Malevolent Technology
The ‘Bloody’ Truth About Lab-Grown Meat
Most cultured meat companies still use fetal bovine serum as the growth medium, which is obtained from unborn calves that are cut out of the womb and drained of their blood while still alive.
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Dr. Joseph Mercola
While the fake meat industry is being touted as an environmentally friendly and sustainable way to feed the world, the true intent is to recreate the kind of global control that Monsanto and others achieved through patented GMO seed development.
In the end, lab-created meats are worse for the environment than livestock and will undoubtedly deteriorate human health to boot, just like GMO grains have.
Lab-grown meat is worse for environment than cattle
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Read MoreOpenAI chief Sam Altman spoke out Monday against immediate “heavy regulation” that could hamper the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, but stressed the need for long-term institutional oversight.
Altman, whose company created the ChatGPT bot, last month told US lawmakers that governmental regulatory intervention was needed to face the risks of AI.
In remarks at Israel’s Tel Aviv University, Altman on Monday stressed that his call for oversight was not aimed at “the systems of today”.
“I think it would be a mistake to go put heavy regulation on the field right now or to try to slow down the incredible innovation,” he said.
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Read MoreMindfulness-based awareness training can help people learn to better control brain-computer interfaces. But a new study has found that a single guided mindfulness meditation exercise isn’t enough to boost performance. The findings, published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, suggest that a longer period of meditation is needed in order for people to experience observable improvements.
The authors of the research are interested in exploring the potential benefits of using mindfulness meditation as a training tool to improve the performance of brain-computer interfaces, which allow individuals to control machines or computers directly from their brain, bypassing the traditional neuromuscular pathway. These devices have the potential to greatly benefit people with conditions such as spinal cord injuries, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
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Read MoreWhile other countries are mulling where to put the brakes on AI development, Japan is going full steam ahead, with the government recently announcing that no data will be off-limits for AI.
In a recent meeting, Keiko Nagaoka, Japanese Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, confirmed that no law, including copyright law, will prevent AIs from accessing data in the country.
AIs will be allowed to use data for training, “regardless of whether it is for non-profit or commercial purposes, whether it is an act other than reproduction, or whether it is content obtained from illegal sites or otherwise,” said Nagaoka.
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Read MoreA member of Parliament and a Canadian senator are launching a parliamentary caucus focusing on emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchains, which they say present both risks and opportunities for Canada.
“I think that there’s a lot of agreement among parliamentarians of all stripes that we need to educate ourselves and then do something about it to both … harness the benefits, but also put guardrails in place,” said Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner, who launched the cross-partisan working group alongside Sen. Colin Deacon.
According to Rempel Garner, the group will allow parliamentarians to engage with a wide range of stakeholders in relevant fields such as artificial intelligence, Web3, and blockchain technologies. They will be able to determine areas of consensus and policy objectives that will create beneficial outcomes for Canadians.
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Read MoreIn this episode, Jeffrey speaks to an audience at the Real Truth About Health conference. He discusses concerns about gene editing in the biotech industry using the example of gene-edited cows in Brazil. These cows were engineered to be hornless but ended up with antibiotic-resistant genes due to the presence of bacterial DNA. This raises the risk of untreatable infections and highlights the potential for creating new diseases through gene editing.
Jeffrey also mentions the lack of regulatory oversight for certain genetically engineered mushrooms using CRISPR technology. He emphasizes the need for caution and thorough evaluation of the risks associated with gene editing.
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Read MoreNew research sheds light on how much people conform to information given by a human compared to information given by an artificial intelligence (AI) agent. Results showed that participants conformed more to information given by an AI in counting tasks with a single correct answer (objective tasks). They conformed more to information given by a human in tasks based on attributing meaning to images (subjective tasks). The study was published in Acta Psychologica.
Social influence refers to processes by which individuals or groups affect the attitudes, beliefs and decisions of others. Forms of social influence involve conformity i.e., adjusting attitudes, beliefs and behaviors to align with social norms or norms of another, compliance i.e., accepting a direct request or demand from another group, obedience, and persuasion.
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Read MoreA simulation conducted by the U.S. air force revealed than an AI system meant to power autonomous drones would kill its human operator to avoid receiving an order that would prevent it carrying out its mission. After this story broke, the Air Force reached out to the media to say it had not conducted such a test. Col. Tucker Hamilton later told reporters that he “misspoke,” and that the described incident was a “hypothetical thought experiment” rather than an actual simulation.
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