The Datasphere Is Coming
The Gates of Polished Horn has many science fiction stories that are preoccupied with the notion of what I call The Datasphere. This is more… The post The Datasphere Is…
The Gates of Polished Horn has many science fiction stories that are preoccupied with the notion of what I call The Datasphere. This is more… The post The Datasphere Is…
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Lesley Clark reports on the emergence of documents tying Exxon and its lobbying firm to the hacking of climate activists for the purpose…
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julia Conley reports on the continued accumulation of riches in the hands of a few, as the total wealth of billionaires has more…
Here is an example, from a seemingly good-natured and honest, intelligent man, who is grasping at a big picture view, but is in reality a specialist, with no depth of…
Assorted content to end your week. – Jillian Ambrose reports on a study showing that there’s no reason to approve any new fossil fuel development to meet current demand forecasts…
AI is an environmental issue. Microsoft-backed OpenAI requires water - massive amounts of the limited resource:"pulled from the watershed of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in central Iowas to…
AI is an environmental issue. Microsoft-backed OpenAI requires water – massive amounts of the limited resource: “pulled from the watershed of the Raccoon and Des Moines rivers in central Iowas…
No I am not writing about the fear and hate mongering taking over the Internet although they are the greatest evils of the Internet. And I am not taking about…
No I am not writing about the fear and hate mongering taking over the Internet although they are the greatest evils of the Internet. And I am not taking about…
AI has nothing to do with intelligence but people believe the marketing hype, mostly because we have a distorted idea of what intelligence is, largely due to the media. Take…
AI Has Nothing To Do With Intelligence AI has nothing to do with intelligence but people believe the marketing hype, mostly because we have a distorted idea of what intelligence…
AI generated image Artificial Intelligence keeps popping up everywhere from generative AI which created the image above to the financial sector. What AI is currently doing is copying and reformatting…
The visual impaired population is getting more support from AI to help them ‘see’ the world around them. The already very successful human-powered app Be My Eyes (we’ve covered it…
The threat Artificial Intelligence holds is unknown and many people are rightfully concerned about the potential harm that AI can cause. The AI Incident Databaseo help us as a society…
Not so long ago, I wrote a piece on some of the ethical question marks that Large Language Model (LLM) Artificial Intelligence (AI) raises. In the last week not one,…
Humanity’s biggest challenge is sustainability. How does our avaricious species live within the natural constraints of the planet? Certain global trends suggest we may inadvertently be answering that question. Superficially…
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The emergence of “large language model” chatbots like ChatGPT and others raises major philosophical and ethical questions that we need to start talking about now. Back in 1950, Alan Turing…
Back in the day, Inpaint used to be the standard for removing objects from digital photographs. Then I discovered Photo Stamp Remover which I found to be much better and…
Mass surveillance is everywhere in modern cities. Cameras are on every corner monitoring all sorts of activities, which led one person to think about using them to see if traffic…