The Threat of Artificial Intelligence

A Universal Basic Income (UBI) has long been proposed as a way to cushion the blow of jobs lost to automation. Under that model, everyone receives a modest monthly payment – enough to cover basic needs and prevent extreme poverty. But Elon Musk has gone further. On April 16, he posted on X: “Universal HIGH INCOME via checks…
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The Gigawatt Mystery: Why I Think Data Centres Are Building Simulated Worlds We are witnessing an unprecedented explosion in energy consumption by data centres, and the official explanations simply don’t add up. According to the International Energy Agency, data centres already use about 415 TWh of electricity annually – roughly 1.5%…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities are advancing at a pace that, according to a growing number of researchers and industry figures, could lead to systems surpassing human intelligence within the next few years. The acceleration has prompted warnings about the loss of human control over machines that may soon be able to improve…
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Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness? Got sore, itchy eyes? You’re probably one of the millions of people who spend too much time staring at screens, being bombarded with blue light. Rub your eyes too much and your eyelids…
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A broad coalition of civil society groups is sounding the alarm over Meta’s plan to embed facial recognition into its popular Ray-Ban smart glasses, warning the feature would create a new frontier for surveillance and abuse. The company’s push comes as investigations reveal a hidden pipeline where sensitive user footage, including scenes…
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In a groundbreaking announcement made in 2024, BrainBridge, a US-based technology startup, has claimed to have developed the world's first artificial intelligence (AI) head transplant system which is to be functional by 2027. This technology is designed to perform head transplants using advanced robotics and real-time molecular-level…
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A surge of misleading and sometimes dangerous children’s content is flooding platforms like YouTube, with few safeguards in place. Child experts warn that AI-generated videos, disguised as educational, can put kids’ safety and development at risk. “The more content I find, the more horrified I get,” one expert said. In a video that has…
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A grandmother was wrongfully arrested and held in prison for months after an AI facial recognition system misidentified her as a suspect in a bank fraud case. A disturbing report by North Dakota radio station WDAY details how Angela Lipps, 50, spent nearly six months in jail after Fargo police, using an AI facial recognition tool,…
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“Copilot Health brings your health records, wearable data and health history together in one place and then uses intelligence to create a coherent story.” What is Copilot? Microsoft's AI assistant explained Microsoft recently announced a partnership with HealthEx, a digital service provider that enables users and businesses to…
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