Unbound: No 76
A Robot Wrote This Book Review
By Kevin Roose | The New York Times
But that day has not yet arrived. Or has it?
After finishing “The Age of AI,” a new book about artificial intelligence by Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt and Daniel Huttenlocher, I found myself unmoved by the prospect of reviewing it. I’ve read dozens of books about A.I., and while the conceit of this one was intriguing — bringing together a 98-year-old diplomat, a former Google chief executive and an M.I.T. professor — the book itself was a fairly forgettable entry in the genre.
People are talking about Web3. Is it the Internet of the future or just a buzzword?
By BOBBY ALLYN | NPR
There's a buzzword that tech, crypto and venture-capital types have become infatuated with lately. Conversations are now peppered with it, and you're not serious about the future until you add it to your Twitter bio: Web3.
It's an umbrella term for disparate ideas all pointing in the direction of eliminating the big middlemen on the internet. In this new era, navigating the web no longer means logging onto the likes of Facebook, Google or Twitter.
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NFT Project Spotlight: Quantum, the NFT Photography Launchpad
by Timothy Craig | Crypto Briefing
Quantum is unlocking value for art photographers by minting collectible NFTs on Ethereum.
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Observing Earth from the Space Station
As the International Space Station orbits the Earth, the crew makes observations of the universe and our home planet. This image taken from the space station shows the blue-green waters around the Bahamas, as shown in Space Station highlights for the week of Nov. 8, 2021.
Image Credit: NASA
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