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➴➴➴Æ🜔Ɲ.Ƈꭚ⍴𝔥єɼ👩🏻‍💻<p>People continue to think about <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> in terms of <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/2010s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2010s</span></a> computing, which is part of the reason everyone gets it wrong whether they're <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/antiAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antiAI</span></a> or <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> bros.</p><p>Look, we had 8GB of <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ram</span></a> as the standard for a decade. The standard was set in 2014, and in 2015 <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AlphaGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlphaGo</span></a> beat a human at <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Go" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Go</span></a>. </p><p>Why? Because, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> lags <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> - in <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> terms: supply follows demand, but demand can not create its own supply.</p><p>It takes 3 years for a new chip to go through the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> readiness levels and be released.</p><p>It takes 5 years for a new <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/chip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chip</span></a> architecture. E.g. the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> architecture was conceived in 2012, and released in 2017.</p><p>It takes 10 years for a new type of technology, like a <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a>.</p><p>Now, AlphaGo needed a lot of RAM, so how did it stagnate for a decade after doubling every two years before that?</p><p>In 2007 the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Iphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Iphone</span></a> was released. <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computers</span></a> were all becoming smaller, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>efficiency</span></a> was becoming paramount, and everything was moving to the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a>. </p><p>In 2017, most people used their computer for a few applications and a web browser. But also in 2017, companies were starting to build <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> for AI, as it was becoming increasingly important.</p><p>Five years after that, we're in the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> lockdowns, and people are buying more powerful computers, we have <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a>, and companies are beginning to jack up the const of cloud services.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> releases chips with large amounts of unified <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a>, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> starts to break the internet, and in 2025, GPU growth continues to outpace CPU growth, and in 2025 you have a competitor to Apple's unified memory.</p><p>The era of cloud computing and surfing the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> is dead.</p><p>The hype of multi-trillion parameter <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> making <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/AGI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AGI</span></a> is a fantasy. There isn't enough power to do that, there aren't enough chips, it's already too expensive.</p><p>What _is_ coming is AI tech performing well and running locally without the cloud. AI Tech is _not_ just chatbots and <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aiart</span></a>. It's going to change what you can do with your <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a>.</p>
Some Guy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kinkyelephant.com/@ErosBlog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ErosBlog</span></a></span> Agreed.</p><p>I used to enjoy being online but given the explosion of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> in the last couple years I fear we are rapidly entering a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hellscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hellscape</span></a> where the quality of content has been and continue to degrade. AI has some legitimate use cases, but it's being shoved into everything now. From search results to online reviews to media to operating systems and mobile devices. I don't want this.</p><p>I'd rather minimize my time online now and use my flip phone full time.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Eindhoven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eindhoven</span></a> Tech President Robert-Jan Smits said bringing in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> scientists could boost <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> sovereignty in areas like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/semiconductors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductors</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a>'s sister <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> Vrije Universiteit Brussel &amp; Université Libre de Bruxelles launched a scheme encouraging US-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>researchers</span></a> to apply for 36 postdoctoral positions. And the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, which promotes the exchange of top scientists to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, plans to increase its programs by ~20%.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BrainDrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrainDrain</span></a></p>
Spaceflight 🚀<p>Each <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> breakthrough brings us closer to realizing the goal of living on <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mars</span></a> 🔴. Mars colonization 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀 is within our potential reach. This paper has outlined a feasible timeline⌛ <br>📆 2020s: Continued <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/robotic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robotic</span></a> exploration<br>📆 2030s: Test missions for human life-support systems and <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/ISRU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ISRU</span></a> ⚒️ on the Martian surface <br><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10884476" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/</span><span class="invisible">PMC10884476</span></a></p><p><a href="https://spacey.space/tags/HumanSpaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanSpaceflight</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceTravel</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceExploration</span></a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/SpaceColonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceColonization</span></a></p>
acemaxx<p>The prospect of huge <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/investments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investments</span></a> into the <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defence</span></a> sector has also fuelled hopes <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> could halt its industrial and <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> decline by helping manufacturers and engineers find a new purpose and new markets, chart @financialtimes.com <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/006db78c-a6cc-424e-bc67-d2a43a681a74" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/006db78c-a6cc-4</span><span class="invisible">24e-bc67-d2a43a681a74</span></a></p>
