Big Tech is making billions from taxpayers selling its military AI, but as yet another Middle East War fails, where's the evidence that AI is worth the money?
https://futurology.today/post/9404748
Big Tech is making billions from taxpayers selling its military AI, but as yet another Middle East War fails, where's the evidence that AI is worth the money? - Futurology Today
What’s the point of spending billions on AI if there’s no evidence it’s working?
2026 is the nearest the world has flirted with World War 3 in decades. Conflicts
where AI was touted as precision magic, like Gaza, are just old-fashioned
medieval scorched earth & mass slaughter of civilians. That appears to be the
only approach left in Iran. Where the regime is intact, most of its missiles are
intact, and it has the strategic upper hand militarily controlling the straits
of Hormuz. Last year, the US couldn’t even defeat the Houthis. “All talk, and no
pants” is an expression to describe someone who can talk big, but is never able
to follow through. It feels like the same is true for military AI.
'Spin-flip’ in metal complexes can help solar cells leap beyond Shockley–Queisser limit & potentially double energy output.
https://futurology.today/post/9391520
'Spin-flip’ in metal complexes can help solar cells leap beyond Shockley–Queisser limit & potentially double energy output. - Futurology Today
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‘Zombie cells’ return from the dead — after a genome transplant: Technique that inserts the genome of one bacterial species into the ‘dead’ cells of another could open doors for synthetic biologists.
https://futurology.today/post/9377313
‘Zombie cells’ return from the dead — after a genome transplant: Technique that inserts the genome of one bacterial species into the ‘dead’ cells of another could open doors for synthetic biologists. - Futurology Today
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𑽇Ⓞⵙ✢⯏𑽇𐫱𖥠𐫱𑽇⯏✢ⵙⓄ𑽇𖡹𑽇Ⓞⵙ✢⯏𑽇𐫱𖥠𐫱𑽇⯏✢ⵙⓄ𑽇 𖢄 𖧷𐫱ⵙ𖢌⛋𖥠⛋𖢌ⵙ𐫱𖧷𖡗𖧷𐫱ⵙ𖢌⛋𖥠⛋𖢌ⵙ𐫱𖧷 𖢄 𑽇Ⓞⵙ✢⯏𑽇𐫱𖥠𐫱𑽇⯏✢ⵙⓄ𑽇𖡹𑽇Ⓞⵙ✢⯏𑽇𐫱𖥠𐫱𑽇⯏✢ⵙⓄ𑽇
https://futurology.today/post/9374003
NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans
https://futurology.today/post/9356419
NASA to build $20 bn moon base, pause orbital lunar station plans - Futurology Today
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The first basic income for workers impacted by AI has begun sending out $1,000 monthly payments
https://futurology.today/post/9356201
The first basic income for workers impacted by AI has begun sending out $1,000 monthly payments - Futurology Today
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As a quarter of the globe's fossil fuel supply faces going offline for years, America is bringing the Fossil Fuel Age to a crashing end.
https://futurology.today/post/9278643
As a quarter of the globe's fossil fuel supply faces going offline for years, America is bringing the Fossil Fuel Age to a crashing end. - Futurology Today
In the summer of 1914, enthusiasts for war were sure they’d be home by
Christmas. The ancient ruling dynasties of Romanovs, Hohenzollerns, and the
700-year-old Habsburgs felt their thrones were safe. Five years later, that was
all proved very wrong. Five years is about the time span it may take to get the
Persian Gulf’s oil & LNG back online if it is destroyed. Iran & Israel/US are
quickly nearing the point on the escalation ladder where that may happen.
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” as the famous aphorism
goes. This time, the casualty may be fossil fuels themselves. As this war
progresses, the world may soon find itself in a far bigger emergency situation
than COVID. Rationing and economic chaos lie ahead. Like COVID, governments will
scramble for alternatives and responses. But something is different this time.
There is an alternative. It’s a world dominated by renewables and
electrification - not fossil fuels. We were already transitioning to it anyway.
Now, war may force people’s hands and make this future happen far quicker. No
one wanted the old world back in 1918; they wanted a new one. We may find the
same is true for fossil fuels when the latest ME war is finally done.
The first artificial neuron capable of communicating directly with the human brain has been built by Jun Yao and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
https://futurology.today/post/9278158
The first artificial neuron capable of communicating directly with the human brain has been built by Jun Yao and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. - Futurology Today
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Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence
https://futurology.today/post/9270435
Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence - Futurology Today
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In China, battery makers bet big on sodium in move away from critical minerals
https://futurology.today/post/9244271
In China, battery makers bet big on sodium in move away from critical minerals - Futurology Today
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