The techno-utopian beliefs known as “effective altruism” and “longtermism” have recently become widely known, judging from Google searches, news articles, and personal experience. Far less attention has been paid to …
Cells with horns
Excuse me: with antennas… Researchers never stop! The above, from MIT, built an antenna so microscopic (along with its equipment) that it fits inside a cell. And they boast: an …
babies on demand without the hassle of pregnancy! (yes, that’s right…)
At the beginning of December, “scientific communicator and video producer” Hashem Al-Ghaili published a video on his LinkedIn page and his YouTube channel titled:Introducing EctoLife, the world’s first artificial womb …
Welcome
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. …