"Gabe plan was to 'purchase the sovereign nation of Nauru in order to construct a 'bunker/shelter' that would be used for 'some event where 50%-99.99% of people die [to] ensure that most EAs [effective altruists] survive.'"

"The post-apocalyptic island would allow survivors to develop 'sensible regulation around human genetic enhancement, and build a lab there,' adding that there are 'probably other things it's useful to do with a sovereign country, too.'"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12591395/Sam-Bankman-Fried-brother-buy-Pacific-Island-Nauru.html

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"Conservative and rightward leaning parties including the Moderates, Christian Democrats and Liberals are working together to bolster biometric surveillance, according to news outlet Euractiv. The kind of facial recognition authorized is unspecified in the report, but the references to drones and traffic cameras appears to indicate an intention to use live, rather than just retrospective, facial recognition.

Members of the inquiry will consider options including a fourfold increase in the number of cameras police can use in Sweden, according to news publication The Local. That would tie 2,500 new and existing lenses into police facial recognition algorithms by December 2023, 900 more than previously had been planned. The same set of measures would also establish a basis for the use of automated number plate recognition (ANPR, or LPR for “license plate recognition”) by police.

Euractiv reports that drones and road cameras operated by Sweden’s Transportation Administration could join the indiscriminate dragnet."

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202310/gang-violence-pushes-sweden-to-consider-face-biometrics-as-surveillance-cameras-multiply

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Amazon trials humanoid robots to 'free up' staff
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67163680

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"A prototype microchip design revealed today by IBM could pave the way for a world of much smarter devices that don't rely on the cloud or the internet for their intelligence. That could help soldiers who operate drones, ground robots, or augmented-reality gear against adversaries who can target electronic emissions. But the new chip—modeled loosely on the human brain—also paves the way for a different sort of AI, one that doesn't rely on big cloud and data companies like Amazon or Google.

Unlike traditional chips that separate memory from processing circuits, the NorthPole chip combines the two—like synapses in the brain that hold and process information based on their connection to other neurons. Writing in the journal Science, IBM researchers call it a "neural inference architecture that blurs this boundary by eliminating off-chip memory, intertwining compute with memory on-chip, and appearing externally as an active memory.""

https://www.govtech.com/artificial-intelligence/microchip-breakthrough-could-reshape-future-of-ai

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"The Pentagon’s information warfare experts are warning about brain hacking, a technology capable of extracting and inserting information into minds.

The effort to turn humans into X-men seems no longer science fiction."

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/20/brain-hacking-pentagon-eyes-mind-control-technolog/

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Halloween drone light show in Dubai, forming a giant moving skeleton next to a building

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https://sociable.co/business/major-airlines-travel-digital-identity/

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"DPI (digital public infrastructure) is an all inclusive phrase applied to a looming technocratic governance system powered by three foundational components: digital ID, digital payments like Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), and massive data sharing."

"If successful, DPI will give governments and corporations the power to implement systems of social credit that can determine where and how you can travel, what you are allowed to consume, and how you will be able to transact with your programmable money."

https://wide-awake-media.com/un-gates-foundation-50-in-5-campaign-aims-to-rollout-digital-public-infrastructure-in-50-countries-by-2028/

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https://thehighwire.com/editorial/kenyas-new-birth-to-death-digital-id-program-supported-by-gates-foundation-un/

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Biden called AI "the most consequential technology of our time" and he asked Obama to run the show. 🤔

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-quietly-tapped-obama-help-shape-ai-strategy-rcna123238

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"Functions of her 52 implants include opening locks, finding metal objects, calling phone numbers, and performing magic tricks, while one in her hand even vibrates."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12729397/Meet-worlds-ultimate-cyborg-California-woman-52-implants-body-allow-open-locks-turn-computers-one-causes-hand-vibrate.html

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- “The singularity,” the moment where AI is no longer under human control, is less than a decade away—according to one AI expert.
- More resources than ever are being poured into the pursuit of artificial general intelligence and speeding the growth of AI.
- Development of AI is also coming from a variety of sectors, pushing the technology forward faster than ever before.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a45780855/when-will-the-singularity-happen/

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China has unveiled the world's first living 'chimeric' monkey - an animal created in a lab using special cells - which has glowing yellow fingertips and fluorescent green eyes.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12730653/Scientists-report-live-birth-chimeric-monkey.html

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https://allinmedianews.wordpress.com/2023/11/12/china-unveils-bold-plan-to-mass-produce-humanoid-robots-by-2025/

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“We will have a digital currency […] A working group is creating a bill to regulate cryptocurrencies because the function of the Bank of Colombia as the primary issuer cannot be lost” - Ricardo Bonilla, Colombia’s Minister of Finance, October 25, 2023

https://sociable.co/government-and-policy/digital-currency-colombia-cbdc-regulate-cryptocurrency/

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12775945/The-creepy-technologies-bringing-dead-celebrities-life-AI-used-revive-Edith-Piaf-John-Lennons-voices-Tupac-Robert-Kardashian-returned-holograms.html

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https://www.biometricupdate.com/202311/vietnam-makes-iris-biometrics-a-requirement-in-revised-digital-id-draft-law

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https://www.science.org/content/article/materials-predicting-ai-deepmind-could-revolutionize-electronics-batteries-and-solar

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Digital yuan is known to be programmable to have an expiry date attached. 🤔

"According to the Nov. 27 announcement, Standard Chartered, through its partner City Bank Clearing Services Co, will allow its clients to purchase, exchange and redeem e-CNY within its bank accounts. “As an international bank rooted in the Chinese market for 165 years, Standard Chartered is optimistic about the development prospects of digital Renminbi,” said Xiaolei Zhang, president of Standard Chartered China.

The bank will also join China’s e-CNY CBDC pilot testing program, which is currently ongoing in 26 cities and provinces. Standard Chartered stated that its areas of exploration include cross-border merchant payments, trade financing and supply chain financing."

Standard Chartered joins China’s CBDC pilot testing
https://cointelegraph.com/news/standard-chartered-joins-china-cbdc-pilot-testing

Digital Currency: Yuan comes with an expiry date: Spend or it will vanish
https://bfsi.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/policy/digital-currency-yuan-comes-with-an-expiry-date-spend-or-it-will-vanish/82059471

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https://www.straitstimes.com/business/singapore-banks-make-headway-on-programmable-digital-money-trials

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