The following article was published on October 13, 2023, in the Chinese Social Sciences review, signed by Zhang Shuqin (associate professor at the School of Sociology and Psychology at the …
data: mine, factory … or?
The rather triumphant imposition of (the companies of) antisocial media and, subsequently, the enlightenment regarding neural algorithms has intensified over the past decade – always speaking relatively and mainly among …
the eugenic dystopia of “artificial intelligence”
A few days ago, a relatively small Chinese company announced a new “large language model” (the official technical term for what is commonly referred to as “artificial intelligence”), which overturned …
Biohackers encoded malware in a strand of DNA
When biologists synthesize DNA, it is assumed that they take care not to create or spread a dangerous piece of genetic code that could be used to create a toxin …
Big Tech enter the food game
Do not trust the new UN campaign, “Food Systems Coordination Hub”, regarding the “transformation of food systems for global health”. The current corporate agenda, which is supported by this new …
the parrot’s question: how far does thought fly?
A man considered the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI) resigned from his job, warning about the increasing risks due to developments in this field.Geoffrey Hinton, 75 years old, announced his …
The mechanics of the spirit
First Snapshot: Programmed bio-computers. None of us can escape our own nature, our nature as programmable entities. Each one of us can literally be nothing more than our programs; nothing …
mRNA OS
What is more difficult? For someone to follow names and developments in the Middle East (or in Asia, or anywhere outside the “national village” and its demagogy)? Or to follow …
It falls into the police!
Are you (we are) tired / from the hammering of the hygiene terror campaign? The demagogues say it and say it again… Did they get caught by kindness, sensitivity, compassion? …
Synthetic biology, genealogy: life is cheap!
Is it biotechnology? Is it nanotechnology? Or perhaps it is information technology? The field of synthetic biology is practically all three together – an example of “converging technologies”, another one …
Synthetic biology
Synthetic biology (SynBio) is a multidisciplinary area of research that seeks to create new biological parts, devices, and systems, or to redesign systems that are already found in nature. It …
the reset
… the pandemic will accelerate innovation even more, catalysing technological changes already under way (comparable to the exacerbation effect it has had on other underlying global and domestic issues) and …