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Jul 30, 2023

Here are the six ‘dark pattern’ tricks that Amazon used to get and keep people subscribed to Prime, according to the FTC

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Emotional wording, persuasive animations, and roadblocks to completing purchases are all used to drive people into a Prime membership.

Jul 29, 2023

How researchers broke ChatGPT and what it could mean for future AI development

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Researchers bypassed the safety guardrails for ChatGPT, Bard, and Claude with a series of adversarial attacks.

Jul 29, 2023

How Memory can be Manipulated with Elizabeth Loftus, PhD

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Our memories may not be as reliable as we think. Once we experience an event, most of us likely assume that those memories stays intact forever. But there is the potential for memories to be altered or for completely false memories to be planted, according to Elizabeth Loftus, PhD. Loftus, a distinguished professor at the University of California, Irvine, is an expert on human memory and she discusses how our recollections of events and experiences may be subject to manipulation.

The American Psychological Association is the leading scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States, with more than 118,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students as its members.

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Jul 29, 2023

In the ‘Succession’ era, wardrobes of the wealthy are subtler than ever. The rich identify each other with luxury that only a highly trained eye can detect

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Expensive blank baseball caps and boring camel jackets are in vogue with the 1%.

Jul 29, 2023

The Morning After: Tesla reportedly formed a secret team to quash driving range complaints

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Jul 28, 2023

Hegemonizing Swarms

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A Hegemonizing Swarm is a hypothetical living weapon, or self-replicating machine, which seeks to turn every last available bit of matter into more of itself…

Jul 28, 2023

Brain stimulation for treatment and enhancement in children: an ethical analysis

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Davis (2014) called for “extreme caution” in the use of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) to treat neurological disorders in children, due to gaps in scientific knowledge. We are sympathetic to his position. However, we must also address the ethical implications of applying this technology to minors. Compensatory trade-offs associated with NIBS present a challenge to its use in children, insofar as these trade-offs have the effect of limiting the child’s future options. The distinction between treatment and enhancement has some normative force here. As the intervention moves away from being a treatment toward being an enhancement—and thus toward a more uncertain weighing of the benefits, risks, and costs—considerations of the child’s best interests (as judged by the parents) diminish, and the need to protect the child’s (future) autonomy looms larger. NIBS for enhancement involving trade-offs should therefore be delayed, if possible, until the child reaches a state of maturity and can make an informed, personal decision. NIBS for treatment, by contrast, is permissible insofar as it can be shown to be at least as safe and effective as currently approved treatments, which are (themselves) justified on a best interests standard.

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Jul 28, 2023

“We’re All Asgardians”: Scientists Discover New Clues About the Origin of Complex Life

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The mythological Norse god Thor hails from the celestial city of Asgard, and according to revolutionary research published in the scientific journal, Nature, he’s not the only Asgardian. This new research suggests that we humans — along with eagles, starfish, daisies, and every complex organism on Earth — are, in a sense, Asgardians.

The research team at The University of Texas at Austin, along with collaborators from different institutions, conducted a genomic analysis of several hundreds of microorganisms known as archaea. Their findings revealed that eukaryotes – complex life forms with nuclei in their cells, including all flora, fauna, insects, and fungi across the globe – can trace their origins back to a common Asgard archaean ancestor.

That means eukaryotes are, in the parlance of evolutionary biologists, a “well-nested clade” within Asgard archaea, similar to how birds are one of several groups within a larger group called dinosaurs, sharing a common ancestor. The team has found that all eukaryotes share a common ancestor among the Asgards.

Jul 28, 2023

‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ Suddenly Has A New Meaning, Say Scientists

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Stars appear to twinkle because our atmosphere bends and distorts starlight as it travels to Earth. But stars also have an innate “twinkle” of their own, says new study.

Jul 28, 2023

Butterfly flight inspires researchers to explore new ways to create force and electricity

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This is according to a press release by the institution published on Tuesday.

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