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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/14/do-we-have-the-history-of-native-americans-backward-indigenous-continent

  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/one-of-the-biggest-problems-in-biology-has-finally-been-solved/

  https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2022/10/28/food-of-the-future-a-protein-made-of-water-and-air-is-coming-to-singapore-in-2024/36112

  https://www.psypost.org/2022/10/study-uncovers-a-surprising-temporal-relationship-between-cognitive-function-and-physical-activity-64190

  https://studyfinds.org/man-vs-machine-ai-beats-human/

  https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20221102-injustice-is-everywhere-so-what-are-our-moral-duties

For centuries, we didn’t even know those sounds existed. But as technology has advanced, so has our capacity to listen. Today, tools like drones, digital recorders, and artificial intelligence are helping us listen to the sounds of nature in unprecedented ways, transforming the world of scientific research and raising a tantalizing prospect: Someday soon, computers might allow us to talk to animals. While that seems to be changing with our increased understanding of animals, Bakker cautions that the ability to communicate with animals stands to be either a blessing or a curse, and we must think carefully about how we will use our technological advancements to interact with the natural world. We can use our understanding of our world’s sonic richness to gain a sense of kinship with nature and even potentially heal some of the damage we have wrought, but we also run the risk of using our newfound powers to assert our domination over animals and plants. Indigenous communities around the w...

  https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/10/education-polarization-diploma-divide-democratic-party-working-class.html?utm_source=undefined&utm_medium=undefined&utm_campaign=feed-part

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63195653

https://singularityhub.com/2022/10/09/six-recent-discoveries-that-have-changed-how-we-think-about-human-origins/

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/08/generative-ai-silicon-valleys-next-trillion-dollar-companies.html  

  “I felt very threatened by machine learning,” says   Jesse Thaler , a theoretical particle physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Initially, he says he felt like it jeopardized his human expertise classifying particle jets. But Thaler has since come to embrace it, applying machine learning to a variety of problems across particle physics. “Machine learning is a collaborator,” he says. Over the past decade, in tandem with the broader deep-learning revolution , particle physicists have trained algorithms to solve previously intractable problems and tackle completely new challenges. https://spectrum.ieee.org/machine-learning-in-physics

 https://bgr.com/science/scientists-create-matter-from-nothing-in-groundbreaking-experiment/

 https://theconversation.com/why-do-we-laugh-new-study-considers-possible-evolutionary-reasons-behind-this-very-human-behaviour-190193

 https://www.livescience.com/how-the-brain-stores-memories

Even the best AI is not perfect, and when things go wrong...we may face a ‘responsibility gap’, a situation in which no one is responsible for the harm caused by AI.  Responsibility gaps may arise because current AI systems themselves cannot be morally responsible for what they do, and the humans involved may no longer satisfy key conditions of moral responsibility. http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2022/09/are-we-heading-towards-a-post-responsibility-era-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-morality/ 

Next time you cover your mouth because it is a tight game and there are seconds left, thank archaic humans for not broadcasting their breath. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/spycatcher/202209/everyday-behaviors-have-very-ancient-roots

  Summary:  A new theory of consciousness suggests decisions are made unconsciously, then about half a second later, they become conscious. https://neurosciencenews.com/consciousness-theory-21571/

  Some mathematicians have sought a logical proof for the existence of God. Here’s what they discovered https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-god-be-proved-mathematically/

 “Waiting for a second marshmallow is only adaptive if you have a strong reason to believe that the second marshmallow will arrive as promised.” https://bold.expert/marshmallows-arent-likely-to-fix-low-income-kids-real-problems/

  “I hope this study—as well as other future studies by our lab and other people—will change perspectives,” Blake says. The research provides evidence that risky decisions in childhood do not always reflect poor judgment or a lack of self-control, he says.   https://www.futurity.org/risk-taking-kids-socioeconomic-backgrounds-2808542-2/

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/05/big-bang-created-universe-what-created-big-bang/

