An AI expert warns that in the balance of power between AI acceleration and AI safety, acceleration is winning.

Not that the present situation and the abundance of free time that many are experiencing has anything to do with [Leo Fernekes] all-transistor digital clock build, which he started a year ago ...

This part is listed as a “Digital Alarm Clock”. With a bit more internet searching, I think this is the chip that is in the majority of alarm clocks. If you set time and alarms by holding one ...