• The power of synthetic biology at Parliamentary Friends of Science

    The power of synthetic biology at Parliamentary Friends of Science
    An expert panel explored the power of synthetic biology at the most recent Parliamentary Friends of Science event at Parliament House.
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  • Beyond GIGO: Virtual ‘Inbreeding’ Could Spark AI Doom

    Beyond GIGO: Virtual ‘Inbreeding’ Could Spark AI Doom
    In the 1980s, we used to say, “Garbage In, Garbage Out” about computers. Now, we are seeing the snake eating its own tail. Virtual “inbreeding” may be the death of public-facing AI, but not the back end. Humanity’s AI control systems feed on a fresh diet of “organic data”: the Internet of Things, the Internet of Bodies, the Internet of Nano-bio Things, plus data spun off financial transactions, telemetry systems, etc. The former is a sideshow; the latter

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