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Norbert Holstein

@dr_norb@fediscience.org

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Botanist 🧐🌿, curator at Natural History Museum London (from pines 🌲 to vines 🍇).

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Joined October 12, 2022

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Norbert Holstein @dr_norb@fediscience.org

· 6mo ago

Lately, #ElonMusk talks a lot about solar-powered #AI servers in #space as "green" solution to the high demand in energy. Sounds great?
Do people realise that servers in space also mean that there is no law applicable to these servers?
May I remind that Musk's AI Grok was allowed for months to create nude and lingerie images of children, and it only stopped because the EU threatened to ban X?
How will any government control (AI) servers in space that are capable of creating deepfakes (political, scams, ransom/blackmail, p0rn) directly served via Starlink? That's what space servers are about, unleashing the full nightmare of AI and #cybercrime.
#MarkMyWords

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Norbert Holstein @dr_norb@fediscience.org

· 45mo ago

Replying to

@SutherlandBL@ecoevo.social Of course also a few examples of bird pollination (red tubular flowers, e g. Gesneriads), open flowers for fly pollination (Apiaceae) and trap flowers (Aristololochia or Araceae; flies again). Don't forget the importance of mycorrhiza if not covered elsewhere.

Norbert Holstein @dr_norb@fediscience.org

· 45mo ago

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@SutherlandBL@ecoevo.social Of course monocots vs. dicots. fruit types with examples. Seed vs. Fruit. Probably some waterplant, too (simple monocot flower, adaptations).

Norbert Holstein @dr_norb@fediscience.org

· 45mo ago

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@SutherlandBL@ecoevo.social Go for the families that have the biggest impact: Poaceae (monocot root system, flowers), Cyperaceae (flower), Lamiaceae (useful plants, bee pollination syndrome), Fabaceae (flowers/pollination, mention root nodules/nitrogen fixation), Asteraceae, Brassicaceae (easy flower, sec. metabolites as defense), Ranunculaceae (easy flower, useful plants/modifacations/nutrient storage), Fagaceae (wind pollination syndrome, wood structure).