Future Jist 8
4 articles on issues that are bound to have a strong impact on the world of tomorrow.
Does Palantir See Too Much?: If you’ve not heard about Palantir, you’ve probably been living under a well insulated, warmly decorated rock. There’s been quite a bit of secrecy around the company, with many progressive leaders(rightfully) calling for an investigation of the company. It would probably not have been the case had Thiel not been involved. But he is. The question then is, what does Palantir do exactly? Read this in-depth article to find out. Read Here
A radical new technique lets AI learn with practically no data: Deep learning techniques are becoming increasingly efficient. A new technique allows AI models to generalize on a far greater scale than before. Prior techniques like few-shot learning required multiple examples to produce divergent pieces of work. This new technique may allow AI to gain the capacities of a 5-year-old, in that it allows an AI to identify a cat once and generalize alternative cats with a single example. Read Here
Microsoft, Elon Musk's SpaceX tie up to woo space customers: There’s a new space race brewing. Microsoft and SpaceX are partnering on offering cloud services from space. Read Here
The Centralized Internet Is Inevitable: In this captivating essay, Samo Burja says what I’ve been scared to admit to myself. It was with great hope that the internet would serve as a decentralizing force for humanity. Instead, what we’ve observed is that it has rather served to centralize publishing and decentralize participation. Nevertheless, it is still a centralizing force. Samo spells out what this means for all of us. Read Here
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