💡 Warp News #258
💊 Weight loss drugs could transform society and save billions. 🌐 The ozone hole over Antarctica continues to shrink. 🦾 Robot learns surgery as well as surgeons by watching videos.
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🍑 Damned if you do...
December 2023:
"The magnitude of changes AI can bring isn’t exactly reflected in the directives for the AI Commission," writes CS Editor-in-Chief Marcus Jerräng in a column.
A year later:
"The AI Commission's report would have benefited from a more balanced and down-to-earth approach," writes CS Editor-in-Chief Marcus Jerräng in a column.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't... 🤷😀
Spring talks
2024 was the first year I actively focused on giving more talks. This was because I wanted more people to discover the opportunities with AI, to spread a fact-based, optimistic message, and to attract more subscribers and revenue to Warp News.
It has gone better than expected. 35 talks and courses during the year. Not just Sweden, I also went to Canada, the U.S., Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Norway. This despite limiting myself to two or three talks per month during the fall (to make time to write my next book).
At the risk of sounding like a musician, I’m now releasing my spring tour dates. 🕺
I already have a bunch of bookings, but there are still available slots this spring. Read more at mathiassundin.org and feel free to reach out.
I talk about AI, painting the picture with broad strokes while also offering practical tips. The focus is on the opportunities and inspiring people to start testing for themselves.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🧫 One single test can now detect almost all known infections
The technology replaces multiple different tests with a single test, eliminating time-consuming guesswork in diagnosis and treatment of infections.
🦾 Robot learns surgery as well as surgeons by watching videos
A surgical robot trained by watching videos of experienced surgeons performed the same surgical procedures with the same precision as human doctors.
💊 Weight loss drugs could transform society and save billions
GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes by 20 percent in overweight people with cardiovascular disease. The drugs could save countries $429 billion annually between 2020-2060 if obesity increase slows by 5 percent.
🌐 The ozone hole over Antarctica continues to shrink
The ozone hole over Antarctica was the seventh smallest since 1992. Scientists estimate that the ozone layer could be fully restored by 2066.
🧬 CRISPR adapts crops and livestock to withstand warmer climate
Scientists have already created cattle with shorter coats for warmer climates and rice that can handle drier conditions. Several companies are now working to develop corn with shorter and stronger stalks that reduce the risk of damage during severe storms.
📉 Deaths from air pollution decrease globally
Deaths caused by air pollution from fossil fuels decreased by 7 percent between 2016 and 2021.
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