Wall Street Journal:
Building a mass-market electric vehicle and colonizing Mars aren’t ambitious enough for Elon Musk. The billionaire entrepreneur now wants to merge computers with human brains to help people keep up with machines.
The founder and chief executive of Tesla Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has launched another company called Neuralink Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. Neuralink is pursuing what Mr. Musk calls “neural lace” technology, implanting tiny brain electrodes that may one day upload and download thoughts.
...“If you assume any rate of advancement in [artificial intelligence], we will be left behind by a lot,” he said at a conference last June.This is the natural next step in evolution. You will be assimilated.
The solution he proposed was a “direct cortical interface”—essentially a layer of artificial intelligence inside the brain—that could enable humans to reach higher levels of function.
If you need a good reason why this is good, just consider...
ABC 7:
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Outrage has grown at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, as the school faces layoffs and increased class sizes due to a law limiting funds for schools with a higher white student body.Court sanctioned racism is still racism. Dred Scott anyone?
The Los Angeles Unified School District provides more funding for schools where the white population is below 30 percent.
In a letter to parents, the district noted the highly regarded middle school had been above the percentage for the past couple years.
The racial formula was a condition imposed by court decisions dealing with desegregation in the 1970s.
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Las Vegas Review Journal:
By a landslide 31-1 vote, NFL owners Monday approved the [Oakland Raiders'] second departure from the Bay Area, this time to the growing Las Vegas metropolitan area.I only bring this up because I happen to be a Raiders fan. However, if the Raiders have to move anywhere, I am pleased it is to Las Vegas. There was never a chance of me ever seeing a Raiders home game in Oakland, but I would happily visit Las Vegas for one. Also, the Las Vegas Raiders has a nice ring to it.
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