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Feb 3, 2023
Stochastic parrot or world model? How large language models learn
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: education, robotics/AI
Large language models show impressive capabilities. Are they just superficial statistics – or is there more to them?
Systems such as OpenAI’s GPT-3 have shown that large language models have capabilities that can make them useful tools in areas as diverse as text processing and programming.
With ChatGPT the company has released a model that puts these capabilities in the hands of the general public, creating new challenges for educational institutions, for example.
Feb 3, 2023
‘Unbelievable’ Spinning Particles Probe Nature’s Most Mysterious Force
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: particle physics
The strong force holds our atoms together. Scientists may have observed its small-scale fluctuations for the first time.
Feb 3, 2023
Everything — Yes, Everything — is a SPRING! (Pretty much)
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: information science, mathematics, neuroscience, particle physics, quantum physics
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Feb 3, 2023
Leonard Susskind astonishing lecture on debunking quantum gravity
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: quantum physics
Feb 3, 2023
Ancient Skull Found in China Might Be Homo Erectus
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
The million-year-old skull, dubbed “Yunxian Man 3,” is extraordinarily well-preserved compared to previous finds.
Feb 3, 2023
Three years ago, we got the first-ever image of a gargantuan black hole — confirming Einstein’s greatest theory
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: cosmology
Three years ago, the study of black holes was revolutionized. Now, the team is turning to the closest supermassive black hole to Earth — the one at the center of the Milky Way.
Feb 3, 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Unravels Secrets Of 22,000 Ancient Cuneiform Tablets
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: robotics/AI
Scientists are using artificial intelligence (AI) to decipher 22,000 ancient cuneiform tablets.
Feb 3, 2023
Neil Turok: Physics is in Crisis
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: alien life, information science, mathematics, quantum physics
Renowned physicist Neil Turok, Holder of the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics at the University of Edinburgh, joins me to discuss the state of science and the universe. is Physics in trouble? What hope is there to return to more productive and Simple theories? What is Peter Higgs up to?
Neil Turok has been director emeritus of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics since 2019. He specializes in mathematical physics and early-universe physics, including the cosmological constant and a cyclic model for the universe.
Feb 3, 2023
New semiconducting borophene paves the way for the lightest high-performance transistor
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, computing
In the year 1,808, French chemists Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac and Louis-Jacques Thenard, and independently, English chemist Humphry Davy, discovered the fifth element of the periodic table—boron. In crystalline form, boron primarily possesses three polymorphs, i.e., three distinct unit cell configurations: α-rhombohedral, β-rhombohedral, and β-tetragonal, among 16 possible bulk allotropes.
The unique properties of this element have resulted in its use in numerous applications, including chemistry, materials science, life sciences, energy research and electronics. Moreover, based on studies conducted over the past decade, boron has significant potential for use in pharmaceutical drug design as it plays an essential role in bone growth and maintenance, wound healing, prevention of vitamin-D deficiency and other processes.
In the periodic table of elements, boron lies to the left of carbon, which causes boron to have similar valence orbitals but a shorter covalent radius. In contrast to carbon, which favors a 2D (two-dimensional) layered structure (aka graphite) in its bulk form, the bulk allotropes of boron are composed of B12 icosahedral cages. As a result, it was challenging to experimentally realize a 2D atomic network of boron, also known as borophene, until 2015.
