Bytes & Backpacks #112 🐻

It's starting to get a bit cliché to begin every newsletter with artificial intelligence, but there's no way around it, I apologize. Let's skip what's new in the last 2 weeks, or we'd never get past the introduction. What's resonating most on the internet is the AI 2027 prediction, which "nicely," quite realistically and credibly depicts what Earth will look like in 2035. It will be an interesting planet where humans no longer live. The prediction comes partly from Daniel Kokotaljo, who left OpenAI last year because he stopped believing the organization cared about building safe and responsible artificial intelligence. So did he get offended and is now drawing apocalyptic forecasts as revenge? The troubling thing is that he wrote a prediction in 2021 that's turning out to be fairly accurate...I'm more optimistic, as they say - these predictions are made so they don't become reality. But I won't lie, it's been rattling around in my head for a few days...Business & Technology 👨‍💻* Google is working on AI that aims to learn to communicate with dolphins. I'm curious what we'll discover...* On the Go European website, you'll find alternatives to American products, from phones to software to jeans and Cola.* What do people use AI for most frequently?* Are we approaching a time when Apple will become a boring company again?* Why will humanoid robots soon be in our homes? Because they can't learn anything in factories.* China is now filing more AI patents than the USA.Travel 🧳* The most colorful places in the world.* Uber released a ranking of the craziest things forgotten in taxis.* Do your feet hurt? Get an exoskeleton for hikers and you can run through mountains like you were young again...* Six days in the Canadian wilderness.Do you like Bytes & Backpacks? A lot? You can buy me a coffee! ☕️Nature ⛰️* Brown, black, blonde. This bear family has style.* Amazing photos of wild animals.* Do you also ask small children how a cat goes? Do you know how it's said in other languages? And for other animals?* Listen to an eleven-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder who has perfectly learned to mimic the sounds of 50 birds. Wow.* Dogs have a bigger impact on the environment than we thought.Unclassifiable 🧠* An orchestra that plays only on vegetables.* Japan has a new hit. A guy started creating playing cards featuring real neighbors with their abilities.* You buy a house and after a few years you receive a letter from the previous owners... telling you where the secret passages and hidden rooms are.* Got the worst desk at work. Sued the employer. Won.* What is this thing?Tips 💡What I'm reading: Bill Gates - Source CodeWhat I'm listening to: You Are My SunshineWhat I'm watching: Another session of 1923Interesting app: DeqPhoto greetings 📷Things are starting to get nicely green here in Bohemian Switzerland...Thank you very much for your support and have a great day! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit newsfromthewoods.substack.com