When can we tell the difference between a computer/language model and a human? Does it matter now? Will it matter in the future? ChatGPT, a chat bot that is said to be the most advanced ever made, can create poems, songs, and even computer code. Try it here... CHAT OPEN AI If you are in education, you may already be…
CO2 concentrations at Mauna Loa continue the march... Weather is NOT Climate, most certainly, but this is worthy of note. For the first time temperatures of 40°C have been forecast in the UK and the Met Office has issued the first ever Red warning for exceptional heat.MET Office - United Kingdom UK Temperatures since 1970 The Keeling Curve is a…
Musings on Truth in Public Life Or, less kindly. A policy decade cluster-fuck. The Australian Energy Market Operator has SUSPENDED the National Electricity Market across all five participating states, saying the market has become: “impossible” to operate because of the soaring cost of fossil fuels and generators withholding their capacity from the market.AEMO 2022 Tony, Scott, Barnaby, Angus... Everybody OUT…
The Club of Rome's report from 1972 is 50 years old. I read it when it was first published... A sobering and influential read then. What's changed in that time? World Model Standard Run as shown in The Limits to Growth The Last Call? https://youtu.be/gt4WsMfi6d0 Links Limits to Growth ... was right!The Club of Rome – Limits to Growth Is Global…
Early detection, early responseLarry Brilliant 2006 https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_my_wish_help_me_stop_pandemics?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare Accepting the 2006 TED Prize, Dr. Larry Brilliant talks about how smallpox was eradicated from the planet, and calls for a new global system that can identify and contain pandemics before they spread. Corona Virus By Photo Credit:Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. Fred Murphy - This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and…
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
...and the Independent Review into the Future Security of the National Electricity Market
Simply Outstanding Work. http://au.politicaldonations.info Australian donations to political parties visualised. Look closely at the starting state of the visualisation. Do they look like lungs to you? Of course, the phrase "tip-of-the-iceberg" comes to mind. The Political Donations visualisation website takes publically available data from the AEC and presents it in a graphical view to make visual analysis of the donations…