Curated Commons // Edition 139
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How close is nuclear fusion as a source of energy?
Apparently, for one startup, it’s pretty close. - Read here ($)
Adtech, for Govt surveillance
The best minds of the past two decades have been working on adtech. No wonder that some folks have figured out ways to use this data and drive Govt surveillance systems. - Read here ($)
Generative AI is great for law firms
When an AI system mimics an artist, do they still own the copyright or deserve to be paid from the money made by the AI system? Just one new question from our future that we already need to tackle now - Read here
And it’s not just good for business, Generative AI appears to be very good for business operations too for big law - Read here ($)
AI is driving stock markets
Or at least the gains to date. - Read here ($)
The investing frenzy around artificial intelligence has been so strong that without it, US stocks would be down for the year
Will AI be the last thing humans invent?
I doubt, because the last thing humans invent will be forecasts that predict the end of humanity because of AI! - Read here
There's A Greater-Than-50% Chance AI Wipes Out All Of Humanity By 2050, One Advisory Finds
Open AI and the Paperclip Maximizer
This is precisely what makes geek Twitter super worthy!
See this tweet- https://twitter.com/matthew_d_green/status/1657080500047994901
And in case you weren’t aware of the context of paperclips, read this take - Read here
Want to avoid mosquitos? Don’t bathe.
Damn, these mosquitos are smart! - Read here
Science, FTW
A new pancreatic cancer vaccine is showing promise! - Read here
How do you scale being an influencer/celebrity? Clone yourself with AI!
One Snapchat influencer did precisely that. She trained an AI system on 2,000+ hours of her YouTube videos. And now fans can talk with ‘her’ for $1 a minute - Read here
And, as will all things AI, the chatbot has gone rogue - Read here
Should you get paid to train the chatbot that takes over your job?
If you are smart, and you train and AI, the AI can improve your overall company’s smarts. How, and should you, get paid for doing so? Is it in the human’s best interest to train an AI system? The questions get more interesting, and deep with each passing day - Read here
Nature might have a solution to our plastic pollution problem
Scientists have discovered microbes in the Arctic that consume plastic at low temperature - Read here
More interesting reads:
Should Tesla call its driving system “Autopilot”? - Read here
This didn’t take long. ChatGPT-like religious chatbots are here - Read here
Tools to help you see the level of bias in AI image models are here - Read here
AI systems, for non-invasively reading our minds. A podcast - Listen here
Are AI makers hallucinating? - Read here
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