“Empire of AI”: Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt In our July Fourth special broadcast, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of the new book Empire of AI, which explores the accruing political and economic power of AI companies – especially Sam Altman’s OpenAI.
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New Electronics Book Honors Citizen Scientist Forrest Mims III
Forrest Mims III wrote many classic books that helped many electronics hobbyists get started. He also developed innovative tools for capturing atmospheric science data.
https://mindmatters.ai/2020/09/new-electronics-book-honors-citizen-scientist-forrest-mims-iii/
World War 2 Codebreakers: Bletchley Park activities revealed in unique footage
WW2 Codebreakers: Bletchley Park activities revealed in unique footage – The Hidden Film
Discover the story behind the recently discovered only known wartime film footage of a secret site connected to Bletchley Park. A silent film, recently donated to Bletchley Park Trust, is believed to be a compilation of footage recorded between 1939 – 1945, showing members of MI6 Section VIII at Whaddon Hall, Buckinghamshire.
Winslow Homer’s long love affair with the sea
I.M. Pei, Master Architect Whose Buildings Dazzled the World, Dies at 102
Renowned architect I.M. Pei ’40 dies at 102
Renowned architect and MIT alumnus I.M. Pei has died at 102. The designer of the Louvre museum pyramid and of the East Building of the National Gallery of Art also left a distinctive mark on the MIT campus and the Boston region.