Checkbooks Obsolete?

"Checkbooks could go the way of the penny"

Car Trouble

"Hundreds of Porsches across Russia went dark due to factory security systems going offline, leading to speculation whether the failure was intentional."

Radiologist's AI Nightmares

"Why Everyone is Having the Wrong Nightmares About AI"

Local AI On Laptop

IEEE: "Your Laptop Isn't Ready for LLMs. That's About to Change"

Hurricanes And AI

"As the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ends, the future of forecasting is AI"

Tokenization And Finance

"Larry Fink and Rob Goldstein on how tokenisation could transform finance". Non-paywall link.

Neurosurgeon On Benefits Of Self-Driving Cars

NYT: "The Data on Self-Driving Cars Is Clear. We Have to Change Course."

Fusaka Is Coming

"What Is the Fusaka Upgrade: Ethereum's Next Hard Fork"

Bifurcated Economy

Amit Kukreja: "We Are Living In A Bifurcated Economy".  

Key take-home point, especially if you think traditional wage labor won't last much longer in the coming AI-driven economy:

In the midst of all these concerns, the one core truth behind wealth is that it comes from owning, not consuming. 

The timing of that ownership may be different based on an individual investor’s preference on when to buy an asset or not, but if you don't own assets, you will get left behind. Quite frankly, after looking through all this data, it only further motivates me to get every single extra dollar I have invested. The people that have benefited over the past 5 years are those that owned assets. Even if they didn't own the best one or their timing was off, they benefited. The mentality of owning assets itself has likely led to more happiness and autonomy (along with stress) as those who participated in Google's success or Palantir's success have felt what it means to be along side a company on its journey.

Police Robodogs

"A $100,000 Robot Dog Is Becoming Standard in Policing -- and Raising Ethical Alarms". (Non-paywall link.)

Five years after its commercial debut, the 75-pound, German Shepherd-sized robot is increasingly being deployed by local law enforcement to handle armed standoffs, hostage rescues and hazardous materials incidents -- situations where sending in a human or a real dog could be life-threatening.

Hidden Figures In Swiss Maps

"For Decades, Cartographers Have Been Hiding Covert Illustrations Inside of Switzerland's Official Maps"

No cartographer has been fired over these drawings, but then again, most were only discovered once their author had already left. (Many mapmakers timed the publication of their drawing to coincide with their retirement.) Over half of the known illustrations have been removed.

 

Holiday Hiatus

Admin note: Posting will be light the rest of this week due to the US Thanksgiving holiday!

AI And Radiology Misconceptions

Dr. Ben White: "Hallucinating about AI"