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No Showmetech TRIO of the week (13/06/2022), we will talk about the LGBTQIA+ pride parade held in the metaverse of Decentraland; We will also talk about the fact that an employee of the Google having been suspended from its activities after issuing a note asking about one of the technologies being aware; and, finally, we'll talk a little about Venus Aerospace's new aircraft concept, the Stargazer. 5p6t5v
LGBTQIA+ Parade at Decentraland 633l16
June is commonly marked as LGBTQIA+ pride month and in many places around the world we have several manifestations of the date. Here in Brazil, for example, we have the LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade in São Paulo, one of the busiest in the world. And when it comes to technology, many eyes are currently on the metaverse, the virtual place where we can meet many other people with our customized avatars. Of course, LGBTQIA+ pride didn't just stay in the physical world, right?
The Decentraland, one of the greatest explorers of the metaverse, is offering an event that runs from the 3rd of June to the 30th in the district Festival Land, inside the platform, to celebrate the date. The entire venue has been colorful and has balloons everywhere, including dancers, a full of performances that will be held throughout the month of June, various parties and many other experiences geared towards extolling LGBTQIA+ pride.
For those who want to take a closer look, there is the option Metaverse Pride 2022 on the activities page, as well as the Pride Explorer, two tools within the platform to browse the event's news.
Google's Case and Conscious AI 6k511w
work on Google it requires some specific skills and also needs to follow some rather judicious rules. One of them is the confidentiality policies that, according to the company, the employee Blake Lemon ended up violating and was suspended. Blake Lemoine published an article on the social network Medium with the title "Is LaMDA Sentient?”, something like “Is LaMDA conscious?”, in free translation. LaMDA is a technology used to improve the interaction between the platform's artificial intelligence and the , presenting better search results and other resources.
In the article published on June 11, Blake Lemoine transcribed an interview he did with LaMDA, talking about different subjects, demonstrating that she had developed a conscience of her own. The fact that he exposed the interview and questioned the principles of technology ended up resulting in his suspension.
Brian Gabriel, a spokesperson for Google, said that after the controversy, that there is no evidence that LaMDA can be aware. A team made up of diverse professionals that included ethicists and technologists confirmed that Blake's concerns are unsubstantiated. And you, do you believe that the machine revolution is near?
Stargazer, the hypersonic aircraft 3b1w3i
Challenging the speed of sound is something fascinating, even after watching videos where some vehicles have already done it, it's always interesting to see the feat again. Thinking about making extremely fast trips, the startup Venus Aerospace presented the concept of a hypersonic aircraft called Stargazer. The proposal for Stargazer is that it will be a hybrid of a drone and spacecraft flying at Mach 9 (nine times the speed of sound), with the ability to make a global trip in one hour. The vehicle would be able to make a trip from an airport runway and fly to the beginning of space.
The presented concept of this aircraft, coming from a mixture of drone and hypersonic spacecraft, would be able to take off at subsonic level on conventional airport runways, until being able to reach hypersonic levels.
Weighing more than 68.000 kilograms, the Stargazer can accommodate up to 12 engers and, according to the startup, trips that current planes take that take a good part of the day would be done in approximately an hour with this new vehicle. Venus Aerospace still intends to test drones at sub and hypersonic speeds as well. Will we see these little gadgets traveling at the speed of sound?
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Last week we had a special Showmetech TRIO, focused on WWDC 2022, Apple's annual event for developers, talking about the news regarding the company's software. Check out!
We also had the regular edition of Showmetech TRIO the week before, who talked about the following subjects:
- Journey through a psychedelic video;
- Unknown civilization in the Amazon;
- Companion robots for seniors.
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