The coming wave of AI and biotech will bring immense progress but risks catastrophe if uncontrolled. We urgently need "containment" - oversight measures baked into the tech itself, plus regulations and global cooperation. If done right, we can reap the benefits without ending ...
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Meta launched AI-generated stickers for Facebook and Instagram, but they quickly created controversy. The filters failed to block inappropriate content, allowing parody stickers of celebs and copyrighted characters. So, the rollout of Meta's "universe of AI" is already facing ...
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Authoritarian regimes are deploying AI to spread disinformation and censor criticism with surgical precision. Generative models churn out fake videos of leaders while chatbots scrub unwanted speech. Widespread access to AI sows public distrust in verifiable facts. So, the rise...
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Elon is freaked out about AI taking over the world. He tried starting OpenAI to make safe AI but ditched it to build his own AI. Now Elon's on a mad dash to create an "AI bot saviour" at Tesla and xAI that will be biased towards preserving humanity. He hopes it will help get u...
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This week's Synthetic Minds delves into the future of mobility and touches on Elon's AI mission, AI in authoritarian regimes, Google's search alteration, Meta's AI sticker scandal, and the looming AI and biotech wave as discussed in Mustafa Suleyman's 'The Coming Wave'.
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In the late 1800s, electric cars emerged but were soon surpassed by gas-guzzling vehicles that still dominate today despite early climate warnings. Now, cities face environmental threats, deadly crashes, and wasted hours in traffic.
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In his signature witty yet erudite style, Stephen Fry explores the promise and perils of artificial intelligence. He argues we must instil moral values in AI to avoid disaster, but questions who can decide them. Though AI may better humanity as Prometheus did, its godlike powe...
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Google's DeepMind created an AI to analyse DNA mutations and predict which cause inherited diseases. By leveraging its protein-folding algorithm AlphaFold, AlphaMissense expands DeepMind's foray into biology and provides researchers with a vast dataset to explore the genetic u...
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When a writer teamed up with AI to compose an essay on losing her sister, it came up with profound lines that struck a chord. The essay went viral, and people praised the machine's poetic lines. But as more advanced AIs churned out cliches, it appears that these tools can't re...
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The NFT craze of 2021 saw hype around buying digital art lead to inflated prices, bad investments, and big losses. Though promoted as the future, NFTs failed to deliver on promises of community and metaverse integration, leaving many lonely buyers holding now-worthless JPEGs. ...
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