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Mar 2, 2023

Meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who learned to code at 8 and is a doomsday prepper with a stash of gold, guns, and gas masks

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, existential risks, robotics/AI

Well, I guess he just wants to be prepared in case there’s an AI revolt. 😁


Sam Altman is the CEO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the buzzy AI firm he cofounded with Elon Musk. He’s also Silicon Valley royalty, and a prepper.

Mar 2, 2023

YouTube to Add AI-Powered Tools for Video Creators, New Chief Says

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Google’s video site plans to include new visual AI capabilities, with ‘thoughtful guardrails’.

Mar 2, 2023

Tesla teases mysterious “wireless” home charger on Investor Day

Posted by in categories: sustainability, transportation

The photo showed the rear end of a red Tesla Model S parked in a home garage. A rather large Tesla home charger could be seen on a wall, but it did not seem to be plugged into the all-electric flagship sedan directly at all. Instead, the Model S was parked over what looked like a wireless charging pad. This promptly fueled speculations that Tesla may be looking to roll out a wireless charging system, at least for residential customers, in the future.

A wireless charging system for Teslas would be nothing short of a game-changer. The company’s Supercharger Network already changed the game thanks to its ease of use and convenience. But even manually plugging in a Tesla to a charger is less convenient than just parking over a charging pad. Of course, there are some notable disadvantages to wireless charging, such as slower charging speeds. But if Tesla can figure out a way to roll out a wireless charging system with at least a decent charging rate, the company’s vehicles would likely become even more attractive to consumers.

Mar 2, 2023

Black Holes Are Even Weirder Than You Thought!

Posted by in categories: cosmology, information science, mathematics, singularity

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Mar 2, 2023

Inside SingularityNET | October 2022

Posted by in categories: blockchains, information science, robotics/AI, singularity

This is a recording of the SingularityNET Ecosystem leaders meeting, which was recorded on Monday, October 31st, 2022, including updates on projects progress, exciting news, and discussions around key initiatives.

SingularityNET is a decentralized marketplace for artificial intelligence. We aim to create the world’s global brain with a full-stack AI solution powered by a decentralized protocol.

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Mar 2, 2023

Robots Could Be Doing Almost Half of Our Household Chores Within a Decade

Posted by in categories: employment, robotics/AI

If it’s true that robots are taking our jobs, they should also be able to take out the trash and clean the bathroom for us.

Mar 2, 2023

Origins of Life: Inevitable or a Toss of the Dice?

Posted by in category: futurism

How can we start with a mix of rocks, gases, and water and end up with life?Speaker: Dr. Zachary Adam, Kacar Research Group, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison.

Mar 2, 2023

Through the eye of the beholder: Researchers find people with autism process illusory shapes differently

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, education, neuroscience

There is this picture—you may have seen it. It is black and white and has two silhouettes facing one another. Or maybe you see the black vase with a white background. But now, you likely see both.

It is an example of a visual illusion that reminds us to consider what we did not see at first glance, what we may not be able to see, or what our experience has taught us to know—there is always more to the picture or maybe even a different image to consider altogether. Researchers are finding the process in our that allows us to see these visual distinctions may not be happening the same way in the brains of children with . They may be seeing these illusions differently.

“How our brain puts together pieces of an object or visual scene is important in helping us interact with our environments,” said Emily Knight, MD, Ph.D., assistant professor of Neuroscience and Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, and first author on a study out today in the Journal of Neuroscience. “When we view an object or picture, our brains use processes that consider our experience and contextual information to help anticipate , address ambiguity, and fill in the missing information.”

Mar 2, 2023

Team releases 74,000 fruit fly brain images for neuroscience research

Posted by in categories: genetics, neuroscience

Neuroscience research just got a little bit easier, thanks to the release of tens of thousands of images of fruit fly brain neurons generated by Janelia’s FlyLight Project Team.

Over eight years, the FlyLight Project Team and collaborators dissected, labeled, and imaged the neurons of more than 74,000 fruit fly brains, taken from more than 5,000 different genetically modified fly strains.

Now, these images are being made freely available, enabling scientists to quickly and easily find the neurons they need to test theories about how the works.

Mar 2, 2023

Just when we thought we were safe, ChatGPT is coming for our graphics cards

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

This sounds a lot like cryptomining but it also doesn’t. Cryptomining has nothing to do with machine learning algorithms and, unlike machine learning, cryptomining’s only value is producing a highly speculative digital commodity called a token that some people think is worth something and so are willing to spend real money on it.

This gave rise to a cryptobubble that drove a shortage of GPUs over the past two years when cryptominers bought up all the Nvidia Ampere graphics cards from 2020 through 2022, leaving gamers out in the cold. That bubble has now popped, and GPU stock has now stabilized.

But with the rise of ChatGPT, are we about to see a repeat of the past two years? It’s unlikely, but it’s also not out of the question either.