Monthly Archives: October 2022

ZDNet: AI’s true goal may no longer be intelligence. https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-true-goal-may-no-longer-be-intelligence/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/10/29/judges-supreme-court-weimar-republic/?request-id=378b2f63-6e1e-4569-9f95-523c61f22eb7&pml=1

Electrek.co: Mary Barra claims GM’s electric vehicles will qualify for the full tax credit in ‘2 to 3 years’. https://electrek.co/2022/10/28/gm-electric-vehicles-will-qualify-for-ev-tax-credit-in-2-to-3-years/

The New York Times: Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/26/magazine/climate-change-warming-world.html

Marvel says. “It’s a terrible world that’s more than a degree Celsius warmer. But also a wonderful world in which we have so many ways to generate electricity that are cheaper and more cost-effective and easier to deploy than I would’ve ever imagined. People are writing credible papers in scientific journals making the case that switching rapidly to renewable energy isn’t a net cost; it will be a net financial benefit,” she says with a head-shake of near-disbelief. “If you had told me five years ago that that would be the case, I would’ve thought, wow, that’s a miracle.”

The Guardian: Carbon emissions from energy to peak in 2025 in ‘historic turning point’, says IEA. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/27/carbon-emissions-to-peak-in-2025-in-historic-turning-point-says-iea

The Associated Press: Russia’s Putin rules out using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. https://apnews.com/c541449bf88999c117b033d2de08d26d

Reuters: China’s Xi says willing to work with United States for mutual benefit. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-willing-work-with-us-find-ways-mutual-benefit-president-xi-quoted-by-cctv-2022-10-27/

Phys.org: Plastic recycling remains a ‘myth’: Greenpeace study. https://phys.org/news/2022-10-plastic-recycling-myth-greenpeace.html

The New Yorker: The United States’ Unamendable Constitution. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-united-states-unamendable-constitution

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/26/united-nations-climate-pledges-report/?request-id=378b2f63-6e1e-4569-9f95-523c61f22eb7&pml=1