good evening dear @1E9 members!
Due to illness, I didn’t get any updates from me last week, but this week has been even busier. In line with the COP28 global climate conference, which concluded with a final declaration after arduous negotiations, we are addressing this matter in more detail this month. Climate adaptationThat is, adaptation to the climate. Because it requires not only climate protection, that is, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but also taking necessary precautions to confront the consequences of global warming that are already noticeable now and will become even more evident in the future: drought, heat, floods, and more severe weather. Extreme. @Michael researched how cities are preparing for the increasing number of hot days, heavy rain, and also snowpack. More green is of course one solution, the sponge city concept, but also wind towers that collect cold winds on top of buildings and then direct them into streets or squares, or painting roofs white. Also included are solar bicycle paths that are shaded in summer, dry when it rains, and illuminated at night, as well as heated bicycle paths. @Joanne researched for us the role space technologies can play in adapting to a changing climate. She conducted interviews on three exciting projects: on the one hand, on the startups VIDA and Talos Space, which are using space-based data to analyze the impacts of climate change on infrastructure and biodiversity so that adaptation measures can be targeted and effective. On the other hand, there is a research project titled Locust-Tec, which aims to predict recurring locust attacks and contain them at an early stage. In this way crop failure can be prevented. ChatGPT With winter blues, mRNA technology with huge consequences
If you feel like you’re losing a little motivation and drive at the end of the year, you’re not alone: ChatGTP also seems to be suffering from the winter blues. At least that’s what users of the AI chatbot assume, as they are under the impression that it currently only provides very brief or incomplete answers. OpenAI said it had heard comments “that GPT-4 is becoming increasingly slow.” After all, if you give ChatGPT advice or tell the AI that a good answer is important for your career, performance should improve. But, of course, there are also doubts about the winter blues hypothesis. ChatGPT’s bad mood may also be due to the fact that the chatbot AI has received lower scores than some in the community since the last 1E9 update. As you remember, in a small survey – feel free to participate! – We want to know about your experiences with ChatGPT. The score they collectively give to AI has now deteriorated from 2 to 3+. We’ll wait a few more days, then we’ll get our annual report card. One of the highlights of this year’s winter is, once again, the awarding of the Nobel Prizes on December 10th. As previously mentioned, mRNA pioneers Katalin Carrico and Drew Weissman have been selected for the Nobel Prize in Medicine. To better understand why she was chosen, I interviewed “1E9 geneticist” Wolfgang Nehlen aka @serigala, who met Katalin Carrico in person at the 2021 1E9 conference and has stayed in touch with her since. He explains why the discovery of researchers, without whom the most successful Covid vaccines would not have emerged, could have “serious consequences.” Vaccinations against malaria, HIV, and even cancer are already under development. In combination with the CRISPR gene scissors, mRNA technology offers even more possibilities. One week into the future – and an immersive virtual reality journey into the rainforest
Finally, a listening tip: the latest episode of our XR podcast New facts is here, which we are launching with the XR HUB Bavaria. To do this, I spoke with Brazilian-Argentine director and producer Emilia Sánchez Chiquite about her experiences in VR. Origen entertainment. This takes us to the Amazon rainforest and takes us to indigenous stories about the coexistence of people and nature. This is not only implemented visually and audio-wise, but is also based on an innovative technology called redirected walking, which eliminates the need for a controller. To be heard in Buddy, Spotify, Apple Podcast Podcasts are available everywhere else. That’s all I have for this week. Thank you to everyone who makes our work possible through their membership fees! you are the best! If you have any questions, requests, ideas, criticism – contact us. Now first, happy holidays everyone, and then we’ll read to each other again this year. See you soon
Wolfgang
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