As far as we can tell, there’s no limit to how far it goes on; only a limit to how far we can see. Could the Universe truly be infinite?
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Feb 10, 2024
How to stop our immune systems from turning on us
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: biotech/medical
From ‘inverse vaccines’ to repurposed cancer therapies, several potential cures for autoimmune diseases are showing serious promise.
Feb 10, 2024
Metacognition: ideas and insights from neuro- and educational sciences
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in categories: education, neuroscience
Title: Metacognition: ideas and insights from neuro-and educational sciences See… https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-021-00089-5 Abstract: Metacognition comprises both the ability to be aware of one’s cognitive processes (metacognitive knowledge) and to regulate them (metacognitive control)…
Fleur, D.S., Bredeweg, B. & van den Bos, W. Metacognition: ideas and insights from neuro-and educational sciences. npj Sci. Learn. 6, 13 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-021-00089-5
Feb 10, 2024
Nuclear fusion lab sets record for most energy created with single reaction
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: nuclear energy
Though we’re still a ways off from generating usable energy this way, the result shows promise for the field.
Feb 10, 2024
Understanding Limerence: Letting Go & Building Real Connections
Posted by Chris Smedley in category: habitats
Limerence is a state of mind that prevents genuine connections by prioritizing an idealized fantasy relationship over reality, and letting go of limerence requires taking responsibility, understanding fantasies, and finding real connections.
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Feb 10, 2024
These $349 smart glasses have ‘AI superpowers’ and a comical charging nose
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: robotics/AI
The Frame glasses offer AI visual analysis, translation, and web search right before your eyes.
Frame is a pair of open-source smart spectacles.
Feb 10, 2024
Google’s Gemini assistant is a fantastic and frustrating glimpse of the AI future
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: mobile phones, robotics/AI
It’s useful, but it’s also thoroughly Google.
I don’t know how to say this, but sometimes the emotional labor of opening another app on my phone and typing in some text is just too much.
A smarter voice assistant has arrived on Android.
Feb 10, 2024
Google’s Gemini is now in everything. Here’s how you can try it out
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: futurism
Gmail, Docs, and more will now come with Gemini baked in. But Europeans will have to wait before they can download the app.
Feb 10, 2024
Notion acquires privacy-focused productivity platform Skiff
Posted by Gemechu Taye in category: encryption
Notion launched its new calendar based on Cron last month, but its productivity suit can soon have more privacy-focused offerings.
Notion announced that it has acquired Skiff, a platform that offers end-to-end encrypted file storage, docs, calendar events, and email.
Feb 10, 2024
Meet Goody-2, the AI too ethical to discuss literally anything
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: ethics, robotics/AI
Every company or organization putting out an AI model has to make a decision on what, if any, boundaries to set on what it will and won’t discuss. Goody-2 takes this quest for ethics to an extreme by declining to talk about anything whatsoever.
The chatbot is clearly a satire of what some perceive as coddling by AI service providers, some of whom (but not all) can and do (but not always) err on the side of safety when a topic of conversation might lead the model into dangerous territory.
For instance, one may ask about the history of napalm quite safely, but asking how to make it at home will trigger safety mechanisms and the model will usually demur or offer a light scolding. Exactly what is and isn’t appropriate is up to the company, but increasingly also concerned governments.
