“It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.” Alarm Bells Geoffrey Hinton, as one of the foremost pioneers of artificial intelligence, is often hailed as the “godfather of AI.” His seminal work in neural networks won him the attention of Google, where he’s worked for… Continue reading Godfather of AI Quits Google, Fears AI’s Risks and Regrets His Work
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Chinese Rover Finds Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars
Researchers claim that China’s Zhurong rover, which has spent months exploring the Martian surface, may have found evidence — though not quite proof — of liquid water at low latitudes where temperatures are relatively warm and more suitable for life. It’s a provocative claim, as until now scientists believed only solid or gaseous states of water… Continue reading Chinese Rover Finds Evidence of Liquid Water on Mars
Scientists Suggest New Reason Dumb Bugs Smash Into Lights
Y’all got any, uhhhh, lamp? Bug Brained Like a moth to a lamp, we humans have long thought we knew why bugs are so attracted to artificial lights — but new research suggests we may have been just as dim as they are. New research out of Imperial College London and Florida International University posits… Continue reading Scientists Suggest New Reason Dumb Bugs Smash Into Lights
Building a Dyson Sphere Around the Sun Would Be Easy if We Used Jupiter for Raw Materials
It could take humanity to the next level. Disassembly Required We’d need an astronomical amount of resources to construct a Dyson sphere, a giant theoretical shell that would harvest all of a given star’s energy, around the Sun. In fact, as science journalist Jaime Green explores in her new book “The Possibility of Life,” we’d… Continue reading Building a Dyson Sphere Around the Sun Would Be Easy if We Used Jupiter for Raw Materials
MIT Professor Compares Ignoring AGI to “Don’t Look Up”
MIT professor and AI researcher Max Tegmark is pretty stressed out about the potential impact of artificial general intelligence (AGI) on human society. In a new essay for Time, he rings the alarm bells, painting a pretty dire picture of a future determined by an AI that can outsmart us. “Sadly, I now feel that we’re… Continue reading MIT Professor Compares Ignoring AGI to “Don’t Look Up”
Amazing Tracking Footage Shows Starship Explosion Close Up
Woah. Track This SpaceX’s explosive Starship test launch last week was truly a sight to behold — and now we’ve got incredible, close-up footage to experience it all over again. Released by blogger Tim Dodd, better known as “Everyday Astronaut,” the incredible video shows the massive spacecraft launch from multiple angles. But the footage we’re most… Continue reading Amazing Tracking Footage Shows Starship Explosion Close Up
Psychedelics Researcher Enlists AI Artist to Draw Beings They Met While Tripping on DMT
“It feels like first contact for our species.” Psychonaut Encounters Artificial intelligence has opened new doors for psychedelics enthusiasts to show the world the beautiful realms they inhabit when tripping. As Vice reports, veteran psychedelics researcher David Jay Brown of the group Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) has joined forces with artist Sara Phinn to… Continue reading Psychedelics Researcher Enlists AI Artist to Draw Beings They Met While Tripping on DMT
Watch These Adorable Lil Robots Try to Play Soccer
Look at them go! Bot v. Bot A team of researchers from Google’s DeepMind AI lab have programmed a pair of little humanoid robots to play a classic match of one-versus-one soccer — and the results are absolutely adorable. A video of these robotic little tykes shows them wobbling around with impressive, almost human-like agility,… Continue reading Watch These Adorable Lil Robots Try to Play Soccer
Tesla Lawyers Say Elon Musk’s Claims Over Self-Driving Safety Might Just Be Deepfakes
Yeah, right. A Deepfake Did It! Tesla’s lawyers have made an eyebrow-raising argument in defense of CEO Elon Musk: that statements he allegedly made over the safety of the automaker’s Autopilot driver assistance system could simply be deepfakes, Reuters reports. The argument was made in an ongoing lawsuit against Tesla filed in 2019 over a… Continue reading Tesla Lawyers Say Elon Musk’s Claims Over Self-Driving Safety Might Just Be Deepfakes
Death to Car Touchscreens, Buttons are Back, Baby!
Finally. Pushing Buttons Touchscreens? Who needs ’em. As Slate reports, car companies are finally beginning to take notice that touchscreen infotainment systems are a road safety hazard — and above all, that their customers absolutely hate using them. Case in point, Porsche has phased out its all-touchscreen design of the Cayenne luxury SUV, Slate notes,… Continue reading Death to Car Touchscreens, Buttons are Back, Baby!