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Sep 3, 2023

Large language models aren’t people. Let’s stop testing them as if they were

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

When Taylor Webb played around with GPT-3 in early 2022, he was blown away by what OpenAI’s large language model appeared to be able to do. Here was a neural network trained only to predict the next word in a block of text —a jumped-up autocomplete. And yet it gave correct answers to many of the abstract problems that Webb set for it—the kind of thing you’d find in an IQ test. “I was really shocked by its ability to solve these problems,” he says. “It completely upended everything I would have predicted.”

Webb is a psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who studies the different ways people and computers solve abstract problems. He was used to building neural networks that had specific reasoning capabilities bolted on. But GPT-3 seemed to have learned them for free.

Sep 3, 2023

Google DeepMind has launched a watermarking tool for AI-generated images

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

It’s the first Big Tech firm to publicly launch one, after a group of them pledged to develop them at the White House in July.

The tool, called SynthID, will initially be available only to users of Google’s AI image generator Imagen, which is hosted on Google Cloud’s machine learning platform Vertex. Users will be able to generate images using Imagen and then choose whether to add a watermark or not. The hope is that it could help people tell when AI-generated content is being passed off as real, or help protect copyright.

Sep 3, 2023

Scientists engineer affordable safe soft robotic hand

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The new robotic device is designed to be mass-produced.

Soft robotics are all the rage with researchers coming up with new and improved developments all the time. There are soft robots that mimic muscles, soft robots that squeeze into tiny places, soft robots that are designed to function like seals and even soft robots that split into smaller units.

There is a good reason why scientists are determined to keep producing these devices. The gentle machines hold a better promise of adapting well with human populations but so far have been notoriously expensive to engineer which made them difficult to mass produce.

Sep 3, 2023

Robots for household chores less than 10 years away: expert

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The humanoid machine can undertake all kinds of general-purpose tasks.

A new report by the BBC.

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Sep 3, 2023

Machine learning might help us finally unlock nuclear fusion

Posted by in categories: nuclear energy, robotics/AI, sustainability

What if we could replace a time-consuming analysis, an important prerequisite to judge the right mix of isotopes to use?

Why can’t we find power the same way stars do— clean, renewable, and free of radioactive waste?

Humanity’s quest for clean and sustainable energy sources has reached a pivotal moment as researchers explore nuclear fusion. Unlike current nuclear fission plants that produce energy at the cost of radioactive waste, nuclear fusion offers the promise of virtually limitless and environmentally friendly power generation.

Sep 3, 2023

China reveals grand vision for space resource utilization

Posted by in categories: economics, space

Could you mine all the resources needed for space exploration from space itself? China reveals plans to achieve this goal by 2100.

Chinese space scientists have unveiled a preliminary roadmap that aims to establish a comprehensive space resources system spanning the solar system by the year 2100.

The ambitious initiative, named after the Ming dynasty scientist Song Yingxing’s work, “Tiangong Kaiwu” or “The Exploitation of the Works of Nature,” has the potential to transform the global space economy and elevate China’s standing in the world of space exploration, reported South China Morning Post.

Sep 3, 2023

Ethical hacker shows us how easily smart devices can be hacked and give access to your personal info

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, mobile phones

Smart devices will be hot items this holiday season. They hook up to the internet and can be controlled by your phone. However, we have a demonstration that shows how easy it is to hack your home.

Sep 3, 2023

Study findings provide new insight into how breast cancer evolves

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

From the early stages of cell mutations starting in puberty to their manifestations as breast cancer in later years, the entire process has remained shrouded in mystery.

Now, a team of researchers at Kyoto University has revealed the mechanism by which is formed in the cells of the mammalian epithelium, whose main function is to secrete milk. The paper is published in the journal Nature.

According to the team’s first analysis, approximately 20 mutations accumulate annually in each epithelial cell until menopause. After menopause, however, the mutation rate significantly decreases.

Sep 3, 2023

AI Girlfriend Ads Are Reportedly on the Rise on Instagram, TikTok

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Ads for AI “girlfriends” are flooding Instagram and TikTok.

Sep 3, 2023

How cyber-crime has become organised warfare | Four Corners

Posted by in categories: business, cybercrime/malcode, government, military

Every seven minutes a cyber-attack is reported in Australia.

Millions of Australians have had their data stolen in malicious attacks, costing some businesses tens of millions of dollars in ransom. The federal government is warning the country must brace for even more strikes as cyber gangs become more sophisticated and ruthless.

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