The Future Could Be Blissful—If Humans Don’t Go Extinct First
WIRED talked with long-termist philosopher William MacAskill about human extinction, Elon Musk, and his new book, What We Owe the Future.
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The Unintended Consequences of OTC Hearing Aids
/in Da Wired /da adminOver-the-counter hearing aids will be available by October. They’ll benefit many but could lead to stigmatization, inadequate testing, and even hearing loss.
Di Jaipreet Virdi – Leggi l’originale
Google’s New Robot Learned to Take Orders by Scraping the Web
/in Da Wired /da adminThe machine learning technique that taught notorious text generator GPT-3 to write can also help robots make sense of spoken commands.
Di Will Knight – Leggi l’originale
Google Search Is Quietly Damaging Democracy
/in Da Wired /da adminA series of incremental changes over the years has transformed the tool from an explorative search function to one that is ripe for deception.
Di Francesca Tripodi – Leggi l’originale
The Curious Afterlife of a Brain Trauma Survivor
/in Da Wired /da adminSophia Papp emerged from an accident with her personality transformed. She tried to continue on as before—until she realized she could reinvent herself.
Di Mike Mariani – Leggi l’originale
Birth Control TikTok Is a Symptom of Medicine’s Bigger Problem
/in Da Wired /da adminInfluencers are encouraging people to ditch hormonal contraception. Fixing feeds will require mending mistrust between doctors and patients.
Di Sarah Sloat – Leggi l’originale
Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe
/in Da Wired /da adminThe latest crisis that rocked the Greek government shows the bloc’s surveillance problem goes beyond the notorious NSO Group.
Di Morgan Meaker – Leggi l’originale
To Fix Tech, Democracy Needs to Grow Up
/in Da Wired /da adminCalls to “democratize technology” ring hollow when both systems seem to be failing. The key is realizing that democracy is not yet in its final form.
Di Divya Siddarth – Leggi l’originale
Silicon Valley Conservatives Are Stepping Out of the Shadows
/in Da Wired /da adminPlus: A simpler time in politics, a tip for WIRED subscribers, and a bad week for the former president.
Di Steven Levy – Leggi l’originale
Tech’s Offshore Hiring Has Gone Into Overdrive
/in Da Wired /da adminCompanies that once battled to hire employees close to home are now turning to Latin America and other markets for talent.
Di Arielle Pardes, Vittoria Elliott – Leggi l’originale