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2021-06-21

CBDC – a subscription model for money

Fiat currency is mostly computerized records and can be created from thin air with cash ratio, loans etc. (once dollar was tied to the gold reserves until 50 years ago). Why implement CBDC at all?

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2021-03-14

NFT – hyped-up scam or future of digital ownership

NFT is a token tied to digital object you are bidding on. The idea is to offer authenticity and exclusivity. Is it a scam or the future of digital art market? Opinions differ… a lot.

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2021-02-18

How Facebook defiantly fights the media law

In a kind of extreme move Facebook banned Australian news outlets from sharing on its platform. It also blocked government pages like state health departments, state police departments and Bureau of Meteorology for good measure.

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2021-01-22

Kessler effect and the failure of GPS and comm satellites

Number of satellites is growing dramatically, we need fast solutions to prevent Kessler effect – catastrophic failure of GPS and communication systems.

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2020-12-29

Face recognition – pandemic upgrades

The civil unrest in US and the pandemic brought the face recognition to the fore. Those systems deployed at mass scale infringe upon right to freedom of association and expression.

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2020-12-18

China (belt and) road to supremacy

China has been climbing it’s way to the position of a superpower. How fast it would take to catch up with technology innovation?

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2020-11-03

Deepfakes in the web TV show

Deepfakes use in the media production is going to rise as the tech develops and prices drop. If you can create virtual models, there is no need for TV anchors or models in fashion and other industries.

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2020-09-29

Assorted Links

Recent news and developments about AI, quantum computing and other tech related stories.

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2020-09-11

GPT-3 – impressive language model

GPT-3 is capable of writing code from descriptions, writing poetry, translations, answering questions and doing basic math. But is it smart?

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2020-09-03

Ring to rule them all

The wearables and IoT market will continue to expand and Big Tech will surely fight for the piece of the pie. And the valuable biometric data.

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This blog is about intertwined future of humanity and technology in the age of surveillance capitalism. I’d like to put some light on things from anthropologist perspective and person born without internet. (who loves tech and sci-fi ).

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  • CBDC – a subscription model for money
  • NFT – hyped-up scam or future of digital ownership
  • How Facebook defiantly fights the media law
  • Kessler effect and the failure of GPS and comm satellites
  • Face recognition – pandemic upgrades

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