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Capturing carbon dioxide in the oceans In the same way as planting trees on land to absorb CO2 it is possible to use microscopic organisms such as microalgae or phytoplankton to sequester carbon making it sink later into the seabed, at least according to researchers who claim that many funds have been allocated to build large plants to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere (on the effectiveness of which some put forward doubts) but we should focus more on the biotic removal of the carbon from the oceans. It is also possible to use rock dust such as those composed of magnesium hydroxide to neutralize, dissolve CO2 and balance the alkalinity of the oceans, in order to cope with the acidification of the seas that threatens coral reefs and the correct formation of shellfish, then in theory there are also other technologies. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 15, 2023 
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 AI-powered radio broadcast program The announcement that in Italy will be aired a radio broadcast based entirely on generative artificial intelligence with texts taken from a well-known application of this type and voice in practice synthesized by the computer highlights how this technology is not on a human scale and now it will be enough in theory to interface it with robots already available on the market to obtain a humanoid able to completely replace man. It is only a matter of time before artificial intelligence becomes a kind of superintelligence unbeatable compared to the human one and the danger that companies will face this scenario has been declared by one of the first developers of neural networks. They could escape from human control and self-replicate very quickly if they are not programmed to have some kind of special function that can prevent it. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jul 22, 2023 n°: 5395 AI-powered virtual doctors The ability of applications based on artificial intelligence to know how to interpret medical images would now be so advanced as to be able to anticipate to patients any risk of death, administer appropriate care even better than traditional doctors in "flesh and blood" (and evidently not equipped with devices that allow to interact with these applications). Some say that artificial intelligence can never replace a doctor-patient relationship, but humanoids are already in production capable of relating to a normal user at a level of sophistication unimaginable until a few years ago. Is talk about epochal changes caused by generative artificial intelligence that raise questions about ethics and safety, since a machine has its own perception of reality, learns and in theory is able to self-replicate. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 08, 2023 n°: 5357 Rules for artificial intelligence in Australia Following the alarm of potential risk of extinction of humanity due to the threat posed by generative artificial intelligence, comparable to pandemics and nuclear wars, the Australian authorities would have planned to regulate the sector with a legislation on generated content that may seem realistic but is fake and on sophisticated images drawn by software supported by neural networks that can be misleading. Australia is one of the first countries to intervene by monitoring the dangers posed by artificial intelligence with adequate responses following an ethical plan established in 2018. The rapid development of the sector, financed considerably, is worrying then the push partly derives also from the competition on the market of various artificial intelligence systems that could lead to a chase of new dangerous technological strategies. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 01, 2023 n°: 5351 Little research on biodegradable plastics The management of plastic waste under discussion at a conference in Paris cannot be a solution to address the increasingly urgent problem of the generalized presence of microplastics in the environment, at least according to the opinion of some environmentalists who argue that it could be a concession to the petrochemical industry on globalized markets. Only a small percentage of plastic is really recycled, then the cost to produce new is really very low and in practice it is not convenient to build recycling plants and there is little research for new biodegradable plastic materials that can be competitive on the market. It is also a contradiction to call ecological transition insulating buildings with plastic coats and fixtures, without taking into account all the products that seem ecological but contain hydrocarbon derivatives. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 30, 2023 n°: 5349 Controversy over the tracing of genetic material When an individual moves, he leaves traces of genetic material "eDNA" in the environment, even in the air, that can be used to have a large amount of information that can favor tracking aimed at a specific person or entire ethnic groups. These are technological tools that could make it possible to catch criminals, but some say they pose ethical, privacy and surveillance issues depending on how they will be used. In practice, skin cells, hair, coughed droplets and organic liquids from wastewater analyzed could be in the near future of instrumental quality comparable to those obtained from a traditional examination and this technique is already partly used for example to trace endangered animal species. Of note shifting attention to artificial intelligence the protests of authors and readers of audio books who complain about the use of computerized voices instead of human ones. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 16, 2023 n°: 5337 New recycled, ecological and lighter materials The demand for the search for new materials that derive from the assembly of recycled raw materials and are also ecological and lighter is increasing, for example some have long argued that means of transport could be built by assembling them even in part with recycled plastic materials and composites allowing a good weight saving and therefore energy having to move lighter vehicles, then also various boats recycling fiberglass boats avoiding that plastic materials turn into microplastic polluting the water. Of note changing the subject but remaining on technological issues the first uses of waiter robots that approach a future scenario dominated by machines perhaps equipped with artificial intelligence superior to the human one, developing a dependence on these so that it will no longer be possible to "pull off plug" in a figurative way. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 10, 2023 n°: 5332 Increasingly invasive and heavy technology With the advance of the presence of artificial intelligence in everyday use, some complain that there will no longer be room for personal inventiveness and creativity while others say that a computer however advanced as a technology can never for example write a sophisticated text like that devised by a human brain, but this consideration recalls in parallel the statement about the first applications that many years ago allowed computers to play chess that do not never beat to this game the inventiveness and strategy of an expert chess player (everyone knows how it ended). As far as the weight of the technology reference is made to the weight of lithium batteries; in fact, some point out that the increasing use of heavier vehicles raises questions about the durability of bridges, roads, garages (perhaps multi-storey) and various infrastructures. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 03, 2023 n°: 5326 Some common goals for solar and wind Seven rich nations would have planned in Sapporo in Japan new common energy targets for solar and wind regarding the achievement of important production quotas, in a faster transition to free themselves from dependence on fossil fuels, defined as significant and at the same time guaranteeing security leaving the possibility in case of need to continue to use for example gas to support sudden strong energy demands and avoid any drop in production in the absence of sun and wind. It has also set 2040 to progressively reduce plastic pollution to zero, a goal to be achieved in a decade, but environmentalists have long pointed out that the demand for plastic around the world would support the production of fossil fuels and that it was necessary to replace it with biodegradable one. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 17, 2023 n°: 5314 Barcode degeneration and augmented reality An innovation that could be useful to identify goods such as the barcode, of which yesterday we remembered fifty years since its appearance on the market (but patented in 1952 and improved with further developments in 1971), is now in many cases replaced by the so-called QR code so much so that some say that its days are numbered since we tend to use the new technology that is often applied almost everywhere even to living organisms and connected to programs called augmented reality that for example explain what is being framed with the smartphone. It is a bit like turning off the brain and relying on the computer as it happens for artificial intelligence that in an even more invasive way completely replaces the human mind in its creative capacity and reasoning opening up scenarios with images seen in science fiction fiction in which only one computer can beat another computer. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Apr 04, 2023 n°: 5303 Technology and publications * The author doesn't assume some kind of responsibility for the bad use of the articles councils (all rights are reserved) |
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