“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.” – Victor Frankl

https://www.getclearspace.com/blog/post/optimistic-future-digital-wellbeing

Submarine Cable Map 2023

Nearly 82% of the world’s inter-regional bandwidth connects to the U.S. and Canada. While the United States’ centrality may surprise you, it has actually declined substantially over the years, primarily due to an influx of new submarine cables linking Europe to Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. These cables have shifted more inter-regional capacity towards Europe.
TeleGeography.com

https://submarine-cable-map-2023.telegeography.com/

Voight-Kampff Test

The infamous Voight-Kampff Test comes in two forms: an interrogation procedure and a fitness challenge. Both can differentiate human from replicant.

A list of questions reveals how bizarre V-K interrogations can be, but truth is stranger than science-fiction:

Me: Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about your mother.

ChatGPT: Caring, Loving, Supportive, Nurturing, Kind-hearted.

More science is needed: like this.

Bcrypt at 25

https://www.usenix.org/publications/loginonline/bcrypt-25-retrospective-password-security

AI competition statement

https://petergabriel.com/news/ai-competition-statement/

When the future has shown itself so clearly and is flowing as fast as a river after a storm, it seems wiser to swim with the current. AI is here. Let’s learn what we can and how we might adapt and evolve it to better serve everyone.
Peter Gabriel, artist-cum-AI-expert