The World’s Stockyard
Fernando Rugitsky in Phenomenal World: on Agribusiness and the green transition in Brazil … Continue readingThe World’s Stockyard
This AI Learns Continuously From New Experiences—Without Forgetting Its Past
Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Our brains are constantly learning. That new sandwich deli rocks. That gas station? Better avoid it in the future. Memories like these physically rewire connections
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The Issue of Youth Unemployment and Underemployment is By No Means Exclusive to Bangladesh
Anna Barford at The Conversation: Jobs, of which 30% were reserved for independence war veterans and their relatives, are highly sought after. The rate of youth unemployment in Bangladesh is
Books That Shook the Business World: Exponential by Azeem Azhar
Sreevas Sahasranamam at The Conversation: I originally got introduced to Azeem Azhar, the English journalist, startup founder and investor, through his podcast and newsletter, Exponential View. My research and teaching
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I Asked Grok to Tell Us Why We Shouldn’t Worship Technology. Here’s Its Surprising Answer.
James Poulos at The Blaze: Grok, Elon Musk’s “frontier language model” accessible from right inside X, is shaking up the internet with its censorship-free automated image generation. Fun — and
Can We Mitigate Climate Change and Protect Biodiversity Without Eliminating Meat Consumption?
By Ted Nordhaus at The Breakthrough Journal: As much as 60% of global agricultural emissions comes from livestock production, with a significant majority of that coming from beef and dairy
Carbon Emissions from AI and Crypto Are Surging and Tax Policy Can Help
Crypto assets and artificial intelligence have one thing in common. Both are power hungry. The climate impact of these activities is cause for concern. … Continue readingCarbon Emissions from AI and Crypto Are Surging and Tax Policy Can Help
Overconfidence About Sentience is Everywhere—and it’s Dangerous
The Edge of Sentience, rather than offering Houdini-like escapes from uncertainty, is all about how to make evidence-based decisions in the face of uncertainty. … Continue readingOverconfidence About Sentience is Everywhere—and it’s Dangerous
Managing the Sino-American AI Race
Central to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union was a rivalry to develop the technologies of the future. … Continue readingManaging the Sino-American AI Race
Why Britons Fell in Love With Suburban Life
Michael Gilson in Aeon Magazine: The Smiths had arrived on the Downham Estate, one of eventually 13 ‘cottage estates’ built by the London County Council in the interwar years as
Humanitarian Disaster
by Laurence Peterson at 3 Quarks Daily: I do not specifically remember when I lost my you-know-what about the way the word “humanitarian” is being tossed around these days. Possibly
The Great Reset: Which Countries Are Not a Part of It?
Nomad Capitalist on the YouTube: “Go where you are treated best”. The Great Reset Initiative is an economic recovery plan drawn up by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in response
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