions in care homes.’ The article featured Nadine, an A.I. powered social robot invented by Nadia Magnenat Thalmann,...

Chatbots and Ethics

Pulse 1 January 2024 On 30 November 2022, the San Francisco based OpenAI and creator of DALL.E2 and Whisper AI launched ChatGPT, a form of generative AI that has the ability to produce new or original content. Drawing from a large data network comprising various...

The Wounds of Christ

Pulse 4 December 2023 One of the most interesting debates in the history of Christian theology has to do with the significance of the wounds of Christ. At the Crucifixion, Jesus sustained five wounds – on his hands, his feet and at his side. As John 20:24-28 makes...

CRISPR and Ethics

Pulse 4 December 2023 In November 2018, media across the world is abuzz with the news of the birth of two girls whose genes have been modified to make them immune from HIV. He Jiankui, a scientist from China, and his team, managed to disable the CCR5 gene that...

After the Repeal: New Challenges for the Church

Pulse 20 November 2023 On 29 November 2022, the Singapore Parliament voted to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, a law which criminalises sex between men. In addition, the government also passed a Bill to strengthen the traditional definition of marriage – that it...