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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
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 …
Bayer, Monsanto and Big Data: Who will control our food system in the era of digital agriculture and major mergers?
With the upcoming mega-merger between Bayer and Monsanto and the rise of digital agriculture and data-driven farming, our agricultural system is on the verge of a paradigm shift. According to …
The seeds of despair
Bayer. Perhaps the largest chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology company in the world, leading in every sector it operates. Monsanto. Perhaps the largest agrochemical and agricultural biotechnology company in the world, responsible …
Green transition… towards dystopia
Dark years are coming. Not because “our future has much drought,” but because the drought now spreads to the past too – which is the source of every future. Freedom …
data, more data: surveillance and punishment in everyday life
Surveillance has been transformed from an element of governance into governance itself. It is simultaneously government (system) and governability (self-awareness and cooperation, where the imprisoned becomes the guardian of himself). …
The mechanics of the public: Big Data in parliament
In its complaint, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) describes how, with a data sample obtained from Kochava, it was possible to identify a device that visited a women’s reproductive health …