The most important consequence of the agricultural revolution was not that farming became more efficient. It was that most people were liberated from the necessity of farming, allowing entirely new kinds of economic and cultural life to emerge. Likewise, the most important consequence of the AI revolution may not be that intelligence production becomes more…
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, to this day, is still one of the standout examples of the value of art in tech IMO. You can see how even janky tech can come together with amazing art to weave an illusion that still stands up.
TL;DR: Open system + AI colleague + AI-aware editor = the malleable computer Xerox PARC promised fifty years ago. Smalltalk bet the missing piece was a friendlier language; it was a colleague. Most mornings now, somewhere between the first coffee and the second, I sit down at my computer with a thought that begins: “Right!…
Vaccines are some of the great human creations. I’m no longer smiling politely when I have to deal with denialism. These. Save. Lives. A comprehensive review found that mRNA vaccines — a popular target of viral vaccine conspiracy theories and medical misinformation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic — are a resoundingly safe and…
I love this sort of thing… “What we’ve seen in the Strait of Hormuz, and I can’t believe I’m going to be saying these words, but Trump’s done more to progress the climate agenda in three months than anybody has in the last 100 years.
I really can’t do justice to the amazing achievement of the HPV vaccine In women aged 20–24 years between 2020 and 2024, in whom vaccination coverage was around 88–90% at age 12–13 years, no deaths occurred, compared with 23·1 expected deaths based on historical rates, corresponding to a mortality reduction of 100% (95% CI 84–100).…
Ooooh this is seriously cool The Helios Horizon’s previous lithium-ion pack delivered 260 Wh/kg (watt-hours per kilogram, a measure of how much energy a battery holds relative to its weight). The new solid-state cells hit 410 Wh/kg, a 60% jump. Chief test pilot and company founder Miguel Iturmendi expects that figure to grow another 40%…
The arrival of a purpose-built ship owned by Chinese car manufacturer BYD that docked in Melbourne on Sunday carrying 5000 vehicles has been described by an analyst as a turning point in the electrification of Australian road transport. The BYD Zhengzhou, one of a fleet of eight car-carrying ships owned and operated by BYD, normally…