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Category: Progress (Page 8 of 8)
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The genie is out of the bottle. AI will be used and misused, a tool and a weapon. The threats and opportunities will grow. Many will be harmed in the name of progress.
However, the U.S. based Council on Foreign Relations is leaving that question open »
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Some experts believe this increasingly powerful technology could lead to amazing advances and prosperity. Yet, many tech and industry leaders are warning that AI poses substantial risks, and they are calling for a moratorium on AI research so that safety measures can be established. But amid mounting great-power competition, it’s unclear whether national governments will be able to coordinate on regulating this technology that offers so many economic and strategic opportunities.
Global clean energy investment to be over USD$1.7 trillion in 2023
International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol said the projection is the latest sign that a “new global clean energy economy is emerging” at a rate that is consistent with UN targets for limiting global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) above preindustrial levels.
Invasion of Ukraine ‘has fuelled funding boom for clean energy’
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Reuters » Mexico will issue one-year work visas to welders, iron workers, engineers, and Central American migrants from other professions to work on public infrastructure projects, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said.
Vanessa Chiasson provides us with a “small sample of the incredible shops that are hard at work supporting local authors, hosting wonderful events, preserving heritage, giving cats a home, and setting the hearts of book lovers aflutter across the country.”
They include »
- Abraxas Books And Gifts » Denman Island, British Columbia
- Bookmark » Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
- Huckleberry Books » Cranbrook, BC
- Mac’s Fireweed Books » Whitehorse, Yukon
- Maktaba Bookstore » Old Montréal, Quebec
- McNally Robinson » Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Venus Envy » Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Yellowknife Book Cellar » Yellowknife, Northwest Territories