Neil Greenfield

Retired South African living a flaneur, dilettante, vagabond,coddiwomple and peripatetic lifestyle...exploring the world - for loose and fancy free

@NeilGreenfield@flipboard.com

Neil Greenfield
flipped into Neils Magazine
Jan 8, 2024
Rudy Predicted Software Immortality
rudyrucker.com - Rudy
We keep getting closer to simulating a human being by running a process in a computer. On the street, the dream is that we might get software …
Neil Greenfield
flipped into The AI Technology Magazine - Developments and Future Implications
Aug 9, 2024
‘Never say goodbye’: Can AI bring the dead back to life?
Al Jazeera - By Areesha Lodhi
Artificial intelligence is increasingly creating resurrections of the dead amid a debate around how much it helps or hurts users. In a world where artificial intelligence can resurrect the dead, grief takes on a new dimension. From Canadian singer Drake’s use of AI-generated Tupac Shakur vocals to …
Neil Greenfield
flipped into The AI Technology Magazine - Developments and Future Implications
2 days ago
Is AI The Anti-Christ?
Substack - Andrew Sullivan
Some thinking out loud about Magnifica Humanitas. I was genuinely excited by the prospect of a papal encyclical on AI, and even more so when I heard …
Neil Greenfield
flipped into The World Economic and Financial Review
May 23
The Weekly Look at the Global Economy and Markets
Substack - Mohamed A. El-Erian
The Context Last week offered a collective sigh of relief for investors and economists. Important parts of the global economy and markets edged away …
Neil Greenfield
flipped into World Population Challenges
4 days ago
What Demographic Prediction Can and Cannot Achieve
Substack - Roger Pielke Jr.
A look at our new preprint on population projections Just a few days left! The annual subscription for THB increases to $100 on June 1.Lock in your …
Neil Greenfield
flipped into Neils Magazine
3 days ago
The World Cup
Substack - Dave Barry
Get ready, America. Without question, the greatest single event in the history of France — at least that I, personally, was involved in — happened on …