I often hear: do we really need more tech? Aren’t we dealing with enough already—digital overload, too much noise and distraction? I get it. I feel it. What really excites me about AI companions is they’re actually our path out of all that. for @TIME
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AI Companions: The Solution to Digital Overload and Distraction
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Vision AI Predicted to Lead 2025 Over Voice
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What's possible when AI understands what you're seeing, not just what you're saying? If voice was the breakout feature of 2024, I'm predicting it will be vision that takes center stage in 2025. More predictions from me & some great company: https://
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New Energy Technology Shows Promise Despite Production Challenges
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It's by no means a perfect technology. There's lots more work needed to scale production, not to mention in ensuring they deliver energy that's high-powered, not just long-lasting. But it makes me optimistic. (TBD whether we'll be able to bring these in checked luggage.)
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Carbon-14 Nuclear Waste as Renewable Energy Alternative to Lithium
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And Carbon-14 is a renewable resource, a waste product from nuclear energy. Lithium meanwhile is finite, difficult to access, and resource intensive to mine.
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Sustainable Batteries: Reusable Power Sources vs Lithium Waste
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There's huge sustainability upside here—when the batteries do run out of power thousands of years later, they're reusable. Most lithium batteries end up in a landfill.
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Nuclear Battery Innovation Eliminates Need for Surgical Device Replacements
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It's "bio-compatible" (safe for your body, thanks to the diamond seal) and could eliminate the need to surgically replace batteries in pacemakers and medical devices every 5-10 years. It could power space missions or deep-sea sensors, where replacing a battery is near impossible.
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Diamond Batteries: Carbon-14 Decay Powers Long-Term Energy
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It's not the diamond itself that powers the battery—it's small amount of Carbon-14 trapped inside the diamond and slowly decaying.
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Diamond-Coated Battery Innovation Lasts Thousands of Years
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I've been fascinated with batteries' role in sustainability lately (prepare for more battery posts!) and came across this during my reading: scientists at the University of Bristol invented a new diamond-coated battery that lasts thousands of years.
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Catching Up on AI Books: Copilot Recommendations and Cart Review
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2024 was a busy year, so I’m catching up on the books I’ve missed. Had a few in mind, but wanted to see what else Copilot would recommend based on the screenshot of my cart. Cool to see it take my taste into account but nudge me outside my usual. Anything else I should pick up?
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AI Creates Knowledge Unlike Previous Technology Waves
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As I told @ManoushZ on @NPR yesterday, this last wave of tech (social media, search, etc.) helped people access information. AI instead helps people create new knowledge and ideas. That's why this moment feels so different—that’s why it matters so much.