Curated Commons // Edition 128
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The cubicle is back
Enough experiments with open offices and loud mouths. Facebook is experimenting with a revolutionary concept that provides privacy and some personal space, and a sense of sanity, inside an office - the cubicle. This time reinforced with noise-cancelling walls. - Read here ($)
‘Technological de-extinction’ is now a thing
A biotech company is looking to revive the Dodo back into existence. Great for species that we’ve driven off the earth or are close to, worrying for obvious misuse. - Read here
The history of tech evolution
Max Roser from Our World in Data has an interesting visualization out - Read here
Meet the latest, uncredited, co-author - ChatGPT
That didn’t take long - people using ChatGPT to write entire books and sell them on Amazon - Read here
On a related note, why we need people who actually know what they are talking of, in the age of ChatGPT and other smart auto-complete systems
Can AI copyright its art?
The US copyright office says it can’t - Read here
Humans - 1, Algorithms -0
Our future is smart humans taking on smart algorithms, and finding ways around algorithmic smartness. An amateur Go player has beat a top-ranked AI system - Read here
Brain-computer interfaces for the paralyzed
BCIs are making progress, slowly, but they sure are. And that’s welcome news for many individuals - Read here
Mosquitos, but for slowing the spread of Dengue
Fascinating research in Singapore where researchers are breeding mosquitos that can slow the spread of the deadly dengue disease - Read here
The AI boss is already here, for some
AI-powered virtual agents to help augment customer service representatives are here. And they sure are bossy. And messy - Read here ($)
More interesting reads:
Will your next career move be - being a part-time executive? - Read here ($)
Graphical explanation of the tragic Turkey earthquake - Read here
It’s 2023, and EU regulators have a new consultation out on how big tech should be made to pay for upgrades by EU Telcos - Read here
No TikTok for European commission employees - Read here
Interesting Indo-Pak love story from Bangalore, with a twist on Whatsapp’s encryption/meta-data policies - Read here
Are tech companies liable when their algorithms recommend terrorist content? - Read here ($)
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