I think there are three main threats humanity currently faces. (1) nuclear war. In any one year the chances of a serious nuclear war are quite small; however the consequences will be global destruction of human civilisation. For many people under 40, this is a black swan scenario, an event which will take them by… Continue reading Existential Threats
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I have been reading up on AlphaFold which is an AI tool used to predict folding of known large protein sequences. It is really amazing what has been achieved, with hundreds of millions of folded protein structures predicted in only a couple of years. This is an incredible achievement which will likely facilitate many major… Continue reading truth speakers
Hang the AI
I read about DJs worried that AI will take their jobs. One of them cited experimental AI DJs as sounding dull and lifeless. Another said that AI companies should be taxed and the taxes used to retrain people who lose their jobs. Another said that music has gone through many disruptions over the years and… Continue reading Hang the AI