ELIZA, the paperclip maximizer: A story
An unspecified government agency released a set of decoded log files [see below], recovered from an accident at an AI research lab. According to an eyewitness who visited the site, an “unusually large” heap of paperclips towered over the...
My last post on the current situation in Ukraine was exactly two months ago. On October 3rd I predicted that an all-out invasion of Ukraine (including use of air power by Russia against targets in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk) was to occur before the Oct. 26 Parliamentary...
Food and medical supplies are exhausted, economies from both side of Ukraine’s eastern border are crumbling, and the only hope to end this conflict may be the hopelessness itself. [dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he conflict in Eastern Ukraine has been raging for more th...
The OPEC refusal to decrease oil production and a subsequent price fall to a 4-year low make the future of Russian economy tenuous. Since July 2014, the Russian ruble depreciated to the U.S. dollar by 45%, and the economic growth stalled. Falling oil prices together ...
A continuation of the saga created by George Lucas set thirty years after Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983) is here. The new star wars trailer just debuted. JJ Abrams shows off his deft ability to play on our nostalgia while not going over board...
The St Louis suburb of Ferguson, USA is experiencing rioting and looting after a grand jury made the decision not to lay sentencing over the killing of Michael Brown in August 2014. After Michael Brown was shot dead by a United States Police Officer on the 9th of Aug...
This breakdown of science breakthroughs in 2014 shows how convergence science is catapulting renewable energy ahead of the curve in the energy market – as well as realising the potential of renewable technology, alongside automation and biotechnology, driving t...