“For the most part, we know what basic income is going to do ... The question is, do we want what basic income does?"
#basicincome
https://www.fastcompany.com/91160672/why-silicon-valley-loves-universal-basic-income
Daniel Khent
danielkhent@nostrplebs.com
npub14220...yxtr
#writing, #AI, #bitcoin, #transhumanism, #postscarcity, #solarpunk, #lunarpunk, #ecopsycology
"...with warming temperatures, there’s less snow and it melts earlier, which means less water will last long enough through winter and spring to feed streams and reservoirs for agricultural irrigators."
#climatechange #agriculture
Jefferson Public Radio
Climate change increasingly taking a toll on Oregon farmers, ranchers
With climate change adding to their burden, agriculture researchers say more farmers are seeking ways to cope and be more resilient.
What if the results of the next election were decided by plants?
#solarpunk #ecopsychology
PBS SoCal
An Election Season Thought Experiment: Imagine a Democracy Of the Plants, By the Plants, For the Plants
How would our interaction with the environment change if we knew how plants would vote?
Melting glaciers are creating a green energy windfall in Iceland.
Strange intersection of: #climatechange #renewableenergy
Scientific American
Iceland’s Ice Is Melting So Fast That It’s Boosting Hydropower
Melting glaciers are creating a green energy windfall in Iceland—but for how long?
"...volcanic magma has been studied in depth ... creating a new type of geothermal power plant that could supply the world with large amounts of clean electricity at almost zero cost."
#renewableenergy #climatechange #geothermal
ECOticias.com
The Gate to Hell opened for the first time in history: infinite energy and thousands of degrees
Experts have opened the "Gate to Hell" for the first time in history: New energy at 1000 ºC is going to be mined in this place
Arctic sea ice volume halves in 20 years
#climatechange
Arctic sea ice volume halves in 20 years
A very clever way to show it. Maybe even the rabid right will understand. Maybe they'll even take action. Nah. Too much to hope for. ...
Utah geothermal plant gets big boost from California utility
#renewableenergy #climatechange #geothermal
Utah geothermal plant gets big boost from California utility
Southern California Edison will purchase the cleanly-produced electricity from Fervo Energy, a Houston-based geothermal company with 125 wells in s...
Potential for geothermal energy in US
#renewableenergy #climatechange
New map shows vast potential for geothermal energy beneath entire US
Machine Learning Without a Processor
#machinelearning #ai #analogcomputing
Hackster.io
An Analog Network of Resistors Promises "Machine Learning Without a Processor," Researchers Say
Prototyped on a series of breadboards, this analog machine learning network could one day deliver more energy-efficient AI.
When are the insurance and finance companies going to figure this out...
#climatechange
CNBC
Luxury homes on these beaches are losing value fast, as effects of climate change hit hard
As sea levels rise and storms intensify, coastal real estate is seeing flooding and erosion like never before, and it's impacting home values.
Zero-emission cement?
#environment #climatechange #solarpunk
Popular Science
Zero-emission 'electric cement’ is an 'absolute miracle'
The new process involves arc furnaces and molten steel.
Mining bitcoin with solar power
https://ungovernablemisfits.com/explorations-into-solar-mining/
#solarpower #bitcoin #renewableenergy
"Mexico City could run out of water in a month unless it rains"
#climatechange
Business Insider
Mexico City could run out of water in a month unless it rains
The Cutzmala water system, which provides water to millions in Mexico City, is operating at 28% capacity and could run dry in a matter of weeks.
"Huxley used hallucinogenic drug experiences as the basis for an articulate philosophical exploration."
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-aldous-huxley-opened-the-doors-of-perception/
#aldoushuxely #entheogens
The Poetry Camera uses AI to make poems out of photograph...
#poetry #llm #ai
https://boingboing.net/2024/04/24/the-poetry-camera-uses-ai-to-make-poems-out-of-photographs-and-its-actually-pretty-cool.html
Mythic uses analog technology for its mobile #AI chips rather than digital.
#analog #ai
AI analog chip startup Mythic raises $70 Million
"How do you shrink a cloud’s worth of material into tiny, low power devices?”
#analog #ai
Embedded Computing Design
Ambiq Announces New Apollo5 SoC for Efficient AI - Embedded Computing Design
In a new release, semiconductor company Ambiq has revealed its Apollo510, the first member of the company’s Apollo5 SoC family, designed to d...
"Microsoft’s new safety system can catch hallucinations in its customers’ AI apps"
Not sure I buy that you can generically catch hallucination
#ai #chatgpt #LLMs
The Verge
Microsoft’s new safety system can catch hallucinations in its customers’ AI apps
AI safety help for anyone who doesn’t have a red team.