The Israel Palestine conflict has reopened one of society’s widest and deepest latter-day schisms, augmented by ghastly truths such as Hellfire R9X missiles, and grisly lies like beheaded babies. Even people far away from the region find themselves passionately fighting with friends and family over who represents good and evil. Because everyone, near and far, […]
John Smeddle
Neuralink and Brain Computer Interfaces (BCIs) Whilst the world is busy figuring out how humans will remain relevant in an AI world, this new technology called BCI has emerged which will increase productivity, re-enable the physically challenged and bring the human brain closer to its assumed potential. Obviously, there’s a paradoxical hurdle in the preceding […]
At a board meeting last week at OpenAI, Sam Altman was presenting a strategy that would reverse the losses of ChatGPT and render a profit within three months. It involved a cost-sharing idea whereby the AI tool would prioritise information linked to participating, fee-paying commercial partners. This would achieve one significant goal. Namely, the major […]
Sam Altman Returns In a post published just hours ago on X, OpenAI have announced that Sam Altman returns as CEO. The gang of four who threw him out are gone. And a new board will take the company forward. It is understood that Netflix already has 6 scripts in contention and will be negotiating […]
So Let’s Have a Recap, Shall We? Day 1. First, AI media superstar Sam Altman leaves the company he started. The Board of OpenAI says he was ‘less than candid’ with them, but offers nothing more by way of explanation. Day 2. The technology chief, Mira Murati – a staunch acolyte of Mr. Altman, was […]
Emmet Shear Takes Over From Sam Altman The co-founder and ex-CEO of Twitch TV has taken on the OpenAI seat vacated by Sam Altman and Mira Murati. Admittedly, the latter didn’t last 48 hours and Emmet’s position has been communicated to the media as an ‘interim’ appointment. Nonetheless, it’s still a statement of intent from […]
In the world of AI development, things tend to happen really quickly. Well, that’s the impression the media has created. This latest turn of events is no different. Sam Altman, the new kid in cyber town, has suddenly packed up his little cardboard box full of personals and snuck out the back door of Open […]
Every year, the team who caretake the Cambridge Dictionary choose an English language word which they feel most represents the zeitgeist of the times. Often, the word is chosen because of how many times it was searched. For example, last year, Homer was the chosen word. No correlation to the long- running Simpsons series, but […]
Cast your next vote very, very carefully. Because all the values of the democratic society you thought you lived in have turned in a rancid brew of manipulation and aggressive tribalism. Under your next government, you will no longer be able to hold your head up high because your beliefs are being represented. Those beliefs […]
Last week, Elon Musk disagreed with Rishi Sunak about the future. “We’ll soon be in an age of abundance,” he told the Prime Minister. His metaphor about cooking and washing dishes was a quite sublime way of assuring the world the rise of AI in the workplace would not mean the death of creativity and […]