‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years

The British-Canadian computer scientist often touted as a “godfather” of artificial intelligence has shortened the odds of AI wiping out humanity over the next three decades, warning the pace of change in the technology is “much faster” than expected.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/27/godfather-of-ai-raises-odds-of-the-technology-wiping-out-humanity-over-next-30-years

Paypal founder Peter Thiel: Silicon Valley called staff back to office as they realised that employees weren’t actually working

Peter Thiel Companies have offered various reasons for pushing employees back into offices, but Paypal founder Peter Thiel provides a starkly blunt explanation for the corporate shift away from remote work.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/paypal-founder-peter-thiel-silicon-valley-called-staff-back-to-office-as-they-realised-that-employees-werent-actually-working/articleshow/116403476.cms

BREAKING - New Study Finds COVID-19 'Vaccination' Doubles Risk of Post-COVID Death

Background: There are few studies in the literature evaluating post-COVID mortality in Brazil, along medium and long term, especially in those who presented severe clinical disease.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://petermcculloughmd.substack.com/p/breaking-new-study-finds-covid-19

🧮 Google's quantum computer performs calculation in 5 minutes that would take longer than the universe's existence for a supercomputer

Google's new quantum computer solved a calculation in five minutes that would take longer than the universe's existence to solve with a regular supercomputer. The time it would take the supercomputer to do the calculation is nearly a million billion times longer than the age of the universe.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.warpnews.org/innovation/googles-quantum-computer-performs-calculation-that-takes-longer-than-the-universes-existence-2/

The Spies Who Hate Us

Brownstone Institute has been tracking a little-known federal agency for years. It is part of the Department of Homeland Security created after 9-11. It is called the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency or CISA.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://brownstone.org/articles/the-spies-who-hate-us/

AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines

Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-personal-assistants-manipulation-engines/

The Problem With Counterfeit People

Companies using AI to generate fake people are committing an immoral act of vandalism, and should be held liable.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/problem-counterfeit-people/674075/

Sam Altman predicts superintelligence will trigger a 10x surge in AI breakthroughs — each year as revolutionary as a decade

As 2024 ends, top AI labs, including OpenAI (and by extension, Microsoft), Google, Anthropic, and more, have been on top of their game in the AI arms race.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/sam-altman-predicts-superintelligence-will-trigger-a-10x-surge-in-technological-breakthroughs

“He has Good Days and Bad Days”: The Journal Exposes the Concerted Effort to Conceal Biden’s Mental Decline

In an explosive exposé, the Wall Street Journal has revealed how the mental decline of President Joe Biden was pronounced from the start of his term. However, cabinet members and other Democrats lied to the public about his declining levels of acuity and engagement.

ORIGINAL LINK: https://jonathanturley.org/2024/12/20/he-has-good-days-and-bad-days-wall-street-journal-exposes-the-concerted-effort-to-conceal-bidens-mental-decline/

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/12/22/fake-meat-dangers.aspx

ORIGINAL LINK: https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/12/22/fake-meat-dangers.aspx