Curated Commons // Edition 129
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The big supply chain movement away from China is well in motion
It’s been happening in spurts, but the move from big manufacturing giants away from China is now mainstream enough for a top Citibank executive to comment publicly - Read here ($)
Will India be able to capture some of this? Big opportunity for sure - Both FT and Economist have a couple of articles on this as well
Your thoughts, and dreams, now up for grabs. Almost.
Researchers have managed to convert a visual experience, something that you saw, into a real pic using Stable Diffusion. Get ready for your mind to be read, and your dreams to be converted to prose and pics and who knows, videos, in the future. Read here (technical paper)
With all the talk of AI, reminded of this piece on Nick Bostrom from years ago- Read here ($)
Desi moms at it again
Mom asks daughter to finally do something now that she’s studying engineering. Daughter creates AI model that translates American Sign Language to English! - Read here
btw, another desi mom hit - takedown of Wirecard in Germany
Can AI help treat mental illness?
Can chatbots and Large Language Models help treat mental illness? When algorithms meet mental healthcare. Surprisingly, looks like they’ve been around for a bit. - Read here ($)
SUVs hurt the planet. But there’s no stopping their popularity
Heavier vehicles hurt the planet more, even if they are electric vehicles. And we can’t seem to have enough of them, and auto companies sure love it! - Read here ($)
Is it all hunky dory with leveraging Generative AI?
Nope, here’s ten solid legal and business risks. Well thought-out piece. - Read here
The augmented human is nigh
Are we getting any close to getting a physically augmented human? Some scientists believe so. - Read here
China’s going hard on semi secrets
In news that surprises few, the former ASML employee accused of stealing trade secrets on behalf of China - Read here
Xerox’s Alto and its role in computing history
If you are a tech geek, your probably already have heard of Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center. Good long read on the unappreciated role it plays in modern computing - Read here
(Love these portrait monitors!)
Biodiversity has a cute problem
A million species are at risk of extinction. But most focus goes only to a handful of ‘cute’ charismatic creatures - Read here
More interesting reads:
Cryptoverse should be renamed dramaverse - Read here
Somebody still remembers Ask Jeeves! - Read here ($)
Antiobiotic-resistant bacteria are fast coming at us. And we also have to worry about poor manufacturing practices that convert a medicine into a bacteria carrier now! - Read here
Does ChatGPT herald an intellectual revolution? Not sure, but it sure heralded the rise of a million takes - Read here ($)
Microsoft wants to use ChatGPT to control robots. This will end well. - Read here
“If you wanted to know what stage of the cycle private equity is in, Kim Kardashian last year launching a PE firm with a former Carlyle executive is pretty hard to beat.” - Read here ($)
Boeing engineers set a new record for flight distance for…a paper plane (290 feet!) - Read here
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