Setting objectives for inhabitants to walk and live their lives within a “15 minute” walking radius, while effectively forcing a transition from cars to mass transit, has now been presented by officials in Edmonton, one Canada’s largest cities.
Tag: technology
HUMAN-BRAINED ROBOTS, AI MERGED HUMANS: PICK YOUR POISON
Chinese researchers in June announced they have successfully powered a robot via a lab grown human brain “organoid” combined with a neural interface computer chip.
CALLS TO GENE EDIT PLANTS AND HUMANS GROW, AS THE SYNTHETIC DEVOLUTION ACCELERATES
Fast evolving gene editing and synthetic biology (ie. synbio) technologies are accelerating the positioning of radical redesigns of plant, animal and even human life, as superior to natural alternatives.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
We recently talked to Gabriel Custodiet, producer of The Watchman Privacy podcast, and an outspoken (if mysterious!) privacy advocate and consultant.
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
A recent Business Insider story railed at the growing—and still little recognized—use of AI to set “individual pricing.”
DEEP FAKE PRESIDENT, DISAPPEARING JOBS, AND YOUR BRAIN ON AI: THE LATEST IN SYNTHETIC DEVOLUTION
Remember way back in…May, when the Biden administration was labeling actual videos of the President’s mental lapses as “deep fakes”?
THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
One of the largest U.S. shopping malls is rolling out AI powered facial recognition.
MAJOR NEW LAWSUIT TARGETS GENERATIVE AI IP THEFT
Major music record labels including SONY, Atlantic and UMG have filed a lawsuit against two leading generative AI music companies.
2021 UN IPCC REPORT: TRUST THAT SCIENCE LIES
A 2021 UN IPCC Report that has been used to justify U.S. and EU regulations progressively imposing a “radical transformation” of energy systems away from hydrocarbons, like so much “science” c. 2021, appears now to have been built on lies.
AS FORECAST: SAAS (SOFTWARE-AS-SERVICE) BEING USED TO LIMIT AND PROFIT OFF USER CREATED CONTENT
Users of Adobe PhotoShop, a leading visual content editor and creation software, are up in arms over changed legal terms that appear to give the company extraordinary rights to manipulate and profit off user content.