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Why it matters that you realize you’re in a computer simulation
What if our universe is something like a computer simulation, or a virtual reality, or a video game? The proposition that the universe is actually a computer simulation was furthered in a big way during the 1970s, when John Conway famously proved that if you take a binary system, and subject that system to only a few rules (in the case of Conway’s experiment, four); then that system creates something rather peculiar.
Crazy new Tail lights
New Tail lights from Audi.
What do you think of these new Tail lights from Audi? Will they become the next big thing?
Nick Bostrom: It would be a great tragedy if artificial superintelligence is never developed
Bostrom tells IBTimes UK that advanced AI creation is on the path to the ‘best possible future’.
We’re Fast Approaching a World Where Nothing Is Scarce—Even Diamonds
What’s more scarce than perfect diamonds, right?
Wrong.
This week, a new company called Diamond Foundry announced that it is able to “grow” hundreds of perfect, “real” diamonds (up to nine carats) in just two weeks in a lab.
Lessons from the PC video game industry — By Chris Dixon | Medium
“The subtitle to this post is a variation of William Gibson’s famous remark: “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” An obvious follow up question is: if the future is already here, where can I find it?”
New Research Says Worry And Anxiety Are Linked To High IQ
If you’re like me, you think a little too much. Your thoughts and ideas swirl around so much in your mind that it can be hard to get much done, and it results in anxiety.
These Are the Droids We’re Looking For
Could the planet’s next catastrophe be averted by R2-D2? That’s the idea behind the DARPA Robotics Challenge, a robot Olympiad designed to create autonomous machines that can go where no man can or should go—nuclear disaster sites, minefields, Montauk over Labor Day weekend—and fix all the toxic messes we make. The stakes are $3.5 million. Oh, and possibly the future of mankind.