Jasmine Guffond<p><a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/Hello" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hello</span></a> World <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p>I’m an artist and researcher working primarily with sound across music and art contexts. That is, I produce records, installations and play gigs. Over the last 10 years there has been a focus on sonifying data produced by surveillance tech and in general I’m interested in sound’s potential to engage with contemporary political contexts. <br>I’m also someone who feels conflicted about using social media - on the one hand I would happily not engage with it whatsoever but as an artist feel it’s necessary to have some visibility in these spaces. I tend to sporadically post about upcoming gigs or exhibitions and occasionally will share an article, usually about something happening in the tech space that I find particularly worrisome. In general I’m critical towards <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> solutionism and feel <a href="https://post.lurk.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> won’t save us. However I am curious and hopeful for the potential of de-centralised platforms such as this and am extremely grateful to all the people whose energies go into developing alternatives to Big Tech and their increasingly centralised power and over-reach. Finally if you’ve got this far, thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts both based in research and from the heart. I look forward to following you back. &lt;3</p>
Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>breadandcircuses</span></a></span> </p><p>The idea that#sociological problems (the way we live in our society) have <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> solutions has always been a flawed idea.</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Gerontocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gerontocracy</span></a> is the threat</p><p>Children who are raised in environments where adults are a threat are Built Different™. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> is about observing a void and stepping into occupy the space. </p><p>A lot of people observe a void and don’t do anything. </p><p>Very few have the skill to notice and the will to do something about it. </p><p>The reasons are <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitical</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a>-induced.</p><p><a href="http://inaniludibrio.com/2024/06/28/gerontocracy-is-the-threat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2024/06/28/g</span><span class="invisible">erontocracy-is-the-threat/</span></a></p>
Pete Orrall (defunct account)<p>I've posted quite a bit on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>. Yes, it's an exciting and fascinating <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> that has the potential to change the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> as we know it. But, as history has routinely demonstrated <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> trail behind <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a>.</p><p>AI is no exception. We have an <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethical</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/duty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duty</span></a> to use it responsibly. Otherwise, we are just playing with fire in a room saturated in oxygen and acetylene. Below, is one such example with an eye-opening article about how large language models can be weaponized to hijack <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/websites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>websites</span></a> autonomously.</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/17/ai_models_weaponized/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2024/02/17/ai_</span><span class="invisible">models_weaponized/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/warning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warning</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a><br> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>For supporters of a <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/hydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrogen</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transport</span></a> economy, its all looking a bit like the Betamax/VHS choice in the 1980s (for this of you old enough to recall the river video system);</p><p>the promise of a <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>green</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/automotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automotive</span></a> system is increasingly taking the Betamax role; it may be a superior technology, but all the main <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/manufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manufacturers</span></a> are going down the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/electricvehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicles</span></a> - <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> route (the VHS option). </p><p>the political economy of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> advance is seldom easy to predict</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/13/will-hydrogen-overtake-batteries-in-the-race-for-zero-emission-cars" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2024/</span><span class="invisible">feb/13/will-hydrogen-overtake-batteries-in-the-race-for-zero-emission-cars</span></a></p>
Nic<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StarTrek</span></a> has a good track record for inspiring <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> advances. Why not <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>social</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a> advances? I guess having the <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> label it appeals to future scientists and engineers rather than sociologists, economists or politicians. The thought that national governments will come together to resolve global problems is apparently just too far fetched.</p>
Nonilex<p>“Today’s young people have grown up &amp; been <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politicized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politicized</span></a> as the age of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/polycrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polycrisis</span></a> has emerged, during which forms of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economic</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitical</span></a> turmoil have grown &amp; reinforced each other to a degree never seen before,” OSF president Mark Malloch Brown wrote. “So, although most people globally still have faith in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, that faith is running on fumes.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SuperPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Minoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>Again, I state, the greatest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> risk we currently face isn't from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a>-driven <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, but from rapid and mostly unchecked advances in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/genomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genomic</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/biological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biological</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/biomedical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biomedical</span></a>) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciences</span></a>.</p><p>Once we can literally create <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> life in a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lab</span></a> (it will definitely happen, soon), imagine what people like <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PeterThiel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeterThiel</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/governments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>governments</span></a> like the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> will try to achieve...