Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
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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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 …
Whist I was in Edinburgh last week at a conference, there was an admin snafu here at Smart Thinking HQ, which meant we did not get a “Because It’s Friday” post out. So unfortunately you were not entertained before the weekend! But I do have something for you this week, …
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Many countries have a national emergency alert system, delivered to their citizens via suitable mobile phones – now there is a UK Emergency Alert System. These systems can be operated by region and issue emergency alerts for serious weather events, earthquakes etc.. Although false alarms happen the rapid warning of …
I spotted this article in The Conversation – volcanoes in space – just the type of story I like for Because It’s Friday, to ease us all into the weekend. Four volcanic hotspots in the Solar System (theconversation.com) The image above is of a volcano on Io, the most volcanically …
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