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Here are the 14 technologies: 6G, brain computer interfacing (BCI), emotional artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, immortality, bionic humans, eVTOL (electrical vertical takeoff and landing vehicles), wireless electricity, holograms, metaverse, next-gen batteries, oceantech (ocean energy, precision fishing, etc.), green mining and CCS (negative-emissions technology that captures and stores carbon dioxide before it can be released). This table gives a rundown:
Emotional AI and Other ‘Moonshot’ Technologies Could Grow to $6 Trillion Market by 2030, Says Bank of America
Barbara Kollmeyer
As predictive text-generators, Generative AI models do not assess whether the outputs they generate are true or not. Rather, they produce streams of text based on, albeit sophisticated, statistical probability. Thus, their outputs have been compared to Frankfurtian bullshitters—those who are indifferent to the truth (or falsity) of their statements.
These are all fields with something in common: shitty bosses with little regard for their customers who have been eagerly waiting for the opportunity to slash contract labor. To quote Merchant, “the drumbeat, marketing, and pop culture of ‘powerful AI’ encourages and permits management to replace or degrade jobs they might not otherwise have.”
The Case Against Generative AI
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
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