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Jul 21, 2017
How Aliens Might Use ‘Network Theory’ For Galactic Communications
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: alien life, engineering
Advanced technological civilizations looking for efficient communication from one end of a galaxy to another would best be served by tapping into a network of transiting extrasolar earths. That is, extrasolar earths capable of being observed transiting across the face of their parent stars. Or so says an exoplanet researcher in the U.K.
Kepler-type space observatories out looking for transits of extrasolar earths, could also look for the telltale signatures of optical lasers or even alien macro-engineering projects that might be manipulated to signal another civilization.
Jul 21, 2017
China says it’ll be world AI leader by 2025
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: government, robotics/AI
China today announced plans to become the global leader in AI research and development. It will increase government spending on core AI programs to $22 billion in the next few years, with plans to spend nearly $60 billion per year by 2025.
The announcement sends a clear message: this is the age of artificial intelligence. Reuters reports the Chinese government will soon put forth AI regulations in areas concerning safety, implementation, and control. The US issued a similar statement last year in a White House review of the future of AI.
The US and China lead the field in both private-sector and government spending on machine-learning, though experts have said China’s deep-learning programs have over-taken US-led research in scope and volume.
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Jul 21, 2017
For $80 you can give your PC an Intel neural network brain
Posted by John Gallagher in category: robotics/AI
The $80 Movidius Neural Compute Stick is tuned for tinkerers and engineers who want to give neural network technology a whirl.
Jul 21, 2017
As Cyberattacks Destabilize the World, the State Department Turns a Blind Eye
Posted by John Gallagher in category: cybercrime/malcode
Jul 21, 2017
Jeff Bezos’ Vision: ‘A Trillion Humans in the Solar System’
Posted by John Gallagher in category: space travel
At a recent gala celebrating the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Amazon.com founder and Blue Origin head Jeff Bezos laid out an ambitious vision of humanity spreading far and wide into the solar system.
Jul 21, 2017
FreedomFest 2017: Eric Shuss, Ed Hudgins, Peter Voss, Zoltan Istvan, Gennady Stolyarov; Michael Shermer (mod) Artificial Intelligence & Robots: Economy of the Future or End of Free Markets?
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: robotics/AI, transhumanism
If you’re at FreedomFest today, please come to the 2:30PM panel on AI I’m on (Vendome C). I’ll be partially discussing my Federal Land Dividend (#Libertarian #basicincome plan).Great line-up of panelists: Michael Shermer, Peter Voss, Edward Hudgins, Gennady Stolyarov, & Eric Shuss.
Of speaker https://freedomfest2017.sched.com/event/AzET/eric-shuss-ed-h…ee-markets #transhumanism
View more about this event at FreedomFest 2017.
Jul 21, 2017
Re-engineering Macrophages to Eat Cancer Cells
Posted by Steve Hill in categories: biotech/medical, engineering
Re-engineered macrophages to treat cancer.
Today we have a new study where researchers have created immune cells that ignore the way cancer tries to hide from detection.
Hiding in plain sight
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Jul 21, 2017
All hell breaks loose as the tundra thaws
Posted by Brett Gallie II in category: climatology
Weatherwatch A recent heatwave in Siberia’s frozen wastes has resulted in outbreaks of deadly anthrax and a series of violent explosions.
Aubrey de Grey’s famous ‘general answers’ to all concerns about rejuvenation.
Biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey, the father of SENS, always likes to answer to all objections to/concerns about rejuvenation with two general arguments. I think it is actually worth taking the trouble to answer each objection separately (which I did), but Aubrey’s answers are very good as well. I will discuss them here and add my own considerations. (If you’re interested in Aubrey’s pure thoughts, unpolluted by mine, you might want to try this short book.)