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_wengrow_a_new_understanding_of_human_history_and_the_roots_of_inequality

https://neurosciencenews.com/physics-consciousness-21222/

  https://venturebeat.com/virtual/identity-crisis-artificial-intelligence-and-the-flawed-logic-of-mind-uploading/

  https://aeon.co/essays/we-should-be-wary-about-what-big-history-overlooks-in-its-myth?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=25278b3f1d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_08_19_02_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-25278b3f1d-70717413

  https://kotaku.com/ai-art-dall-e-midjourney-stable-diffusion-copyright-1849388060

  https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-genetically-edited-a-million-years-of-evolution-into-mouse-dna

  https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/science-absolute-truth/

The interview of philosopher William MacAskill, an Oxford professor, about his new book,  What We Owe the Futur https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/08/why-effective-altruists-fear-the-ai-apocalypse.html

https://scitechdaily.com/yale-study-suggests-that-evolution-can-be-predicted/

One of the  2018 Nobel Prizes in physics  went to Donna Strickland, a major accomplishment for any scientist. Yet much of the news coverage has focused on the fact that she’s only the third female physicist to receive the award, after  Marie Curie in 1903  and  Maria Goeppert-Mayer   60 years later. http://theconversation.com/why-more-women-dont-win-science-nobels-104370

Computer vision researchers have uncovered a world of visual signals hiding in our midst, including subtle motions that betray what’s being said and faint images of what’s around a corner. https://www.quantamagazine. org/the-new-science-of-seeing- around-corners-20180830/

Artificial intelligence systems could be tasked with law enforcement among human populations – acting as judges, jurors, jailers and even executioners. Warrior robots could similarly be assigned to the military and given power to decide on targets and ... Could an artificial intelligence be considered a person under the law? https://phys.org/news/2018-10-artificial-intelligence-person-law.html

MIT researchers have developed a lightweight structure whose tiny blocks can be snapped together much like the bricks of a child’s construction toy. The new material, the researchers say, could revolutionize the assembly of airplanes, spacecraft, and even larger structures, such as dikes and levees. http://news.mit.edu/2013/how-to-make-big-things-out-of-small-pieces-0815

For the most part, advances in energy storage will rely on the continuing development of materials science, pushing the limits of performance of existing battery materials and developing entirely new battery structures and compositions. http://theconversation.com/new-materials-are-powering-the-battery-revolution-90728

AI and automation are already being used in newsrooms across the world to deliver content faster, at scale, with less cost. Many journalists use AI-generated smart templates to produce “commodity news,” such as reports on finance markets and company earnings. The Associated Press is also leading the news industry when it comes to embracing software to automate copy creation for investment and sports coverage, dramatically increasing the number of write-ups produced.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/10/03/the-future-of-news-is-artificial-intelligence/

over the long run, this tiny change would profoundly separate primates from the rodents and other groups that they had parted ways with. It would bend the arc of evolution for tens of millions of years to come. Without it, humans never would have walked the earth. https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2018/09/24/why-are-humans-so-much-smarter-than-other-primates/

Companies across the globe are currently racing to create 3D maps, using sophisticated sensors and cameras to detail city streets and highways alike. However, Wayve’s new technique could render those 3D maps and their reading systems on AV (Autonomous Vehicles) obsolete. Most AV use many cameras and sensors to navigate 3D maps to navigate. The Twizy in the video had only one camera mounted at its front (most other AVs have many more — Tesla’s autopilot, for example, uses eight). A human driver sat behind the wheel during the learning process, stopping the car every time it veered off the road. Within about 20 minutes of training, the car figured out how to follow the gently curving road indefinitely. https://futurism.com/the-byte/wayve-ai-teach-autonomous-cars

Thanks to software developed by Neural Concept, bicycle engineers can quickly calculate the most aerodynamic shape for a bike.  The team used artificial-intelligence-based software to boost the performance of its bike. In just a few minutes, Neural Concept's technology can calculate the optimal shape of a bike to make it as aerodynamic as possible. It can also be used for aerodynamics calculations in a number of other applications. https://phys.org/news/2018-07-artificial-intelligence-ultra-aerodynamic-bike.html#jCp

A Chinese AI system diagnosed brain tumors and other conditions more accurately and faster than a team of top Chinese physicians, according to  Xinhua . The AI, called BioMind, was developed by the Artificial Intelligence Research Centre for Neurological Disorders at Beijing Tiantan Hospital. For example, t he AI correctly diagnosed 87 percent of 225 cases in just 15 minutes, while a team of 15 senior physicians diagnosed 66-percent of the cases accurately.  To train the AI, developers gave the AI tens of thousands of images and diagnoses from the hospital’s past ten years. The AI could diagnose a number of neurological diseases, including meningioma and glioma with over 90 percent accuracy. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a22148464/chinese-ai-diagnosed-brain-tumors-more-accurately-physicians/

