Curated Commons // Edition 169
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Should/can AI be ‘taxed’?
The worries of Generative AI eating jobs, premature or not, are increasing with each passing day. A new proposal - for an “AI Tax”. Who will be taxed? People who make the algorithm? People who use it? People who abuse it? - Read here ($)
What is your p(doom)?
Apparently, cocktail-party discussions in Silicon Valley now have this discussion on the probability of an AI-led doom. Are we close to true AGI? The times we live in! - Read here ($)
Adversarial machine learning is coming to…highways
As more cars bring on-board AI-powered self-driving systems, the number of ways in which they can be mis-lead increases dramatically! - Read here
On that note, VW is integrating ChatGPT into its cars - Read here ($)
The Dutch engineer behind the “billion-dollar” virus
If you’ve been a geek for a while, hard to miss the case of the Stuxnet virus that took out Iran’s nuclear program. More info finally on the individual who reportedly did it. And died in an accident a couple weeks after coming back! - Read here
The era of “AI Nationalism”
Are you really an AI startup if you haven’t raised your hand to be the AI national champion for your respective country? - Read here ($)
Keeping robots from hurting themselves…by helping them identify pain
Researchers are working on artificial skin to help robots feel pain, or sensation. - Read here
Why do finance professors get paid more
Interesting chart from a new paper - Read here
Space wars are here
The war for spectrum in space. Between operators of satellites in low earth orbits and those of traditional fixed satellite operators. - Read here ($)
Meet the new competitor for your screen time
It used to be come for the news, stay for the games. Now it might soon be, come for the games, stay for the news. Or maybe, just stay for more content. This is in, and for, the New York Times - Read here ($)
AI is eating NPCs
NPCs (Non-Playable Characters) in video games are getting a fresh breath of air, thanks to AI. - Read here
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