Here is something to read on Saturday morning over coffee – Apple’s move to USB C. Renaud Foucart, a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University has written about several aspects of the change including “green washing” and “follow the money”. Apple has switched from its …
Just as the Online Safety Bill becomes law – who is going to be safe?
Benjamin Dowling, a lecturer of Cybersecurity at the University of Sheffield has an article on The Conversation looking at the UK Online Safety Bill and who it will protect and who it will harm. The UK just passed an online safety law that could make people less safe (theconversation.com) I …
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Because It’s Friday – More on little green men
NASA has released a report stating that there is no evidence of extraterrestrial UFOs. NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrial (theconversation.com) Of course, any article about UFOs had to include weather balloons! The U.S. government is so determined to put an end to UFOs that now US …
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Because It’s Friday – NASA does not look for ghosts…
Have a look at Randal Munroe’s page below on xkcd.com and let your mouse hover over the cartoon and all will be explained. xkcd: Exoplanet Observation Another “little green man” story And in the same week this was published on The Conversation. This article by Peter Vickers, Professor in Philosophy …
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Because It’s Friday – An Alien Spaceship
I am going to quote the article here: There is a very large scientific leap from observing a fireball to claiming it is an alien spaceship. What is the evidence on which Loeb bases the claim? And how likely is it to be true? Monica Grady – Professor of Planetary …
More on an AI risk and an extinction event
AI risk what is it? This is a follow-up to last weekend’s more extensive post looking at the AI extinction event that was making headlines in the mainstream media. If we’re going to label AI an ‘extinction risk’, we need to clarify how it could happen (theconversation.com) Professor Nello Cristianini, …
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The AI Risk
There have been some very sensational articles in both the fringe and mainstream media about the AI risk to wipe out the human race! Here is the statement on the Centre for AI Safety website that led to these stories : Statement on AI Risk | CAIS (safe.ai) The essay …
