Links for 20210821
Holden Karnofsky on the most important century — “…it doesn’t look like, well, things have been normal for a long time and now all these people are saying it’s about to change. It looks more like we just live on this rocket ship that took off five seconds ago, and nobody knows where it’s going.” https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/holden-karnofsky-most-important-century/
‘Ten years ago this was science fiction’: the rise of weedkilling robots https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/14/weedkilling-robots-farming-pesticide-use-sustainable
Cyber vulnerabilities in farming equipment: Exploiting Vulnerabilities in the Global Food Supply Chain https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/defcon-exploiting-vulnerabilities/
Tesla is actually going to make a ‘Tesla Bot’ humanoid robot for general purpose use https://www.cnet.com/news/elon-musk-unveils-tesla-bot-a-humanoid-robot-utilizing-vehicle-ai/
Tesla Bot Division Will Be the Most Successful Robot Company https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2021/08/tesla-bot-division-will-be-the-most-successful-robot-company.html
China’s Sputnik Moment? How Washington Boosted Beijing’s Quest for Tech Dominance. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-07-29/chinas-sputnik-moment
Alibaba’s algorithm-powered machine outperforms humans in understanding visuals for the first time https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3145525/alibabas-algorithm-powered-machine-outperforms-humans-understanding
Samsung has its own AI-designed chip. Soon, others will too https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/samsung-has-its-own-ai-designed-chip-soon-others-will-too/
Ancient stone tools raise tantalizing questions over who colonized Sulawesi https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-stone-tools-raise-tantalizing-questions-over-who-colonized-sulawesi
Autocorrect errors in Excel still creating genomics headache https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02211-4
It's Too Late Now - Elon Musk