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The Fermi Paradox - Wait But Why

The Fermi Paradox: There should be 100,000 intelligent alien civilizations in our galaxy — so why haven't we found any of them?

What Would It Mean to Treat Animals Fairly?

Each year, billions of animals die for human ends. In two new books, Martha Nussbaum and Peter Singer insist that we stop the suffering.

Comment l’agriculture industrielle bouleverse le cycle de l’azote et compromet l’habitabilité de la terre

Au début du XXᵉ siècle, deux chimistes réussissent à fixer l'azote de l'air. Leur invention a permis l'industrialisation de l'agriculture et le dérèglement du cycle de l'azote.

Is My Toddler a Stochastic Parrot?

The world is racing to develop ever more sophisticated large language models while a small language model unfurls itself in my home.

As Actors Strike for AI Protections, Netflix Lists $900,000 AI Job

Hollywood executives said writers’ and actors’ strike demands like raising wages and protecting actors’ likenesses from AI was “unrealistic.”

The dirty little secret that could bring down Big Tech

New research reveals that Silicon Valley uses predatory pricing to crush competitors and scam investors — evidence the government can use to bust up tech monopolies.

De la merdification des choses

Hundreds attend AI church service in Germany

The ChatGPT chatbot led more than 300 people through 40 minutes of prayer, music, sermons and blessings.

Is precision fermentation the future of food?

Precision fermentation is touted as the next big thing that could solve food security and sustainability challenges

Où va la France?

OPINION. La France est bel et bien en train de rejoindre le camp des démocraties «illibérales» juge Jean-François Bayart, professeur à l’IHEID, pour qui Emmanuel Macron vit dans une réalité parallèle et joue avec le feu

Even Amazon can't make sense of serverless or microservices

The Prime Video team at Amazon has published a rather remarkable case study on their decision to dump their serverless, microservices architecture and replace it with a monolith instead. This move saved them a staggering 90%(!!) on operating costs, and simplified the system too. What a win! But beyond celebrating their good sense, I th...

Quantum computing could break the internet. This is how

We don’t know when. We don’t know who will get there first. But Q-day will happen — and it will change the world as we know it

"Demain ce sont des ChatGPT qui vous expliqueront que vous n’avez plus droit aux aides sociales"

L’émergence de ChatGPT, agent conversationnel lancé par la société américaine OpenAI, contrôlée par Microsoft, suscite une profonde admiration concernant l’évolution de l’intelligence artificielle (IA). Est-elle une nouvelle étape franchie dans le dépassement de l’homme par la machine ? Pour QG, l’entrepreneur Tariq Krim, fondateur de Netvibes, et ancien vice-président du Conseil…

ChatGPT is about to revolutionize the economy. We need to decide what that looks like.

New large language models will transform many jobs. Whether they will lead to widespread prosperity or not is up to us.

10 startups qui vont faire bouger les lignes de la seconde main en 2023

Maddyness présente 10 startups qui font bouger la seconde main en 2023, de l'électroménager à l'équipement de ski en passant par la mode.

Opinion | The Imminent Danger of A.I. Is One We’re Not Talking About

We are so stuck on asking what the technology can do that we are missing the more important questions.

World risks descending into a climate ‘doom loop’, warn thinktanks

Report says simply coping with escalating impacts of climate crisis could override tackling root cause

The Digital Workplace Is Designed to Bring You Down

Digital theorist Cal Newport is arguing for a new way to work.

The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job

This baffling paradox is the leading cause for today’s restless workplace

Opinion | The Crypto Collapse and the End of the Magical Thinking That Infected Capitalism

Dogecoin. WeWork. The Metaverse. It was an era of illusory and ridiculous promises.

You will always have more problems than engineers.

How to deal with a sad reality.

AI Homework

The first obvious casualty of large language models is homework: the real training for everyone, though, and the best way to leverage AI, will be in verifying and editing information.

FTX’s Collapse Was a Crime, Not an Accident

Sam Bankman-Fried is a con man and fraudster of historic proportions. But you might not learn that from the New York Times, CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist David Z. Morris writes.

« Face à la pollution de l’industrie textile, il faut acheter le moins de vêtements possible »

« Chaleur humaine ». Cofondatrice de la marque de vêtements Loom et membre du collectif En mode climat, Julia Faure dénonce l’impact écologique du secteur de l’habillement, à force de prix dérisoires et d’incitations à consommer.

Industry ethicist: Social media companies amplifying Americans' anger for profit

"They're super-charging 100 or 1,000 times to one the worst parts of ourselves," Tristan Harris said.