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🐦 Europe’s most endangered bird is making a comeback. 🧬 New AI predicts genetic diseases. 📲 Google launches new anti-censorship tech. Mars Technology Institute will develop technologies for human settlement.
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A couple of weeks ago, I evaluated the reboot we did of Warp News during the spring.
Our biggest issue (low growth) has improved, while maintaining high engagement. A step in the right direction.
However, the new strategy also included giving more talks, so that more people know about Warp News and can subscribe.
There have been more talks, but the goal I set up has not been met yet.
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My talk on AI
Perhaps about AI?
I explain how to best approach the new wave of generative AI:
They were clearly inferior chess players.
They had a worse chess computer.
Despite this, two amateurs won over grandmasters with better computers.
This happened in a chess tournament in 2005 where the players were allowed to use computers to assist them in playing.
It's called Centaur Chess.
The amateurs won because they were better at using the computer. Better at the process.
Read more about the talk: Become a centaur - how to use AI to gain superpowers
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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📲 A blow to authoritarian web censorship: Google launches new anti-censorship tech
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👩🚀 Mars Society starts the Mars Technology Institute to develop technologies for human settlement
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🎧 Gutenberg puts 5000 audiobooks online for free using synthetic speech
Thousands of free e-books are now available as audiobooks, thanks to a new system that uses neural text-to-speech. The system can customize the speaking speed, style, emotion, and voice of the audiobooks. It can also detect and skip irrelevant text such as tables, footnotes, and page numbers.
🧬 New AI predicts genetic diseases
The tool predicts disease-causing likelihood of mutations with 90 percent accuracy. It aids genomics researchers in diagnosing diseases and finding treatments faster.
🐦 Europe’s most endangered bird is making a comeback
Once critically endangered, the Azores bullfinch is showing signs of recovery. Two decades of habitat restoration has brought back the bird's numbers.
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