Esther Dyson, one of the technology industry's most prominent analysts, had an op-ed piece in The Information that addressed how people ought to be thinking about - and reacting to - AI.
An excerpt:
"Humanity is waking up to the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence, but we donât yet understand our role. People talk about unexplainable AI when they should be more concerned about the unexplainable humans running the companies that develop the AI. (Hiya, Sam!)
"People worried about AI taking their jobs and taking control are competing with a myth. Instead, people should train themselves to be better humans even as they develop better AI. People are still in control, but they need to use that control wisely, ethically and carefully.
"The first step is to understand the fundamental difference between humans and AIs. We are analog, chemical beings, with emotions and feelings. Compared with machines, we think slowly - and we act too fast, failing to consider the long-term consequences of our behavior (which AI can help predict). So we should not compete with AI; we should use it. At the same time, we should become better humans: more self-aware and more understanding of the world around us, better able to understand our own and othersâ motivations. We should know enough to manipulate ourselves and to resist manipulation by others."
How often does this happen with novel technologies? I know it happen occasionally, and Tang is great and all, but it seems the typical model is that new stuff advantages a few while burdening many more.
Esther Dyson, one of the technology industry's most prominent analysts, had an op-ed piece in The Information that addressed how people ought to be thinking about - and reacting to - AI.
An excerpt:
"Humanity is waking up to the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence, but we donât yet understand our role. People talk about unexplainable AI when they should be more concerned about the unexplainable humans running the companies that develop the AI. (Hiya, Sam!)
"People worried about AI taking their jobs and taking control are competing with a myth. Instead, people should train themselves to be better humans even as they develop better AI. People are still in control, but they need to use that control wisely, ethically and carefully.
"The first step is to understand the fundamental difference between humans and AIs. We are analog, chemical beings, with emotions and feelings. Compared with machines, we think slowly - and we act too fast, failing to consider the long-term consequences of our behavior (which AI can help predict). So we should not compete with AI; we should use it. At the same time, we should become better humans: more self-aware and more understanding of the world around us, better able to understand our own and othersâ motivations. We should know enough to manipulate ourselves and to resist manipulation by others."
Cybercrime will grow from a $3 trillion industry in 2015 to a $10.5 trillion industry by 2025.
The unpredictable nature of cybercrime increases threats.
The 2023 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, has filled us with lots of uplifting predictions, like how companies will soon decode our brain waves. The latest warns of a global catastrophic cyber event in the very near future.
âThe most striking finding that weâve found,â WEF managing director Jeremy Jurgens said during a presentation highlighting the WEF Global Security Outlook Report 2023, âis that 93 percent of cyber leaders, and 86 percent of cyber business leaders, believe that the geopolitical instability makes a catastrophic cyber event likely in the next two years. This far exceeds anything that weâve see in previous surveys.â
Add in the extreme unpredictability of these eventsâJurgens cited a cyberattack recently aimed at shutting down Ukranian military abilities that unexpectedly also closed off parts of electricity production across Europeâand the global challenges are only growing.
âThis is a global threat,â Jürgen Stock, Secretary-General of Interpol, said during the presentation. âIt calls for a global response and enhanced and coordinated action.â He said the increased profits that the multiple bad âactorsâ reap from cybercrime should encourage world leaders to work together to make it a priority as they face ânew sophisticated tools.â
I think you can open the link box, and where it says open in new window, set that to open in same window, say okay, then open the link box again and say open in new window. Sometimes that works
it happens when you copy and paste a link directly into the text box instead of using the link feature. to fix, highlight and break the link and then paste the url into into the link box
it happens when you copy and paste a link directly into the text box instead of using the link feature. to fix, highlight and break the link and then paste the url into into the link box
I think you can open the link box, and where it says open in new window, set that to open in same window, say okay, then open the link box again and say open in new window. Sometimes that works
I didn't do intentionally; I don't know how to do it one way or another.
it happens when you copy and paste a link directly into the text box instead of using the link feature. to fix, highlight and break the link and then paste the url into into the link box
The link opens in the current browser, not a new tab or window — I'm just curious if you do that intentionally. I thought the default in BillG's code was to open a tab or window rather than leaving the RP site.
I didn't do intentionally; I don't know how to do it one way or another.
The link opens in the current browser, not a new tab or window — I'm just curious if you do that intentionally. I thought the default in BillG's code was to open a tab or window rather than leaving the RP site.
you are twisted. 
