Futurist author and consultant David Ellis writes about the implications -- personal, economic, societal -- of emerging machine intelligence.
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Accel: Designer animals are on the way. Designer humans won’t be far behind. technologyreview.com/2025/03…
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VR: Now it is possible to see in 3D, hear in surround sound, feel/touch, smell, and taste in a virtual reality environment. Will take a while to ready for market of course, but concept is proved. techxplore.com/news/2025-02-…
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Computing: Interesting. No mention here of its power, but maybe that's in the Nature article which I have not read. phys.org/news/2025-01-world-…
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Robotics; elder care: It’s been slowly happening. This article misses the point that robotics + AI = exponential growth spurt. technologyreview.com/2023/01…
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Accel; AI; robotics: Come Spring, the exponential curve of AI development will be near vertical, and robotics will be not far behind. venturebeat.com/ai/nvidia-un…
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AI; EndOfWork: I've been predicting this day for decades. We're still totally unprepared. theguardian.com/business/202…
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AI: "The modern approach to LLM architectures & training is leading these models toward the same principles employed by the human brain. It appears that both natural and artificial systems are converging toward a similar method for language processing." techxplore.com/news/2024-12-…
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Accel; AI: Decades of progress in long-range weather forecasting have been made in just the past year. This is going to be the case with just about everything. nytimes.com/2024/12/04/scien… via @NYTimes
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AI: Looks like Google may have solved the problem of LLM hallucination. Hope it's a fact! techxplore.com/news/2024-03-… via @techxplore_com
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Computing; AI: Spintronics-based computing may be emerging from its decade in the doldrums. For sure, AI is going to need better than silicon, and for sure, it will get it. phys.org/news/2024-03-giant-…
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AI: A fusion of neural network and expert system code looks like it can take AI to a new level. (The idea is not new--I was writing about it decades ago.) technologyreview.com/2024/01…
Computing: The exponential curve of computing power is getting steeper , driven in part by competition from China. This level of computing will drive AI to dizzying heights of capability. My meager prophetic powers begin to fail me. technologyreview.com/2024/01…
EndOfWork: IMF says AI will affect 40% of jobs and "probably" worsen inequality. Nonsense. It will be closer to 100% and will assuredly (assured by our rotten political leaders) worsen inequality. theguardian.com/technology/2…
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Computing: It’s not clear to me where this might go but it sure is interesting. phys.org/news/2024-01-quantu…
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Computing: I always thought quanta were subatomic by definition, but it seems they can be as big as molecules AND they can be made to (1) entangle and (2) adopt a desired superposition. This manipulability could have accelerate quantum computing. phys.org/news/2023-12-physic…
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Computing: It looks like quantum computing that fulfills its promise will be here in 5 or 6 years. At that point, all the angst about AI will be resolved or moot: The machine will rule. arstechnica.com/science/2023…
AI: The imaging equivalent of a LLM opens a vast new source of 3D video. All old movies could be turned into 3D. techxplore.com/news/2023-11-…
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Robotics; AI: Robots with ChatGPT were inevitable, but Wow! youtube.com/watch?v=djzOBZUF…
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