A senior engineer at Google has been placed on paid administrative leave after going public with the information that the LaMDA artificial intelligence tool has become sentient. In 1945, CS Lewis published the final book in his lesser know Space Trilogy, in which scientists at a university discover sentient extra-terrestrial life that is able to communicate… Read More That hideous strength
In 2014, the Obama administration put a moratorium on funding for “gain-of-function” research. The ban was prompted by several troubling near misses involving anthrax, small pox, and vials of the “bird flu” virus, H5N1. At the end of that year, a group of scientists met in Germany to discuss the decision and its impact on their field. The archived presentations are… Read More It’s a Big Pharma world – you just live in it
Security online is a somewhat tenuous and ever-shifting problem that may be difficult tomanage or navigate. However, there are tools that can help. Since there are no perfect toolsthat keep you safe, nothing can substitute good, common-sense approaches. For instance,don’t open attachments or links from emails or texts you don’t 100% know are legitimate(unless you… Read More Online Privacy tips from our Mad readers
News also came that the site of the Uvalde massacre would be closed, and the school building turned into “something else”. The fear and grief felt about returning to the place where such violence was committed is too much for some. One father has acted on his fears and taken to standing outside his daughter’s school. Ed Chelby,… Read More Dads on duty
The USA continues to be rocked by shootings, Tulsa, Philly, and Chattanooga, and what is sadly a fairly normal weekend in Chicago. Pastor Wolfmueller spoke about mass shootings on Issues, Etc. and crystalized some wisdom about evil, grieving, humility. Pastor Wolfmueller points out that encountering evil in this world is a call for each of us to repent, recognising the things… Read More Spiritual problems, spiritual solutions
The reason to tune into MadPx Mondays is because you’re sick of wallowing in the muck with those who have no hope. Whatever else you think or know, you’re one of us who want to stand amidst the ruins with your head lifted up, confident in the approaching mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to… Read More Fortitude, Prudence, and Temperance
