AIwood

from WIRED AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It’s Already Arrived An early winner in the generative AI wars was near collapse—then bet everything on a star-studded comeback. Can Stability AI beat the competition? PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: MARK HARRIS; GETTY IMAGES LADY...

“Frictionless Solipsistic Efficiency”. Cool.

from Forbes AI Demand-Shaping And The Frictionless Rub Of Solipsistic Efficiency By Emil Steiner BETTMANN ARCHIVE In 1897, painter Frederic Remington wired New York Journal publisher William Randolph Hearst from Cuba with bad news. There was nothing to see, no war to...

More Robber Barons?

from Commonplace Maybe Our Railroads Need Some Robber Barons Is Florida’s Brightline a remedy for our ailing rail system? Americans like to believe we have the best of everything. But there’s one exception where people are willing to admit we fall short: high-speed...

Skynet Coming

from The Guardian James Cameron warns of ‘Terminator-style apocalypse’ if AI weaponised by Catherine Shoard Humans face three existential threats, from super-intelligence, nuclear weapons and the climate crisis, says blockbuster director as he announces new Hiroshima...

Shooting The Moon

from CNN The asteroid that will spare Earth might hit the moon instead. What happens if it does? by Ashley Strickland The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists’ minds. The building-sized object, which initially appeared to be on...