American IT professional with an overactive curiosity
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Quantum Computers Could Solve Countless ProblemsāAnd Create a Lot of New Ones
https://time.com/6249784/quantum-computing-revolution/
#QuantumComputing #TimeMagazine #computers #technology #ibm #ai
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BREAKING: Shocking autopsy reveals climate activist and pacifist Miguel Teran was shot at least 13 times by Georgia police. The state (@GBI_GA) must release all evidence ā including critical body cam footage.
Feels like an ambush-style execution.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/03/cop-city-protester-manuel-teran-shot-13-times-autopsy
Environmental protests have a long history in the U.S. Police had never killed an activist ā until now.
Police have often been important intermediaries in environmental protests. In a forest outside Atlanta, they were opponents.
#NBCNews #environment #protest #georgia #police #activists #government
One of the simplest, least disruptive direct actions we can take for climate change ā¦ it mystifies me that more governments and orgs arenāt doing more tree planting.
Planting more trees in cities could cut deaths from summer heat, says study
European research finds that increasing urban tree coverage to 30% can lower temperatures by 0.4C
#TheGuardian #trees #research #ClimateChange #science #health
I find this powerfully #Alluring, yet worrying to say the least.
This sort of thing really plays havoc with my mind, and gives me all sorts of nightmares on the way things could go.
To the point AI implants a chip into every human brain at birth, enabling AI to remotely control everything, that humans are permitted or capable of doing:
their thoughts, comprehension, memory; disabling reproduction, euthanising remaining humans at an early age whilst we're asleep.
Humanity May Reach Singularity Within Just 7 Years, Trend Shows
By one major metric, artificial general intelligence is much closer than you think.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a42612745/singularity-when-will-it-happen/
#singularity #ai #PopularMechanics #technology #science #research #predictions
Here's a most fitting cartoon regarding that big ol' #ChineseSpyBalloon.
Pretty sure this will not pass #China's Great Firewall or censorship as #XiJinping is said to be a bit thin-skinned when it comes to being compared to Winnie the Pooh.
First responders slam false iPhone Crash Detection alerts: āIām struggling to get my daily job doneā
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/03/iphone-crash-detection-criticism/
A number of recent stories have shed light on the growing pressure that false Emergency SOS calls from iPhone and Apple Watch are putting on 911 dispatchers and first responders. The New York Times is the latest to report on this issue, with a focus on false alarms from iPhone and Apple Watch users skiing [ā¦]
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