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AI has a human alignment problem

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 18, 2023 2:43 PM

After AI takes jobs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 11, 2023 1:50 PM

Aussie Space Mail

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 16, 2023 3:41 PM

Don't ignore your symptoms

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 2, 2023 11:37 AM

Douglas Engelbart - Inventing the 21st Century

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 19, 2023 5:45 PM

Australian Computer Museum Society - part 2

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 6, 2023 8:47 PM

Australian Computer Museum Society - part 1

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 30, 2023 3:19 PM

Tardigrades to the Moon!

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 21, 2022 12:29 PM

2021 Trivia special

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 29, 2021 7:20 PM

Talking ducks and extra limbs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 18, 2021 12:28 PM

20 years of Bug-bots

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 5, 2021 3:20 PM

Venus Flytrap Science

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 29, 2021 5:30 PM

Gifts, Glows and Gold

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 30, 2020 2:15 PM

COVIDFree without COVIDSafe

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 8, 2020 3:23 PM

Face recognition antagonism

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 25, 2020 12:07 PM

Face recognition pandemic

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 18, 2020 3:33 PM

Social effects of Algorithmic bias

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 16, 2019 5:21 PM

Investing in the Future

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 18, 2019 12:33 PM

Honey therapy and emotional helmets

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 30, 2018 2:30 PM

Changing the world with Peerism

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 24, 2017 5:17 PM

Environmental toxins and civil society

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 8, 2017 1:41 PM

After robots take our jobs

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Posted by Ian Woolf on February 7, 2017 5:56 PM

Longevity policy undetectable faces

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 14, 2016 11:34 AM

Weird pets, possums and blood vessels

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Posted by Ian Woolf on October 8, 2016 10:52 AM

Save the carnivorous plants

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 26, 2016 9:28 PM

Frog leg steak art Innovation

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Posted by Ian Woolf on August 29, 2016 5:47 PM

Cellf - making a musician

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Posted by Ian Woolf on June 13, 2016 1:24 AM

Antarctic astronomy biofuel catalyst

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Posted by Ian Woolf on November 2, 2015 10:07 PM

Hyperspectral fleet and Giant robots

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 6, 2015 5:00 PM

Synthetic Biology De-extinction

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 27, 2015 1:06 PM

Aussie Rockets Worm Lego

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 15, 2014 6:33 PM

Vaping Freematics

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Posted by Ian Woolf on December 8, 2014 1:51 PM

Invisibility donuts and Mars Direct

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Posted by Ian Woolf on September 29, 2014 3:15 PM

Fact or Fiction Implants

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Posted by Ian Woolf on July 21, 2014 1:45 PM

Mission to Earth

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Posted by Ian Woolf on May 26, 2014 3:39 PM

Time, Mars and chocolate

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Posted by Ian Woolf on March 24, 2014 1:32 PM

Reshaped eyes and TPP Copyright week

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Posted by Ian Woolf on January 13, 2014 3:48 PM

Smart Sand, Video Glasses, Electric Universe

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Posted by Ian Woolf on April 16, 2012 8:19 PM

Holistic medicine and ancient engines

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Posted by Diffusion on June 30, 2008 12:09 AM