Researchers at technical universities in the Netherlands and Switzerland asked ChatGPT to name the greatest challenges that must be overcome in prolonging the survival of the human species.
Tag: jun 20 2023
LARGE NUMBER OF CEOs SAY AI COULD DESTROY HUMANITY BY 2033
Forty-two percent of corporate chiefs surveyed at Yale University’s CEO Summit last week said AI has the potential to wipe out the human race within ten years.
AI SPEEDS “REVERSE ENGINEERING” OF IMAGINED PHARMACEUTICALS
In the days before AI, biochemists would design the ideal molecule to treat an illness or chronic condition, then try to figure out how to make it—a process called “retrosynthesis” that could take years of tinkering and testing before human clinical trials even began.
PASTOR CHATBOT PREACHES TO THE MULTITUDES
On 9 June, more than 300 believers at a Lutheran religious conference in Germany packed the pews to take part in what was billed as the world’s first church service designed and presented by an artificial intelligence.
OBESITY PERMANENTLY REWIRES THE BRAIN TO THWART WEIGHT LOSS
The “obesity epidemic” is old news by now: 13 percent of the world’s adults are obese—defined as a body mass index of 30 or higher— including 36 percent of Americans, according to Harvard University. Among people in the U.S. under age 20, more than 19 percent are affected and the proportion is growing.
ELECTRIC VEHICLES’ DIRTY DILEMMA
Data shows that electric vehicles (EVs) do less damage to the natural world over their lifespans than gas-powered cars and trucks do.
HAD A STROKE? TAKE NOSE DROPS.
If someone has a stroke that affects mobility and isn’t treated within a few hours, the person’s chances of significantly recovering their movement diminish greatly.
TRAITOR TO THE CONSTITUTION: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS THE REAL CRIMINAL
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable.”—H.L. Mencken
ECONOMIC UPDATE – MARKET OVERVIEW
When China launched the COVID War in January 2020, on its Lunar New Year, “The Year of the Rat,” it not only destroyed its economy, it destroyed the lives and livelihoods of billions across the planet.
PUTIN DECLARES “BEGINNING OF THE END” FOR THE U.S. DOLLAR
With more countries trading directly in their own currencies instead of converting to dollars as the world’s standard of value, the dollar is on the way out as the world’s leading currency, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced last week at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.