Leben (Life aka misc)
Amazon Tops UPS and FedEx To Become Biggest US Delivery Business
Amazon has grabbed the crown of biggest delivery business in the U.S., surpassing both UPS and FedEx in parcel volumes. The Seattle e-commerce giant delivered more packages to U.S. homes in 2022 than UPS, after eclipsing FedEx in 2020, and it is on track to widen the gap this year, Read more…
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Ridley Scott Is Terrified of AI: ‘It’s a Technical Hydrogen Bomb’
“Several of your films have explored artificial intelligence,” Rolling Stone pointed out to 85-year-old Ridley Scott, before asking: “Does AI worry you?” Ridley Scott: I always thought the world would end up being run by two corporations, and I think we’re headed in that direction. Tyrell Corp in Blade Runner Read more…
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The US Military’s AI ‘Swarm’ Initiatives Speed Pace of Hard Decisions About Autonomous Weapons
AI employed by the U.S. military has piloted pint-sized surveillance drones in special operations forces’ missions and helped Ukraine in its war against Russia. But that’s the beginning. AI also “tracks soldiers’ fitness, predicts when Air Force planes need maintenance and helps keep tabs on rivals in space.” Now, the Read more…
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There is a Scientific Fraud Epidemic
Rooting out manipulation should not depend on dedicated amateurs who take personal legal risks for the greater good. As the Oxford university psychologist Dorothy Bishop has written, we only know about the ones who get caught. In her view, our “relaxed attitude” to the scientific fraud epidemic is a “disaster-in-waiting.” Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
World’s Biggest Iceberg on the Move After 30 Years
The world’s biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor. From a report: The iceberg, called A23a, split from the Antarctic coastline in 1986. But it swiftly grounded in the Weddell Sea, becoming, essentially, an ice island. At almost 4,000 sq Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
Google Maps Error Misleads Row of Cars Into the Mojave Desert
“Every car we were driving with was heading that direction…” Shelby Easler says in a TikTok video, “so we assumed this was going somewhere…” But SFGate reports that instead of a handy “alternate route,” Google Maps was leading her and her two passengers “far off the major highway and into Read more…