🤖 Job less

November 3, 2023

IN THIS ISSUE

🤖 Elon Musk's biggest claim yet about AI and work

⚖️ Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of fraud

🥽 VR heads to the International Space Station

🖥️ Dell's new UltraSharp monitors have a major innovation

UP FIRST

Elon Musk says AI will eliminate the need for anyone to work

Musk's comments came toward the end of a year that's seen generative AI emerge as a potentially huge transformative technology

Elon Musk has said that artificial intelligence will end up taking all jobs and is set to become “the most disruptive force in history.”

He made the claim at the end of a two-day AI Safety Summit in the U.K. whose attendees included the U.S. and China.

“We will have something that is, for the first time, smarter than the smartest human,” the billionaire entrepreneur said. “There will come a point where no job is needed" because AI will be “able to do everything.”

Musk added that in such a scenario, one of the main challenges will be "how to find meaning in life."

Earlier this year, Goldman Sachs said that generative AI could impact 300 million jobs globally, though it added that it in some cases it would assist workers rather than replace them entirely ...

CRYPTOCURRENCY

Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty of seven counts of fraud

The former cryptocurrency tycoon could face decades in prison

Sam Bankman-Fried was found guilty on seven charges of fraud and money laundering by a New York City jury.

Bankman-Fried ran one of the world's biggest cryptocurrency exchanges until the enterprise came crashing down last year when his firm, FTX, went bankrupt.

Following a month-long trial, the jury convicted 31-year-old Bankman-Fried after just a few hours of deliberations.

Prosecutors had accused Bankman-Fried of stealing billions from the exchange's customers for his own personal use.

"He took the money," Assistant U.S. attorney Nicolas Roos said in his closing arguments. "He knew it was wrong. He did it anyway because he thought he was smarter and better and that he could figure his way out of it” ...

VR IN SPACE

VR heads to the International Space Station

The modified headset will be sent to the ISS next week to see if VR can help ease the stress of living in space

With stunning views like this and the awesome experience of actually being in space, you’d think the last thing astronauts on the International Space Station would want to do is strap on a virtual reality (VR) headset and pretend to be somewhere else.

But that’s exactly what Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen will do as part of a mental health initiative developed in partnership with HTC.

Engineers at the tech firm have adapted the Vive Focus 3 VR headset to cope with microgravity conditions and reduce motion sickness.

The main aim of the VR-based therapy is to give astronauts a break from the station’s isolated and cramped environment and allow them to be transported to another place.

To help Mogensen relax, his VR experiences will include diving with dolphins, watching a sunset over a mountain ridge, and listening to birds singing, among others ...

DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY

Dell's new UltraSharp monitors come with a major innovation

The new displays are available from $380

Dell is introducing a fresh lineup of monitors this month and they all come with a notable innovation.

Expanding its UltraSharp series, the company is launching four new models, all of which come with a faster refresh rate of 120Hz. Typically reserved for gaming monitors or high-end screens, the faster refresh rate is certainly a welcome addition and something of a surprise considering that prices start at $380.

The new Dell UltraSharp 24 and UltraSharp 24 USB-C Hub monitors will come in full-HD (1920 x 1080) resolution, together with the aforementioned 120Hz refresh rate.

Similarly, there are two 27-inch models – the Dell UltraSharp 27 Thunderbolt and the UltraSharp 27. These offer a higher resolution of 2560 x 1440 with 120Hz refresh and improved color gamut coverage ...

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