Cybernetic 8 — Volume 4
8 interesting things from a cybernetic world
Sep 3, 2018 · 2 min read
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 — the Cybernetic 8 in September
- Let’s start with some AI. Here are 4 interesting startups solving different problems with artificial intelligence — LINK
- As seen above, healthcare is a huge industry ripe for disruption through AI and robotics. CB Insights shows who is working on that— LINK
- However, there is huge potential for failure in AI, as well. This article shows how AI has the potential to be racist and Sexist. — LINK

- To make sure the best educated People work on those AI issues, Singapore started an initiative to Train 12.000 people on that — LINK
- Genetics could benefit the future of drug development significantly, but it is a double-edged sword, as MIT Technology Review reports — LINK
- The rise of programmable biology will have a gamechanging impact on many industries. Again, CB Insights knows what’s next — LINK
- Another part of biology that can be hacked is our brain, fortunately or not. Read about the impact this has on politics and voting — LINK
- Adding to that, watch this great TED Talks on why your data are your property — LINK
Anything else?
If you are sick of all this shit and want to make an extra-terrestrial excape, forget about Mars, says Singularity Hub, moon might be better — LINK.

