Curated Commons // Edition 167
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“Maths is pretty clean. Humans are messy”
Really good interview with Fei-Fei Li - Read here ($)
“Right now in AI, what worries me is we don’t have the resources to make sure that academic AI continues to be a centre of gravity. Because if we lose that centre of gravity, then the other centre of gravity is driven by capitalism,”
Financialization, energy traders, and a country left in the cold
What happens when commodities traders optimize for their bonuses? Countries are impacted. A good look by BW on how Pakistan got the short end of the stick - Read here ($)
Some wars don’t have a start date
China is burying itself deep into the digital recesses of most countries. A question of how others respond - Read here ($)
AI is helping nuclear power help AI
Can Generative AI help Microsoft through the approval process in its attempts to leverage nuclear power to power future AI operations? The times we live in! - Read here ($)
Where’s robotics headed?
Good Q&A with the CTO of Boston Dynamics. (Although I think TC should do a Q&A with their head of content marketing!) - Read here
AI and elections
The FT has a good piece on the challenges that AI-generated content can bring to democratic processes. - Read here ($)
What happens when Generative AI reaches the darkest corners of the web?
Can’t avoid this situation I guess, but our future is going to be wild. Even when we didn’t have Gen AI, we were plagued with misinformation. And people were already caring less about truth. Now it will reach new depths! - Read here
Climate change is impacting insurance. And Tech is changing it
Climate change is driving away multiple traditional insurers in many markets. And there’s a new breed of “non-admitted insurers”, that are leveraging tech in more involved way that are now coming up. Is that sufficient? And sustainable? - Read here ($)
Can you 3D print your way out of Diabetes?
A startup is trying! And it has succeeded in demonstrating that bioprinted cells are an effective cure for Type 1 Diabetes in rats. - Read here
Wirecard is one never-ending story!
Wirecard’s on-the-run COO is now suspected of being a Russian spy. This startup was, at one time, more valued than any German startup! - Read here ($)
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