Brian Kateman

2 months ago | fastcompany.com | Brian Kateman

Last month, a food research organization called Nectar released an expansive set of findings from taste tests that rated plant-based meat alternatives alongside actual meat. One bit of information stood out: In terms of taste, 54% of people on average found 20 vegan products (such as burgers, nuggets, and sausages) from 13 brands (including Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, and Gardein) to taste as good as or better than analogous conventional meat products.

2 months ago | fastcompany.mx | Brian Kateman

Time publicó un artículo explosivo sobre una empresa estadounidense que, según se informa, resucitó una especie extinta hace mucho tiempo: el lobo terrible (el lobo prehistórico gigante). Para algunos, es un milagro científico: unos 10,000 años después de la extinción de la especie, el planeta recuperó el hogar de tres cachorros de lobo terrible, gracias al ingenio de los científicos de Colossal Biosciences. Pero no confundamos el show con lo realmente importante.

2 months ago | fastcompany.com | Brian Kateman

Earlier this week, Time published an explosive story about an American company that reportedly revived a long-extinct species, the dire wolf. To some, it’s a scientific miracle: Some 10,000 years after the species went extinct, the planet is once again home to three living dire wolf pups, brought about by the ingenuity of scientists at Colossal Biosciences. But let’s not mistake spectacle for substance. Yes, it’s cool that biotechnology can now create animals that resemble extinct species.

Jan 12, 2025 | newstribune.com | Brian Kateman

COMMENTARY: If your phone had feelings would you treat it differently? Today at 4:00 a.m. by Brian Kateman Los Angeles Times (TNS) Whether it's the virtual assistants in our phones, the chatbots providing customer service for banks and clothing stores, or tools like ChatGPT and Claude making workloads a little lighter, artificial intelligence has quickly become part of our daily lives. Upcoming Events

Jan 10, 2025 | meadvilletribune.com | Brian Kateman

Whether it’s the virtual assistants in our phones, the chatbots providing customer service for banks and clothing stores, or tools like ChatGPT and Claude making workloads a little lighter, artificial intelligence has quickly become part of our daily lives. We tend to assume that our robots are nothing but machinery — that they have no spontaneous or original thought, and definitely no feelings. It seems almost ludicrous to imagine otherwise.