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How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet
How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet
The rise of artificial general intelligence -- now seen as inevitable in Silicon Valley -- will bring change that is "orders of magnitude" greater than anything the world has yet seen, observers say.This is the first time we're able to create intelligence itself and increase its amount in the universe," he told AFP. Change, as a result, will be "orders of magnitude greater than every other technological change we've ever had in history."
·yahoo.com·
How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet
Do Not Fear Progress and Technology; Fear Capitalism
Do Not Fear Progress and Technology; Fear Capitalism
Technologies, much like corporations, are not inherently ‘evil.’ Rather, they are shaped by cultural and ideological circumstances.
·antoniomelonio.substack.com·
Do Not Fear Progress and Technology; Fear Capitalism
children are not property. they are people.
children are not property. they are people.
Children deserve to be children. Children are not the property of their parents who can use and exploit them for their own gain. They are CHILDREN and they will spend the rest of their lives hurtin…
·wilwheaton.net·
children are not property. they are people.
Mapped: Minimum Wage Around the World
Mapped: Minimum Wage Around the World
This infographic shows the net minimum wage across 67 countries, as of January 2023. A breakdown by U.S. state is also included.
·visualcapitalist.com·
Mapped: Minimum Wage Around the World
What Have Humans Just Unleashed?
What Have Humans Just Unleashed?
Call it tech’s optical-illusion era: Not even the experts know exactly what will come next in the AI revolution.
·theatlantic.com·
What Have Humans Just Unleashed?
Potato Famine 2.0?
Potato Famine 2.0?
Social contagion, was the driving force behind Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)’s quick growth but it was also what eventually did them in. As most of us know by
·gapingvoid.com·
Potato Famine 2.0?
Audiences Grow Weary of Stories that Never End
Audiences Grow Weary of Stories that Never End
Disney and Netflix make billions by creating a culture without closure—but unhappy viewers are pushing back against the system.
·tedgioia.substack.com·
Audiences Grow Weary of Stories that Never End
Elizabeth Warren’s Moment (Again)
Elizabeth Warren’s Moment (Again)
Today on TAP: Nobody understands or explains the corruption of the financial system better than the Massachusetts senator.
·prospect.org·
Elizabeth Warren’s Moment (Again)
A Solution for Japan’s Military Mismatch
A Solution for Japan’s Military Mismatch
Given that Japan’s primary threats are maritime, why has it invested so heavily in a land-based force?
·foreignpolicy.com·
A Solution for Japan’s Military Mismatch
The Age of American Naval Dominance Is Over
The Age of American Naval Dominance Is Over
The United States has ceded the oceans to its enemies. We can no longer take freedom of the seas for granted.
·theatlantic.com·
The Age of American Naval Dominance Is Over
Trapped in an echo chamber?
Trapped in an echo chamber?
Where new people go, new ideas flow. That’s why infrastructure has always influenced culture. In the days of old, it shaped the flow of trade. The flow of
·gapingvoid.com·
Trapped in an echo chamber?
Allocating scarcity
Allocating scarcity
If we’re lucky, we invent something that’s going to be in high demand. Reservations at a hot restaurant. Limited edition trading cards. Concert tickets… How to decide who gets the…
·seths.blog·
Allocating scarcity