Nuclear powered Air-Planes, Hashcash, and the AI Revolution
[This article is part of the monthly publication on our scuttlebutt mailing list. Not all the scuttlebutt messages are published on our blog. You are encouraged to subscribe to our mailing list.] Dear readers, the world of information technology and information security is driven by trends. This is very similar to the fashion industry or other aspects of our society. However, the impact on all of us is much bigger when a trend shifts the attention of the whole IT industry. Let me give you an example from the world of physics. During my time at the university, I read two books with anecdotes from the life of Richard Feynman. In the context of his work at the Manhattan Project, he told the story that someone from the US government asked him about the