AI Dangers: Real or Human Hallucination?
The backlash to advances in artificial intelligence have come in all shapes and forms, from mild concern to dramatic over-reactions. Here’s a look at the primary concerns.
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It’s a Wrap: 9 Ways GE Put Words Into Action at COP27
We are in a critical decade of action that will support the energy transition to drive decarbonization. More than 100 heads of state and over 35,000 participants came together in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, for two...
Biden Proclaims AI Bill of Rights (Kinda/Sorta)
As AI assumes more and more previously human tasks, ethicists, futurists, and legal minds are getting apoplectic, scurrying to get out ahead of the issues.
Biden’s Bet: The Future of Manufacturing Is Microscopic
With $2 billion from the Biden administration, biomanufacturing in the U.S. is poised for significant growth. The economy may be, too.
Congressional Committee Finds Trump Covid Efforts Guided by Politics, Not Health
It points to the influence of one man, Scott Atlas, who had no qualifications for overseeing pandemic response. He undermined testing and mask-wearing, among other errors, the report recounts. Former response coordinator Deborah Birx says...
Fossil Fuels Are a Threat to National Security
The youth movement urges President Biden to act—with or without Congress.
The Biden Administration Embraces “Democracy Affirming Technologies”
President Biden has called the defense of democracy “the defining challenge of our time.” With authoritarian governments doubling down on AI-enabled techniques for mass surveillance and social control, putting out the call to citizen coders...
White House Tech Advisor Focuses on Innovation
Michael Kratsios came to Techonomy2018 to show the administration's support for innovation. The audience of tech and business leaders was polite but skeptical.
What the U.S. Government Does Right in Promoting Innovation
There are two unfortunate, and incorrect narratives around the United States government’s role in innovation: some say our government is increasingly neglecting its duty to “promote science and the useful arts” by not adequately investing...
