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Smartphones — Finally!
The evolution Many of us who are old enough to remember “dumbphones” might consider the original iPhone from 2010 to be the first true smartphone. Others might object and argue that the HTC G1 Dream from 2008 was the first one. For some, their first smartphone was their trusty and stylish Nokia N73 from 2006,…
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ChatGPT Images 2.0, the New Champ
Open AI recently announced that they are giving up on their AI video gen, Sora. Apparently, the project was leaking way too much of their hard earned cash (reports put it at around $1M/day in compute). But recently, they introduced the new image gen model, which they aptly named Images 2.0 (don’t you just love…
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The Big Convergence
Back in 1959, Eugene Paul Wigner, theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner, delivered a lecture at New York University in which he spoke about “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences”. In the lecture, he argued that many mathematical concepts that initially appeared to be just abstract ideas were later found to perfectly describe…
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How we stole intelligence
There are all kinds of intelligences in nature. Some forms of smart can be found where you would least expect them. Wood Wide Web refers to a complex mycelium network that connects tree roots under the forest floor. Scientists discovered that this decentralised web of mycorrhizal fungi exhibits intelligent behaviors such as problem solving and sharing of…
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The Panic: Should we or should we not, or what?
For all we know, Socrates was patient-zero of technological doomerism. But writing was only the beginning of advanced, disruptive and panic inducing technology. With the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe entered the era of technological stagnation, aka medieval period or the dark ages. Many contemporary historians completely reject the “dark age” classification . They argue…