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Wednesday, April 5, 2023, Jeffrey Wechsler
Theme: HAT TRICK 19. Hat that sounds right for an eco-conscious poet?: SOLAR BOWLER. The BOWLER hat was originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849. 31. Hat that sounds right for a futuristic cartoon poet?: JETSON STETSON. John Batterson STETSON is the the inventor of the cowboy hat. Near the end of his life, STETSON began donating almost all of his money to charitable organizations. He built grammar and high schools and helped build colleges, helped establish the YMCA in Philadelphia, co-founded Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission, and a homeless shelter and soup kitchen, in 1878. Here's...
The all-electric MG 4 made its official Australian debut at the Fully Charged electric motor show over the weekend
UPDATE: Ahead of an Australian release in the second half of the year, the 2023 MG 4 was on show at Sydney’s International Convention Centre. Snapshot MG 4 due in the second half of 2023 Three variants expected Pricing could start in the low $40K region Driving range varies from 350-350km A pair of MG 4s sat alongside the big-battery ZS EV Long Range as the two new models that MG will release this year. Roughly VW Golf-sized, it’s expected that the MG 4 hatch will be available with a choice of two battery packs – 50.8kWh and 61.7kWh –...
The Unique Way This Female Fitness Instructor Uses Movement and Compassion to Support Women
Caroline MacGillivray believes in the healing power of movementfrom the way she moves her body as an instructor for pole dance, barre, and aerial hammock stretch classes, to the movement she started when she founded Beauty Night Society. Its a Vancouver-based organization that empowers women and children living in poverty and staying in shelters and recovery centres with care, compassion and free wellness and aesthetician services. And its the work thats closest to MacGillivrays community building heart.Now 51, MacGillivray wasnt always athleticshe says she was a shy, geeky kid with poor hand-eye coordination who was picked last in gym class....
I used to work at Google and now I’m an AI researcher. Here’s why slowing down AI development is wise
Chuttersnap / UnsplashIs it time to put the brakes on the development of artificial intelligence (AI)? If you’ve quietly asked yourself that question, you’re not alone. In the past week, a host of AI luminaries signed an open letter calling for a six-month pause on the development of more powerful models than GPT-4; European researchers called for tighter AI regulations; and long-time AI researcher and critic Eliezer Yudkowsky demanded a complete shutdown of AI development in the pages of TIME magazine. Meanwhile, the industry shows no sign of slowing down. In March, a senior AI executive at Microsoft reportedly spoke...
House Speaker McCarthy to meet with Taiwan’s president
By Shawna Mizelle | CNN House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is poised to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday — a historic event that comes amid warnings from China. The California Republican’s office shared details of the meeting in a release Monday morning. The release states that McCarthy will host a bipartisan meeting with Tsai at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. That group will include Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, who is a member of Democratic leadership, and the bipartisan leaders of the select committee on China, among others, according to a copy of the invite list...