Where else? In the algorithmic prison. Companies and governments use information about us in a new—and uniquely insidious—way. By exploiting massive data files, most of it harvested from the internet, …
CRISPR gene editing in human embryos causes chromosomal chaos
Three studies showing large DNA deletions and rearrangements increase concerns about safety regarding the editing of the inherited genome. A series of experiments using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool to modify …
Guardian angels
Since 2019, American legislation has allowed insurance companies to adjust premiums based on the data they collect about their clients from their social media posts. “It’s a simple upgrade,” say …
the flesh machine
Eugenics aims to use science to improve the human race across generations by changing the composition of human populations – this is achieved by promoting the reproduction of certain kinds …
BabyX
If “artificial intelligence” is already so good, so attractive, so friendly, so communicative, it can only get even better! There are many people working on this. Even with unexpected goals. …
“artificial intelligence”: large language models in the age of “intellectual” enclosures
They can write poems and stories on their own, they can converse with a person with impressive naturalness, they have a particular knack for writing college assignments on behalf of …
For laughs (and for tears)
For laughs (and tears) > Microsoft’s ChatGPT “broke the bank”! It was accepted as a game, proving (if proof was needed) that some technologists of the 4th capitalist industrial revolution …
Make me a summary
Amazon has long been notorious for its harsh anti-union practices and the working conditions that prevail in its warehouses. Its latest achievement? According to an internal company document that leaked, …
Long live the making of forgery!
Whether you like this kind of pop or not, the fact itself is significant: the famous Swedish ABBA made a live comeback – just like “back then”! – in London. …
LaMDA Scandal (do neural networks see nightmares?)
What is artificial intelligence? What is machine learning? Is it possible that the “average person” can be fooled by modern machines, considering them “humans”? In 1950, Alan Turing, one of …
Organic computers
How would you feel if some part of your computer’s or phone’s processor was… hmmmm… in some sense “alive”? Scientific fantasy? Or perhaps the spread of fake news? In the …
Bill Gates’ radical menu for food systems: ultra-processed foods, patents, monocultures
If Bill Gates gets his way, food in the future will look very little like what exists on our plates today. Gates and his partners in the agricultural industry propose …