Cybernetic 8 — Volume 17

8 interesting things from a cybernetic world

What is this all about?

This newsletter is an irregular collection of the most interesting news from the tech and startup world I came across in the last couple of weeks, prepared and bite-sized for your reading pleasure.

It will mostly cover topics around #technology #startups #deeptech #neurotech #ai #robotics #decentalization #lifescience #healthtech #complexity #cybernetics #constructivism and #futurism, but also include some funny or otherwise noteworthy stuff from time to time.

Why cybernetic 8? Learn more about this worldview here, here or here.

Here we go → your Cybernetic 8

• #quantum computing is one of the next big technology trends. One of the nearer-term use cases seems to be encryption technology. This article in the MIT Technology Review talks about some recent wins. — LINK
• In this post, Ann Grimes shares some fantastic views on how the #tech industry shapes our lifes, both intentionally and as second-order effects. Lots to think about in terms of our industries #responsibilities — LINK

• Staying in that lane, there is a lot of talks about breaking up tech giants, or at least regulating them more heavily — which are necessary and positive discussions, imo. The New Yorker has a great analysis on that. — LINK
• On a global scale, the #tradewars between Trump and China have deep impacts on the technology industry. If you want to know what potential impacts the recent insanities by the big orange have, check this. — LINK
• Interestingly, with 200 #robots per 10.000 workers, the “robotic density” in the US is still much higher than that in China (97 per 10.000). I wonder how that turns out in the long run. Check the Details here — LINK
• For what it’s worth, Toyota has successfully developed a #robot that can be controlled wirelessly with #5G. Could be an interesting use case if it can be rolled out on a greater scale:

• If they are not controlled by #humans remotely, robots will have to run on #AI. In this article, Bryan Walsh analyzes a great book on the Topic of #ethics in the age of #AI. — LINK
• How all this #AI programming for the new arising use-cases for those robots is done is also ripe for innovation. This article in #Nature Magazine lines out what scientists recently developed in that regard. — LINK

Anything else?

As it is a robot-heavy issue anyway, we can also have a fantastic short video about ignorance and friendship between animal and robot: