Opinion | In Regulating A.I., the Government May Be Doing Too Much. And Too Little. | The People’s Liberation Army is not yet as formidable as the West fears | Mexican Congress holds second UFO session featuring Peruvian mummies | The best sleeping position for minimizing aches and pains

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Opinion | In Regulating A.I., the Government May Be Doing Too Much. And Too Little. - The New York Times -

When President Biden signed his sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence last week, he joked about the strange experience of watching a “deep fake” of himself, saying, “When the hell did I say that?”

The anecdote was significant, for it linked the executive order to an actual A.I. harm that everyone can understand — human impersonation. Another example is the recent boom in fake nude images that have been ruining the lives of high-school girls. These everyday episodes underscore an important truth: The success of the government’s efforts to regulate A.I. will turn on its ability to stay focused on concrete problems like deep fakes, as opposed to getting swept up in hypothetical risks like the arrival of our robot overlords.

Mr. Biden’s executive order outdoes even the Europeans by considering just about every potential risk one could imagine, from everyday fraud to the development of weapons of mass destruction. The order develops standards for A.I. safety and trustworthiness, establishes a cybersecurity program to develop A.I. tools and requires companies developing A.I. systems that could pose a threat to national security to share their safety test results with the federal government.

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The People’s Liberation Army is not yet as formidable as the West fears - The Economist

In 1957 America was gripped by fears of a “missile gap” with the Soviet Union. The Kremlin had stunned the world with a test flight of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and the launch of Sputnik. An American intelligence report predicted that by 1962, the Soviets could have 500 ICBMs, outstripping America’s arsenal. When word of that leaked, a political furore erupted. Eyeing the presidency from his Senate seat, John F. Kennedy demanded action to prevent a Soviet “shortcut to world domination”.

It was bunkum. By his 1961 inauguration, spooks had new satellite images. The Soviets actually had about six ICBMs late that year, to America’s 60. But Kennedy stayed the course; his rhetoric and continued atomic buildup stoked tensions with the Kremlin that erupted in the Cuban missile crisis. As for the prior years, Lyndon Johnson would observe in 1967: “We were doing things we didn’t need to do. We were building things we didn’t need to build.”

Military history is rich with tales of a similar cautionary ilk: overestimating an adversary can be as risky as underrating one. Aerial drones, cyber-espionage and high-resolution satellite imagery promised better results. And yet egregious miscalculation continues. Recently Western governments were stunned by the poor performance of Russian forces in Ukraine. All of which raises a high-stakes question for America and the rest of the world: how accurate is their appraisal of China’s military power?

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Mexican Congress holds second UFO session featuring Peruvian mummies - Reuters

[1/4]A screen displays images as Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan (not pictured) hosts a second briefing on unidentified flying objects, known as UFOs, at Mexican Congress, in Mexico City, Mexico November 7, 2023. REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha Acquire Licensing Rights

MEXICO CITY, Nov 7 (Reuters) - Mexico's Congress heard from researchers on Tuesday who declared authentic a set of three-fingered Peruvian mummies recently presented as potential evidence of non-human life forms, while declining to certify that the remains were extraterrestrial.

Lawmakers first heard from Mexican journalist and UFO enthusiast Jaime Maussan on Sept. 13 when he presented two specimens in a first-of-its-kind congressional event on UFOs, or FANIs in Spanish. Maussan said the bodies, believed to have been found near Peru's ancient Nazca lines, were not related to any life on Earth.

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The best sleeping position for minimizing aches and pains - Popular Science

By Eleanor Cummins | Published Oct 25, 2021 9:07 AM EDT

American adults are in pain. A 2018 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis of its own survey data estimated that 50 million US adults cope with chronic pain every day. While everyone’s suffering is different—there are as many sources of pain as people—for many, how you sleep plays a crucial role.

Members of my own family are a part of this statistic: My grandma has purchased every pillow on the market to find one that supports her ever-aching neck, and my father relies on physical therapy exercises to keep his shoulder pain in check. I myself have tried purchasing a supportive mattress and pliable pillow, and I eat healthy and exercise regularly, but I still feel sore and stiff in the morning. According to the experts, it might be time to change my sleeping position.

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