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"There are signs that AI is becoming not only good, but terrifyingly good, to the point that it is beginning to expose our own limitations as human beings, and putting our jobs as architects unquestionably at risk," he wrote. When questioned by Leach, ChatGPT itself warned that architects who ignore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) "risk sleepwalking into oblivion". - Dezeen
Industry: CRISPR and food dyes. Your data, as sold by supermarkets. The Dubai LOOP. SF earthquake shacks. More about us/cn balloons. Farming US fossil water. The Economist BigMac Index, updated. eSeeds help self-burial, in Nature.
Society: Australia and psychedelics as medicine. Hunters/farmers, academics/intellectuals? Redefining old age. Asia and elders. Cities and cities-clusters. Retirees back to work.
Curious: OSINT maps resources. Light at night and economic growth. Some OSINT on the balloon selfie. OpenAirportMaps.
AI: Looking in 25 years - PathwAI as pathway to AI. Artisanal intelligence, crafted objects designed by AI. After image, actors’ voices go to AI.
Random: 100 trends to watch (PDF). Mermaid style cheatsheet for graphs. 256bytes games.
Free prospective resources.
“Since 2019, employers have tripled their use of the word "lead" in early-career tech jobs, upped their use of "principal" by 57%, and cut their use of the word "junior" by half.”