Imagine a world where plastic is always plentiful without ever having to make any more.
Tag: Aug 22 2023
IS ANTI-CANCER DRUG THE NEW ANTIDOTE TO AGING?
Rapamycin, a drug that slows the growth of cancer tumors, is being touted as a possible way to slow aging.
WRITING HEALING INTO A WOUND
The longer a gouge or scrape or similar laceration to the skin stays open, the greater the danger of infection. Closing a wound can require stitches, a procedure that carries problems and dangers of its own.
THE GREATEST AI PROMPT ENGINEER WILL BE…AI
AI prompting itself, or other AI, is already possible, with a bit of human ingenuity.
DON’T WORRY, BE AI HAPPY?
It’s hard to believe that “Frontend” generative AI programs have been in wide use by consumers and workers for less than a year.
But despite the rapid and enormous societal and workplace transformation occurring before our eyes, many don’t want to face where it’s leading.
RESEARCHERS CONFIRM WHAT TJ TOLD READERS IN 2022: CHATGPT HAS A POLITICAL AX TO GRIND
Newly published research shows unsurprising left-leaning bias in ChatGPT, the most widely text-based generative AI system.
That bias is especially consequential, since the program is being integrated into knowledge and creative work flows, and even political and administrative decision-making, on an exponentially growing scale.
BLOCKCHAIN BATTLES
With Bitcoin still mired more than 50 percent down from its all-time highs of late 2021, how is El Salvador managing to fare better than most of its central and South American neighbors?
DID EU APPROVE A BITCOIN ETF?
When it comes to a spot Bitcoin ETF (Electronically Traded Fund), the EU beat the U.S. to the punch…
…or at least that was the story from some major crypto outlets like Cointelegraph, Blockworks and others.
WE’RE ALL SUSPECTS IN A DNA LINEUP, WAITING TO BE MATCHED WITH A CRIME
“Make no mistake about it…your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason… I doubt that the proud men who wrote the charter of our liberties would have been so eager to open their mouths for royal inspection.”—Justice Antonin Scalia dissenting in Maryland v. King
THE HILARIOUS FACT-CHECK ABOUT COVID GENE THERAPY VACCINES
mRNA COVID-19 shots are still being called “vaccines,” even though they fulfill all the definitions of gene therapy and none of the definitions for a vaccine.