Sep 20

An interesting sidelight to that HuffPo article on obesity that was going round the other day.

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An interesting sidelight to that HuffPo article on obesity that was going round the other day. If an AI can predict obesity rates based on satellite imagery of the physical layout of neighbourhoods, that’s pretty good evidence that at least some of the problem is based on environmental factors rather than individual ones (which we knew, but it makes it clearer).

Originally shared by Singularity Hub

This AI Predicts Obesity Prevalence—All the Way from Space https://suhub.co/2D7P4NJ

Sep 13

I have the beginnings of a story about “warmware,” androids that can do things like raise children because they’re…

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I have the beginnings of a story about “warmware,” androids that can do things like raise children because they’re emotionally intelligent.

Sounds like there are other New Zealanders thinking about this stuff as well.

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What We Have to Gain From Making Machines More Human https://suhub.co/2oZMRtD

Sep 11

Interesting, if a little wordy.

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Interesting, if a little wordy.

Why do people confuse “adopt” and “adapt”?

Originally shared by Winchell Chung

The politics of space mining – An account of a simulation game

Highlights

•The realization of space exploitation will disrupt world politics.

•The simulation highlighted the political tensions and different interests.

•Inclusive international process is needed to reach fast adaptation.

•Creative mechanisms are needed to allow sharing of new global wealth.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576516311584