The Looking Glass

  HARSHIL TANNA L6G Abstract  Natural Language Processing (NLP) is the umbrella term for the various processes and techniques needed to interpret human language. This technology has become an integral part of our lives that shapes the way we function.  Initially, the cognitive abilities of NLP models were restricted, resulting in numerous misinterpretations when given commands outside a specified word set. Similarly, initial iterations of voice-controlled assistants, such as Siri, required users to articulate commands multiple times to be understood.  These challenges were common in the early NLP systems as they struggled to handle the complexities of the human language. Over time, advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning have considerably improved a machine’s ability to understand and process natural language to expand the possibility of smoother interactions. For example, the repetitive process of articulating commands facilitated Siri's acquis...

  Effervescent change  A crumpled note,  Some clinking change,  Can not buy a boat,  But it quenches the pain.  You have enough,  To survive your day,  But your parents bluff,  About the pay.  At the end of each week,  Comes the looming prize,  Though it may be bleak,  It helps to survive.  A gift, held so dear,  As the giver of happy days,  But when their gone comes the tears, Of thy reckless spending ways.  It brings joy, makes the receiver feel able. But when its gone, it becomes a longing fable.  By Aadi Shah 8G

  Remembering the Holocaust: Why History Must Never Be Forgotten LOUIS OCQUIDANT L6 "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." This famous quote from Spanish philosopher George Santayana is one we have heard so many times that we ironically wish we could forget it. And yet we don’t in many academic circles: philosophy, theology, sociology, psychology, and history; we simply repeat it, fulfilling its prophecy. The event that is synonymous with this statement is the Holocaust, the mass industrialized eradication of 6 million Jewish men, women, and children at the hands of Nazi Germany and their collaborators. Pried from their homes. Kept as animals. Dying as people.  In March I had the privilege of participating in the Lessons From Auschwitz project, an educational experience organized by the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET). As the name suggests, this project centred around the extermination and labour camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, modern-day Oświęcim, Po...

 Benjamin Holden L6G 

  What is going on in IRAQ …IRAN? In the early hours of Sunday morning (BST), US President Donald Trump announced to the world on social media that a series of US bomber strikes (namely B-2 bombers with the capacity to drop ‘bunker buster’ bombs that are capable of penetrating the underground Uranium enrichment site of Fordow) had taken place on three ‘key’ sites in Iran.  This is perhaps the defining moment of Trump's turbulent yet still youthful premiership.  Iran is  currently under the regime commanded by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (aged 86). The regime that operates in Iran is unquestionably unpopular with the Iranian populus as indicated in polls which suggest that up to 80% of people would support the overthrow of the regime though these are hard to verify given the strictly regulated nature of journalism in Iran. The Revolutionary Guard (founded in the aftermath of the Iranian revolution of 1978) operate the oppressive regime that is notorious for its lack of rig...