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AI v. our ability to build AI
A lot of this article, by Sean Ekins, Filippa Lentzos, Max Brackmann, and Cédric Invernizzi, published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on March 24, makes good sense – except the following two sentences: Nature took millions of years to … Continue reading
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Tagged artificial intelligence, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, large language models, synthetic proteins
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Some thoughts on the nature of cyber-weapons
The agents of cyber-warfare are trapped as much as liberated by the ambiguities surrounding what the nature of a cyber-weapon is at all, with what intent and for what purpose it was crafted, allowing its repercussions to seem anywhere from rapid to evanescent. Continue reading
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Tagged Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, cyber-war, cyber-weapons, doctrine of proportionality, Edward Snowden, Heartbleed, intent, Joseph Rotblat, just war, Kiwicon 2015, nuclear weapons, Solly Zuckerman, Wassenaar Arrangement
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Curious Bends – WhatsApp doc, nuclear nonsense, AIDS in Mizoram and more
1. As they amass a bigger nuclear arsenal, both India and Pakistan also attend a non-proliferation conference every year “While most of the momentum behind the humanitarian initiative comes from non-nuclear weapons states, its success ultimately depends on how it influences … Continue reading
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Tagged Ahnighoto, AIDS epidemic, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mauna Kea, nuclear nonproliferation, public healthcare, seismology, Thirty Meter Telescope, Tuberculosis, US Geological Survey, WhatsApp doctors
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Counting warheads
Two researchers associated with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists have published their research on the number of nuclear warheads possessed by countries worldwide, together with data on where they have been deployed based on various sources. The best part is … Continue reading
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