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A Chinese man, wearing a face mask to protect himself from the novel coronavirus 2019-nCoV or COVID-19 is riding a scooter in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
October 6, 2023

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China, COVID-19, data, global, made in china, Pandemic, Washington Post}

COVID Helped China Get Ahead on Genetic Therapies

_{Why is China trying to lead the world in genetic technology?} _{Heather Zeiger

October 6, 2023

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According to a recent Washington Post article, the COVID-19 pandemic was a boon for China’s ambitions to be the world leader in precision therapeutics and genetic technology. China’s premier genetic sequencing company, BGI, set up over 100 portable gene sequencing labs in twenty countries, concentrated mainly in the Middle East and Africa, ostensibly to provide free or reduced-priced COVID-19 tests. The Washington Post article focused on Serbia, in Central Europe, where BGI delivered it’s pop-up COVID-19 testing labs, called “Fire-Eye,” named after the Monkey King, a popular Chinese mythical creature. BGI will set up permanent labs in Serbia for other genetic testing, where it will acquire human genome information on its population. In exchange for the lab donations, Serbian leaders Read More ›

surreal This futuristic new york city is a hub of technological innovation with holographic advertisements robots highspeed trains flying cars and personal drones It is a melting pot of cultures and

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Author
Peter Biles
Date
July 1, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

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AI, Allie, chatbots, ChatGPT, First Things, J.D. Salinger, Lee Siegel, Meta, Sex Bots, The Catcher in the Rye, Washington Post}

Simulating Human Connection with Meta’s “Allie” Chatbot

_{I can't help but wonder if people will increasingly use chatbots as paltry substitutes for genuine human connection} _{Peter Biles

July 1, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

To anyone who’s been watching and considering the outcomes of the chatbot revolution, virtual sex has seemed all but inevitable. Meta’s AI chatbot LLaMA, which was controversially made open to the public earlier this year, is now being used to generate sex bots. Washington Post reported on the trend, with Pranshu Verma and Will Oremus writing, Allie is an 18-year old with long brown hair who boasts “tons of sexual experience.” Because she“lives for attention,” she’ll “share details of her escapades”with anyone for free. But Allie is fake, an artificial intelligence chatbot created for sexual play — which sometimes carries out graphic rape and abuse fantasies. -Pranshu Verma and Will Oremus, Meta’s new AI is being used to create sex chatbots – The Washington Read More ›

In the System Control Room Technical Operator Stands and Monitors Various Activities Showing on Multiple Displays with Graphics. Administrator Monitors Work of Artificial Intelligence.

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Author
News
Date
March 23, 2023

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

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AI, Artificial Intelligence, Book Review, ChatGPT, Data analysis, Data Mining, Gary Smith, mind matters, OpenAI, Oxford University Press, social media, Washington Post}

Gary Smith’s New Book Reviewed in Washington Post

_{Smith argues that science itself is being undermined by the tools scientists use} _{News

March 23, 2023

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Walter Bradley Center Senior Fellow Gary Smith’s book Distrust: Big Data, Data-Torturing, and the Assault on Science was reviewed in The Washington Post today. Smith is a frequent contributor to Mind Matters and teaches economics at Pomona College. In his new book, Smith argues that science itself is being “undermined” by the tools scientists use. Reviewer Abby Ohlheister writes, Smith, an economist whose work often examines the misuse of data and statistics in a variety of disciplines, argues that the current crisis of trust in science falls at the intersection of three forces: disinformation, data torturing and data mining. Disinformation, as Smith writes, is “as old as the human race,” but accelerated in speed and reach alongside social media. Data Read More ›