AI: Amazing Innovation or Annihilation Incoming?

Posted 12:02pm Sunday 6th September 2026 by Stella Weston

I know that students have pretty strong feelings about artificial intelligence.  “FUCK AI”. “Just admit you can’t think for yourself, you smooth-brained twat”. “Never, AI should be destroyed [...] AI should be banned, all information about how it can be Read more...

How To De-AI-ify Your Life

Posted 9:53am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Hanna Varrs

AI tools are pretty much everywhere, and Big Tech has done a stellar job in normalising their incorporation into just about every digital product we use.  What I will say is that I am not anti-AI in any blanket statement sense. I do believe that there are applications of AI that will do Read more...

Pint Night Fall Off?

Posted 10:27am Sunday 16th August 2026 by Luca Jamieson

Wednesday nights for many students are not spent in Central, but rather underground at the aptly named University Bar, U-Bar. Pint Night serves as the student community’s weekly chance for cheap pints, and typically offers a constant rotation of student bands. But recently, allegations have Read more...

The Price of Free

Posted 11:23am Sunday 2nd August 2026 by Heeni Koero Te Rerenoa (Sky)

If there’s one thing a Ngāpuhi likes, it’s arguing a case. Unfortunately for everyone else, I’ve always got one.  Artificial intelligence is having a phenomenal year. Apparently, it can write your assignment, draft a CV, answer difficult emails, and plan your holiday Read more...

Post-It Note “Warfare” Over AI-Generated Poster

Posted 4:23pm Saturday 11th July 2026 by Stella Weston

Late last semester, a mailing list of Zoology Postgraduate students received a “not-positive email message” from their Head of Department. Critic Te Ārohi understands that the email was sent following some students putting critical post-it notes on an AI-generated poster made by Read more...

Vice-Chancellor’s Welcome Email Returns 100% AI Prediction

Posted 4:34pm Saturday 11th April 2026 by Hanna Varrs

Critic Te Ārohi recently received a news tip from an anonymous student that ran Vice-Chancellor Grant Robertson’s welcome email through GPTZero (Model 4.2b). The message was sent to all students at the start of the year, and had the subject-line “Student update: 25 February Read more...

Critical Tribune: University declares state of emergency as brainrot spreads across campus

Posted 11:01pm Sunday 28th September 2025 by Gear Sloppit

The University of Ota-goon has announced an Official State of Emergency after a “catastrophic outbreak” of brainrot left hundreds of students unable to form original sentences, instead communicating exclusively through TikTok sounds and vintage Tumblr quotes. In a press conference Read more...

Editorial: It Happened, I Went to a Split-Screened Rave

Posted 5:29pm Saturday 26th July 2025 by Nina Brown

I went to a split-screened rave last week. Picture this: a boiler room on the top floor of The Grand in Wellington. Frothing crowd of mid-20s, sunglasses on (despite the dark) and exposed skin slick with sweat, surrounding the DJ. And above it all, Minecraft and Subway Surfers projected onto an Read more...

Debatable: Should Small Businesses Use AI Art in Advertising?

Posted 5:17pm Saturday 17th August 2024 by Hannah Twigg

Debatable is a column written by the Otago University Debating Society. The Debating Society welcomes new members and meets at the Business School every Tuesday at 6pm. For: Liam Gould  AI art can be tacky and cheap but it can also be effective if used correctly. There's a reason why Read more...

The Computer Ate My Homework

Posted 4:20pm Friday 19th August 2022 by Arlo Hill and Fox Meyer

AI is getting better and better. It’s becoming more and more popular at the same time as online learning is booming in popularity. What's stopping students from using AI to do their assignments? Who would even be able to tell if they did? As AI continues to take over jobs, and as more and Read more...