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- What if knowledge, space, the sun, the sea, energy, oil, lithium, uranium, vaccines, microbes etc., became recognised as “global commons”?In Global Commons·June 16, 2022How will property rights be affected?008
- What if some genetic, inherited traits will be desired, and some become despicable?In Transhumanist Revolutions·June 16, 2022What if the next generations are directly influenced in this way? What if Homo sapiens become the new Neanderthals: coexisting for many generations and then fading away.008
- Hydrogen for heatingIn Hydrogen·June 20, 2022"A total of 18 independent studies produced since 2019 — including by the IPCC, IEA and McKinsey — have ruled out hydrogen playing a major role in the heating of buildings, according to a list compiled by renowned energy expert Jan Rosenow." https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/revealed-what-18-independent-studies-all-concluded-about-the-use-of-hydrogen-for-heating/2-1-1240962003
- What if there will be a return to multilateralism as a global governance principle?In Global Commons·June 16, 2022005
- The real game is climate changeIn Hydrogen·August 18, 2022A call for climate scientists to speak up about the need to change Europe's energy system Europe’s energy crisis — climate community must speak up (nature.com)003
- The World’s Biggest Vertical Farm Just Opened in DubaiIn Climate & Geoengineering·August 16, 2022"As the climate in many parts of the world gets hotter and drier, it’s becoming increasingly crucial to find innovative ways to grow food. Vertical farming is one solution that’s being widely adopted, with farms springing up everywhere from the Netherlands to Pennsylvania to Singapore, and big retailers like Walmart jumping on the bandwagon too." #VerticalFarming #Dubai #ClimateCrisis Source: https://bit.ly/3QHDOIG003
- 3D printing for medical toolsIn The Future of Health·December 8, 2021"The COVID-crisis has suddenly raised expectations towards health services. One way to accomplish these is to simply print the tools we need – in 3D, of course. Thus, they print three-dimensional elements for medical tools and spare parts for respiratory machines.A Hungarian firm contributed to all this by producing a special 3D printing raw material that blocks the life of bacteria and fungi on its surface, preventing them from multiplying – just like disinfectants" Source: https://www.blog.szta.hu/3d-nyomtatassal-az-egeszsegugyi-vedekezesert/ #3DPrint #3DScan003
- U.S. prisons mull AI to analyze inmate phone callsIn Criminal & Lawful Activities ·December 8, 2021"WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Thomson Reuters Foundation) -For people like Heather Bollin, a 43-year-old woman in Texas engaged to a man who is currently incarcerated, constant surveillance is a fact of life: the three daily phone calls they have together are subject to monitoring by prison officials. “We are never able to communicate without being under surveillance,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a phone interview, asking that the prison her fiance is in remain anonymous because she fears retaliation." Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-prison-idUSKBN2FA0OO #CallAnalysis #RacialBias #Bias #AIBias #ArtificialIntelligenceBias005
- NFT museum positioned as largest digital art display in the metaverseIn Lifestyles and the Environment·December 8, 2021"Nonfungible tokens (NFTs) are on the rise, bringing to light the latest innovation in the digital collectible market. Along with this new asset class comes several artists, including Mike Winkelmann, a man better known as Beeple. Before NFTs were created, Mike was far from a well-known artist. Now, after selling a work of his art for $69 million, he has become one of the most valuable living artists today. The thing is, Mike is just one of these artists who has taken advantage of this new chapter in art history, and he’s far from the last." Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/nft-museum-positioned-as-largest-digital-art-display-in-the-metaverse #NFT #DigitalArt #NonfungibleToken007
- The wurst is over: why Germany now loves to go vegetarianIn Lifestyles and the Environment·December 7, 2021"Inside a shopping mall in south Berlin, two colleagues are chomping on hamburgers and fries, cheese sauce running down their fingers as they try to beat the lunchtime clock. Feelings of guilt are in short supply this Friday afternoon: the burger joint where the two women have grabbed a bite is called Vincent Vegan, and the patty inside the brioche bun is made of wheat, barley, and soya." Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/27/the-wurst-is-over-why-germany-land-of-schnitzels-now-loves-to-go-vegetarian #MeatProduction #Veganism006
- The self-driving trolley problem: how will future AI systems make the most ethical choices for all of us?In General AI·December 8, 2021"Artificial intelligence (AI) is already making decisions in the fields of business, health care and manufacturing. But AI algorithms generally still get help from people applying checks and making the final call. What would happen if AI systems had to make independent decisions, and ones that could mean life or death for humans?" Source: https://theconversation.com/the-self-driving-trolley-problem-how-will-future-ai-systems-make-the-most-ethical-choices-for-all-of-us-170961 #AutonomousDriving #EthicalChoices006
- AI has exacerbated racial bias in housing. Could it help eliminate it instead?In General AI·December 8, 2021"Technology has in some cases exacerbated America’s systemic racial bias. Algorithmically based facial recognition, predictive policing, and sentencing and bail decisions, for example, have been shown to consistently produce worse results for Black people. " Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/20/1009452/ai-has-exacerbated-racial-bias-in-housing-could-it-help-eliminate-it-instead/ #RacialBias #AIBias #ArtificialIntelligenceBias002
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