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CRISPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CRISPR</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/prosthetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prosthetics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bioengineered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bioengineered</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SuperSoldiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperSoldiers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SuperWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuperWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UberMensch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UberMensch</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BraveNewWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BraveNewWorld</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/09/28/1200105467/japanese-scientists-race-to-create-human-eggs-and-sperm-in-the-lab" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/health-shots/</span><span class="invisible">2023/09/28/1200105467/japanese-scientists-race-to-create-human-eggs-and-sperm-in-the-lab</span></a></p>
acemaxx<p><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> hit back at the <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> ’s investigation&nbsp;into its <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/electricvehicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricvehicle</span></a> <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/subsidies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subsidies</span></a> and chided foreign automakers for failing to keep up with <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> innovations, chart @bpolitics <a href="https://tinyurl.com/5ancx6hm" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/5ancx6hm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>Boosting the efficiency of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SolarPanels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPanels</span></a> beyond the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> limitations of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/silicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silicon</span></a> is another Everything, Everywhere, All at Once <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> mitigation solution that may be achieved by using <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Perovskites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perovskites</span></a>.</p><p>"<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Perovskites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perovskites</span></a> are yet another example of old <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> that's just starting to gain some traction in the world of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a>...it was discovered...in 1839 and is a family of materials with the same <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/crystal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crystal</span></a> structure as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CalciumTitaniumOxide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CalciumTitaniumOxide</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CaTiO3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaTiO3</span></a>)."</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/OYzCq8YWAHw?si=Ql9hjmwlWaW57uT9" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/OYzCq8YWAHw?si=Ql9hjm</span><span class="invisible">wlWaW57uT9</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>I've been thinking about <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a>, calls for its <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> &amp; some previous cases of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> determinism.</p><p>As I've said here before, perhaps the best way of thinking about all this is to return to the work of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/LewisMumford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LewisMumford</span></a> who makes the distinction between Authoritarian Technics &amp; Democratic Technics... which encourages us to focus not on the characteristic(s) of <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>, but rather the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> interests of those who deploy &amp; promote it.</p><p><a href="https://northwestbylines.co.uk/business/technology/is-artificial-intelligence-out-of-our-control/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">northwestbylines.co.uk/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/technology/is-artificial-intelligence-out-of-our-control/</span></a></p>
acemaxx<p>23 countries have now reached a critical tipping point for <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicles</span></a> : 5% of new <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> - This threshold signals the start of mass adoption, when <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> preferences rapidly flip, chart @climate <a href="https://tinyurl.com/24zkjns6" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/24zkjns6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
acemaxx<p>The dot-com <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/bubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bubble</span></a> taught investors to be wary of stock-market rallies powered by a <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> boom, that is, until generative <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> sent <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> stocks soaring this year, chart @WSJecon <a href="https://tinyurl.com/4a922dke" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tinyurl.com/4a922dke</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>So <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Uber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Uber</span></a> has finally started turning a profit.... how did they do that? </p><p>By making their <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> solution ever more efficient.... err no!</p><p>By cutting costs in their tech teams?.... wrong again</p><p>By moving to cheaper office space &amp; re-negotiating their financing?.... nope not that either.</p><p>By upping their take on the fares charged by Uber drivers, effectively cutting their pay? yup, that's the one!</p><p>Of course, now labour markets are 'tighter' this may backfire... as drivers get other jobs!</p>
beSpacific<p>Way too little too late - House of Representatives cmte launched investigation into investments by 4 U.S. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/venturecapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>venturecapital</span></a> firms into <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/semiconductor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semiconductor</span></a> companies. GGV Capital, GSR Ventures, Walden International and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Qualcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Qualcomm</span></a> Ventures, the investment arm of Qualcomm Inc, Committee alleged that investments by US firms directly contribute to China's <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/abuses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuses</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> modernization and effort to supplant U.S. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technological</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a>.<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/BlackRock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackRock</span></a> <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/blackrock-msci-probed-us-lawmakers-152607426.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.yahoo.com/blackrock-msci-</span><span class="invisible">probed-us-lawmakers-152607426.html</span></a></p>
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