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26.09.26 - 18:21
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AI Doom: A Brief History Of Bad Tech Predictions (ZeroHedge)
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AI Doom: A Brief History Of Bad Tech Predictions
Go back three decades to 1995 when the Internet was just taking off and opinions proliferated about the future and impact of this novel creation: some said it would supercharge global productivity. Others said it would be no more useful than a fax machine.
With the benefit of hindsight some 30 years later, we can say that the Internet debate has been settled, and as Deutsche Bank's Adrian Cox writes in a lengthy report published this week, it takes guts to do what Bob Metcalfe did.
After wrongly predicting in an article in 1995 that the internet would go “spectacularly supernova” and collapse in 1996, the co-inventor of Ethernet and founder of 3Com then pulped a copy of the article in a blender and drank it at a conference in 1997 as a way to eat his words.
While nobody worries about the Internet any more, the latest tech predictions are about no less than an AI apocalypse. Various tech leaders spent the weekend warning of catastrophic but ...
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26.09.26 - 17:12
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US and China Seek Common Ground on AI (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg News Chief North Asia Correspondent Stephen Engle and ABC News State Department reporter Shannon Kingston tell Bloomberg This Weekend that President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's summit highlighted efforts to establish dialogue on AI while building trust between the two countries. Speaking with hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini, Engle and Kingston examine the significance of Xi's state visit, China's push to be treated as an equal to the US and the diplomatic signals surrounding the meetings. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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26.09.26 - 15:49
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Studieren bei Nvidia und Co? KI-Konzerne locken Schulabgänger (Ariva)
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Andreessen Horowitz sucht Abiturienten und Studienabbrecher für eine Akademie mit Millionen-Budget. Wer mitmachen kann, was es bringt und warum halb Silicon Valley schon mitzieht. Die Risikokapitalfirma Andreessen Horowitz hat am Dienstag ein neues, kostenloses Programm für frischgebackene Abiturientinnen und Abiturienten sowie Studienabbrecherinnen und Studienabbrecher vorgestellt. Die sogenannte Horowitz Andreessen Academy bietet Unterkunft, Rechenressourcen und ......
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26.09.26 - 15:24
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AI Gives Tech Firms New National Security Power (Bloomberg)
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Author Sharon Weinberger tells Bloomberg This Weekend that Silicon Valley's relationship with the defense industry has transformed as technology companies and investors increasingly embrace national security work. Speaking with host Christina Ruffini, Weinberger says the growing power of AI and defense technology companies is testing the government's ability to provide effective regulation and oversight. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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