In 1997, @Wired@mstdn.social magazine published a long file "the next 25 years will be incredibly prosperous for Humanity" before making a sidebar "unless one or two of these ten events occur". Enjoy !
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Just goes to show that playing PlayStation can be useful in your career
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We were incredibly lucky that an outbreak broke out on a ship we could have quarantined it and resupplied it, but no, we had to bring them ashore
It’s a cruise ship, so as far as comfort goes, we’re set it’s not exactly hell
Those damn boomers who ruined the job market and made it impossible to buy a home and who are going to drag us back into another pandemic… 😤
The UK’s National Insurance Agency is set to close a large number of public GitHub repositories where it had been publishing its software, out of fear that AI systems might uncover security vulnerabilities.
In my opinion, this won’t make anything more secure—quite the opposite.
https://www.theregister.com/2026/05/05/nhs_to_closesource_hundreds_of_repos/
You should read this remarkable New York Times article, which explains why there are systemic risks associated with AI. Not because it is fundamentally an uncontrollable technology.
But because the interests of the key players are not aligned: (i) the U.S. government, which opposes regulation in order to beat China at all costs
(ii) the developers of cutting-edge models who raise concerns about job risks but who, deep down, don’t care because ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/opinion/ai-labor-work-force-silicon-valley.html
At one of Harvard’s most prestigious clinics, AI was pitted against doctors in emergency care scenarios. Even under these extreme conditions, the AI delivered more accurate diagnoses than the doctors. We are truly on the cusp of a new era in medicine.