I would watch the hell out of this

Paul Krugman: A famous economist and Nobel Prize winner claimed in 1998 that by 2005 the internet would have no greater impact than the fax machine on global economics. This claim was based on a counterargument he had made regarding Metcalfe’s Law, which states that the sum of connections in any network is the square of its participants; Krugman argued that this model was flawed regarding the internet - most people had nothing to say to one another

Legendary! Thanks so much I will enjoy these

I wonder how long we would have to wait after capturing a planet and inserting it into the suns habitable zone before we can live on it? I imagine there would be a very turbulent period where it would need to settle in to the new gravity and radiation environment

This is top notch activism! I almost ate that onion

What if that implant was capable of curing you of a disease, like blindness or paralysis?

This is really interesting. There are already established methods in radiation oncology for the purpose of mapping lung movement to direct treatment, it’s amazing to see it in use to direct a mechanical device

We can finally ask them if submarine sonar noises really upset them or not

Could you imagine if that was offered up in bread outside Bunnings in the future

Now summer is upon us you can sneak a wichetty grub under the hood of the Weber when nobody is looking

Pretty sure that’s from Snowpiercer

Maybe calling them Land Crustaceans might help sell them a bit more? How about shellveal or ground kippers?

Here’s an interesting and new article relating to my above comment about transparency and the outcome of the monkey testing:

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/20/23882888/elon-musk-brain-implant-startup-neuralink-monkeys-euthanized

And to think they are asking for human volunteers now

From what I understand they have been quite opaque about their research and outcomes so far. I can’t see them recruiting people easily without being completely open and honest, and that’s before taking in to account the poor monkeys. My suspicion is they are making twitter a paid service so anyone who falls behind on their twitter fees will become part of a neuralink experiment

I honestly can’t stomach the idea of eating insects, but I do love prawns! Looks like the two halves of my brain are sleeping in separate beds tonight.

Mmmm McLocusts

does make you wonder though, it’s probably not going to be programmers who lose their jobs first, it will probably be a decent chunk of the people who currently earn their keep making content for coomers. Chat GPT and it’s friends will be making “useable” adult content long before they replace other things

Haha indeed! This will really become a very interesting application of the idea that history repeats itself - will AI really be different enough from previous technological advances to require different rules? Or will it be subject to the same technophobe vs. futurist arguments that always lead to gentle and inevitable integration? I’m reminded of how in some places when cars were first invented a bloke would have to walk in front of them slowly with flags to warn pedestrians and horses of the oncoming dreaded automobile

This is fascinating!