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Wednesday assorted links

1. Ruxandra on AI and the remaining roles for humans. 2. The buildings of university architecture departments. Most of them I like. 3. Dean Ball on the coming of untethered AI agents. 4.

UN Warns Global Warming Will Top 1.5C Within Years

The rise in global temperature is on track to soon exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius, likely within the next few years, a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report showed on Wednesday.

  • UN report warns global temperature rise likely to exceed 1.5C within years
  • Best-case scenario predicts peak temperature increase of 1.8C
  • Current policies could lead to 2.6C median temperature rise by 2100

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