Our generations may be the last to witness genuine mass protests or revolutions! Given the effectiveness of people surveillance by current Artificial Intelligence technology, which is only at a very nascent stage, how much personal privacy and freedom will remain in the near future (let alone far future)? Just imagine, say, China, took over another country, what is the chance for the people of that dominated country to be able to join together to mount a successful revolt? Ye s, indeed, it's a very depressing thought! https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/02/china-surveillance/552203/

China is spending billions of dollars to introduce Artificial Intelligence in nuclear submarines to help commanders making faster, more accurate decision in battle. According to China Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in the blink of an eye, when a policymaker or a diplomat needs to make a quick, accurate decision to achieve a specific goal in a complex, urgent situation, the system can provide a range of options with recommendations for THE BEST MOVE. The system studies the strat egy of international politics by drawing on a large amount of data, which can contain information varying from cocktail-party gossip to images taken by spy satellites. Liu Yu, an advisor to the People’s Liberation Army, said human diplomats would have difficulty winning a strategic game against Artificial Intelligence. "AI can think MANY STEPS AHEAD of a human. It can think deeply in many possible scenarios and come up with the best strategy,” Zhang Lili, a professor at China Foreign Affairs Univers...

“We don’t want to wait until these things start to appear in the real world,” says Victoria Krakovna, a research scientist at Alphabet's  DeepMind  unit.  “Seeing these systems be creative and do things you never thought of, you recognize their power and danger,” says Jeff Clune, a researcher at Uber’s AI lab. A recent paper that Clune coauthored, which lists 27 examples of algorithms doing unintended things, suggests future engineers will have to collaborate with, not command, their creations. https://www.wired.com/story/when-bots-teach-themselves-to-cheat/

The ability to reverse aging is something many people would hope to see in their lifetime. This is still a long way from reality, but in our latest experiment, we have  reversed the aging of human cells , which could provide the basis for future anti-degeneration drugs. Aging can be viewed as the progressive decline in bodily function and is linked with most of the common chronic diseases that humans suffer from, such as cancer, diabetes and dementia. There are many reasons why our cells and tissues stop functioning, but a new focus in the biology of ageing is the  accumulation of “senescent” cells  in the tissues and organs. https://www.newsweek.com/we-just-reversed-ageing-human-cells-1071252

What's the secret to aging well? University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have answered it- on a cellular level.  Aging starts in our cells, and those aging cells can hasten cellular senescence, leading to tissue dysfunction and related health impacts. New research involving University of Minnesota Medical School faculty Paul D. Robbins and Laura J. Niedernhofer, recently published in  Nature Medicine , shows there are types of small molecules called senolytics that can reverse the impact of aged,  senescent  cells. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-08-reverse-aging-cells.html

Dai’s startup is part of a trend in the fashion industry of incorporating technical fabrics into everyday clothes. Dai’s brand stands out because she is exclusively focused on making high-tech, high-end women’s workwear, catering to the many female professionals who are still required to wear formal clothes to the office.  https://www.fastcompany.com/90214836/the-future-of-office-wear-blazers-made-of-yoga-pant-fabric

If we had not been told that the pictures on this page were created by Artificial Intelligence, we might could have mistaken them for pictures created by humans. The pictures on this page were all designed by a  machine learning  algorithm written by the team at Google Brain. Art is the latest frontier  AI  companies are trying to tackle. Slowly but surely AI is becoming better and better at more and more things. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence-already-better-artist-you

A true diet pill—a safe treatment that could control appetite in people prone to problem eating—would find ready demand among the millions who struggle to lose excess pounds.  The costs of the obesity epidemic are countless. Being substantially overweight increases the risk of conditions like heart disease, diabetes, sleep disorders and high blood pressure. And according to a  recent study conducted by Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, the cost of weight-related medical problems is now over $190 billion a year in the U.S.  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-molecular-reason-why-obese-people-have-trouble-losing-weight/