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Aug 22, 2017
‘We Do Not Have Long to Act’: Tech Heads Warn UN About Autonomous Arms
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: drones, Elon Musk, robotics/AI
SpaceX head Elon Musk and other industry leaders write that autonomy will lead to wider and faster war.
The prospect of tanks, machine guns, and drones that think for themselves becoming widespread is giving tech luminaries the heebie-jeebies.
In an open letter today (Aug. 21), a group of specialists from 26 nations called for the United Nations to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons. The signatories include Tesla CEO Elon Musk and DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman, as well as other leaders in robotics and artificial-intelligence companies. (Google acquired DeepMind in 2014.)
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Aug 22, 2017
Outer-Space Obsession: Moguls Worth $513 Billion Join the Race
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: Elon Musk, space
A real push for space is happening.
Think billionaires and outer space and three names quickly come to mind: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson.
Aug 15, 2017
Elon Musk: AI ‘vastly more risky than North Korea’
Posted by John Gallagher in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI
Tesla head warns of dangers of AI and pushes for regulation as OpenAI he backed beats best human players in online DotA 2 championship.
Aug 14, 2017
SpaceX landed another rocket on target after launching supplies to the Space Station — watch live footage of the perfect landing
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
(SpaceX) SpaceX launched 6,400 pounds of supplies to the International Space Station on Monday afternoon, and the roughly 100,000 people watching the live video online got to experience a rare shot of the reusable portion of the rocket sticking its landing in real time.
It was SpaceX’s 40th Falcon 9 mission and 11th rocket launch this year.
Aug 13, 2017
Here’s How To Fix The Big Problems With Elon Musk’s Mars Spaceship
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
This week electrovehicle and space transit magnate Elon Musk unveiled his master plan for the human race to become “a multi-planetary species”, starting with travel to Mars. But while I know it’s an act of remarkable hubris for me to even say this, I believe SpaceX’s plans for their Interplanetary Transport System have some pretty glaring flaws. The good news is they are flaws that are easily corrected by applying some decades-old solutions from the American and Soviet space-faring experience.
After going over the system architecture and basic spacecraft design, I think there are places where the system can be made to use less fuel, reduce manufacturing complexity, increase crew room, deliver more payload, and more.
Aug 12, 2017
The world’s best Dota 2 players just got destroyed by a killer AI from Elon Musk’s startup
Posted by Sean Cusack in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI
Tonight during Valve’s yearly Dota 2 tournament, a surprise segment introduced what could be the best new player in the world — a bot from Elon Musk-backed startup OpenAI. Engineers from the nonprofit say the bot learned enough to beat Dota 2 pros in just two weeks of real-time learning, though in that training period they say it amassed “lifetimes” of experience, likely using a neural network judging by the company’s prior efforts. Musk is hailing the achievement as the first time artificial intelligence has been able to beat pros in competitive e-sports.
Aug 4, 2017
Elon Musk’s First Tesla Solar Roof Is Here, and It Looks Amazing
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: Elon Musk, sustainability, transportation
Aug 3, 2017
Study Shows Injectable Electronic Neural Lace Melds With Neurons Without Causing Immune Response
Posted by Montie Adkins in categories: biotech/medical, Elon Musk, neuroscience, transhumanism
In step forward for Elon Musk’s neural lace and transhumanists everywhere, a new paper published this month by researchers at Harvard University reports on the successful implantation of an electronic neuromorphic mesh in the brains of mice without triggering an immune response.
Neuroprostheses show promise in the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, epilepsy, traumatic brain injury and for the creation of brain-machine interfaces such as the neural lace, but a major stumbling block for researchers has been the propensity of these implants to induce an immune response, inflammation and scaring in the brain, severely limiting their potential use.