By Dr. Peter Layton
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is suddenly important to military forces. Not yet an arms race, today’s competition is more in terms of an experimentation race with many AI systems being tested and new research centers established. There may be a considerable first-mover advantage to the country that first understands AI adequately enough to change its existing human-centered force structures and embrace AI warfighting.
In a new Joint Studies Paper, I explore sea, land and air operational concepts appropriate to fighting near-to-medium term future AI-enabled wars. With much of the underlying narrow AI technology already developed in the commercial sector, this is less of a speculative exercise than might be assumed. Moreover, the contemporary AI’s general-purpose nature means its initial employment will be within existing operational level constructs, not wholly new ones.
Australia s COVID-19 vaccine rollout keeps GPs at the centre, but dose supply remains an issue
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A pop-up vaccination clinic set up in Brunswick east sits empty most of the time because the GPs can t get enough vaccine doses.
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Melbourne doctor Shea Wilcox estimates he could be vaccinating at least 200 people a day
but, instead, the mass vaccination clinic he set up himself sits empty most of the time.
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But some GP clinics are still battling to get enough doses to meet community demand
Vaccinations for those under 50 are likely to speed up towards the end of the year when more Pfizer doses should arrive
Cleaning Up the E-Waste Mess: Big Tech Needs to Do More
It’s unreasonable to expect that the problem of electronic waste the smartphones, laptops, monitors, and TVs crowding landfills around the globe can be solved at any scale by individuals. We need an industry-wide reckoning. By Chandra Steele
April 19, 2021, 6:30 p.m.
Men disassemble electronics in Ghana, in May 2019 (Photo by Christian Thompson/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
E-waste is one of the largest environmental problems the world faces. The amount of electronics that are disposed of each year is not fully quantified, but its impact is, in ever-accelerating climate change. As technology evolves, it exacerbates the problem with myriad new products. But it also can help with solutions.
Scientists in Australia believe they may have an explanation for the "fairy circle" phenomenon, and it doesn't involve termites—or fairies. The researchers.
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