Career Practices

 

I think, in retrospect, I have found these practices to be useful:

• Always be very polite –
• Be very honest with yourself on what you can and cannot do
• Never, ever mud-wrestle with a pig, he enjoys it.
• The Work one does is more important than the Title one has
• Be aware of what communication you owe to your leader(s) – what they need to know
• Do not loose sight of what you have been hired for – do not loose sight of the fact that we are here to make money (hopefully, lots of it)
• Listen more, Talk less
• Aim high, so when you fall down, you fall down in a pretty comfortable place
• Volunteer for everything
• Avoid – as much as possible – making enemies
• Always ask your colleagues what they are working on
• If you are miserable somewhere, find a new situation – life is just too short to be spent in tolerating miserable situations.
• Always seek feedback – even when you know it would not be pleasant
• Help others as much as you can
• Wherever you are, take that place as a growth opportunity to learn and to grow to earn more money &  perks…
• Keep a Job Diary
• And Be Not Afraid

AI-turbocharged biological computing on the march

What could possibly go wrong? 
It is obvious that the potential of such "programmable chips, fusing biological computing with artificial intelligence [AI]" is huge; therefore, there will be considerable funding available for projects and start-ups in that field. It is the unstoppable march of the bio-robots. 
One argument always put forward regarding AI is that even advanced AI systems will never be able to develop emotions and self-awareness: they will remain machines that do what the software inside them tells them to do. (This would still, in theory, present the risk that some dangerous software would be developed for such AI systems by rogue actors, for instance in a country such as Russia or China, or in fact by the military...) 
With the advent of "biological computing", it seems clear that one is dealing with a new type of machine, which is partly a living thing: it is not an animal (or human), but it is not an 'ordinary' machine either. It is a bit of both. Something in between a living thing and a computerized system. In due course, there is no reason why, in theory, such a creature of the third type would not develop a form of self-awareness and volition - with all the consequences this could have further down the road. 
The ability of human beings to monitor and control effectively such advanced systems over time can only be in serious doubt. 
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These programmable chips, fusing biological computing with artificial intelligence, "in future may eventually surpass the performance of existing, purely silicon-based hardware," says project lead, Associate Professor Adeel Razi.
[...] The technology promises machines that can continue to learn new abilities without compromising old ones, that can adapt well to change, and that can map old knowledge onto new situations – while continually self-optimizing their use of computing power, memory and energy.
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Robot dog that talks for $1,600

Better than the real thing... 

"Advantage of robot dog is that it may talk to you and it will never stink, like real dog: ordinary dog cannot do that," commented Mr Fung Shi-Tong, Manager of the Jade Empress of China Restaurant in Shanghai, China. "I am thinking robot wife could be good option. Then, you can switch off talk option if you don't want talk, and you don't want wife talk. Very handy. Very clever. Great pleasure of the mind when need to relax after work, for an example. Disadvantage of robot dog is you cannot eat dog: not a real dog. I recommend No.74, Stir-fried Dog Meat in Imperial Plum Sauce with Egg Fried Rice, very good for remedy of longing of profound and musty nether region of backside when consumed regular and spicy, and also for medicalized whimsical reflux of windy artery in left foot and right foot in case of lecherously sublimated cracks of metaphysical strangeness in unhealthy greenish juices behind the flatulent ears. May use robot dog as waiter in future in our restaurant, in fact. Better than real waiter. No complaints and never late. Robot dog always timely and energetic, even when weather too hot, or too humid, or too discreet, or entomologically unsettled in parts." 

https://newatlas.com/robotics/unitree-go2-robot-dog-gpt/