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Jun 1, 2015
Hacking the Human OS — IEEE Spectrum
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: biotech/medical
Medicine has always sought to understand the human body’s operating system. Now, with biometric sensors and big data analytics, we’re learning how to fix the bugs
Jun 1, 2015
The debate on lethal robots is starting too late — Russell Brandom | The Verge
Posted by Seb in category: robotics/AI
“Without human beings making the decision to kill, the concern is that killing will happen indiscriminately, slowly lowering the bar for the use of violent force. Once death happens by algorithm, what’s the incentive to preserve life? ‘Humans must ultimately bear moral responsibility and face the horror of war squarely, not outsource it to machines.’” Read more
Jun 1, 2015
Journey to the center of the moon: Samuel Ximenes at TEDxSanAntonio 2013
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: space
It is human destiny to become a multi-planet species. The space frontier is opening up to private citizens and interplanetary entrepreneurs are redefining th…
Jun 1, 2015
Is it Ethical to heal a young white Elephant from his physiological Autism?
Posted by Otto E. Rössler in categories: existential risks, particle physics
Is it Ethical to heal a young white Elephant from his physiological Autism?
Otto E. Rossler1, Cony Theis², Jürgen Heiter1, Werner Fleischer1 and Anonymous Student²
1University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
²University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Im Wiestebruch 68, 28870 Ottersberg, Germany
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Jun 1, 2015
New design ideas to avoid wasting marble — Via Abitare
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: architecture, environmental, materials, sustainability
Vasi disegnati da Paolo Ulian per Bufalini Marmi con la texture Pixel
Jun 1, 2015
Do we really want to fuse our brains together? — Peter Watts | AEON
Posted by Seb in categories: neuroscience, virtual reality
“What are the implications of a technology that wires brains together, that in theory at least permits the existence of hive minds? In fact, you know a lot more about that than you might think. You already are a hive mind. You always have been.” Read more
May 31, 2015
Will Superintelligent AI Ignore Humans Instead of Destroying Us? — Jason Koebler | Motherboard
Posted by Seb in category: robotics/AI
“It’s a nice thought that humans could one day create a superintelligent artificial intelligence, and that intelligence takes a look at us, says “thanks, creator,” and blasts off into space, never to be heard from again. Or maybe the AI moves to the deserts or the Arctic or some other uninhabited place, and we live together peacefully. But it seems like such an outcome is unlikely.” Read more
May 31, 2015
Damage Recovery Algorithm Could Make All Robots Unstoppable — Evan Ackerman | IEEE Spectrum
Posted by Seb in category: robotics/AI
“But instead of having to figure out which leg is broken and how, or doing any sort of self-analysis at all, the robot simply starts trying a whole bunch of different gait behaviors through ‘intelligent trial and error,’ converging on something that works by exploring an enormous pregenerated set of potentially effective motions in about two minutes.” Read more
May 30, 2015
Quantum Computing Is About to Overturn Cybersecurity’s Balance of Power — By Vivek Wadhwa SingularityHub
Posted by Seb in categories: computing, quantum physics
“Spooky action at a distance” is how Albert Einstein described one of the key principles of quantum mechanics: entanglement. Entanglement occurs when two particles become related such that they can coordinate their properties instantly even across a galaxy. Think of wormholes in space or Star Trek transporters that beam atoms to distant locations. Quantum mechanics posits other spooky things too: particles with a mysterious property called superposition, which allows them to have a value of one and zero at the same time; and particles’ ability to tunnel through barriers as if they were walking through a wall.
All of this seems crazy, but it is how things operate at the atomic level: the laws of physics are different. Einstein was so skeptical about quantum entanglement that he wrote a paper in 1935 titled “Can quantum-mechanical description of physical reality be considered complete?” He argued that it was not possible. Read more
