Broadband Internet service “has steadily shifted from an optional amenity to a core utility” and is now “taking its place alongside water, sewer, and electricity as essential infrastructure for communities,” says a report released by the White House yesterday.
With much of our attention focused the rise of advanced artificial intelligence, few consider the potential for radically amplified human intelligence (IA). It’s an open question as to which will come first, but a technologically boosted brain could be just as powerful — and just as dangerous – as AI.
50% below average IQ. We’re lucky not to get a UKIP-type surge more often. Elitist? Well I admit I’d rather be GOVERNED by an elite.
– @RichardDawkins
This is discussion on FB with Dutch speakers ironically about robotics and the end of jobs. The person I was talking with, reponded with this reply
De ontwikkeling gaat steeds verder, maar het zal toch eerst het geestdodende werk worden dat wordt gerobotiseerd.
Ook de pizzabakker blijft …
Using Facebook’s auto translate, I got this.
The development will continue, but it will still work the stultifying first be being robotised.
Also remains the pizza…
I jumped on Google’s Translate and got this.
The development is progressing, but it will first be drudgery that robotized.
The pizza chef remains
California Is On The Verge Of Water Abundance
It will not happen overnight, but California is on the verge of a hydro-revolution; the beginning of a radical transformation that will dramatically increase the amount of available water. It has already happened in other parts of the world. From where we stand today, this transformation sounds quite unlikely. There are those in California who believe we should return to a desert landscape, retire what has become the most productive agricultural region in the world and live with what little water nature provides. Fortunately, we have overcome even greater obstacles and water abundance in California is not only possible, it is inevitable. The foundation for this water revolution is already in place.