Futurism – Lifeboat News: The Blog

Report: Global Temps Could Rise 9 Degrees Fahrenheit by 2100

Posted by Victoria Generao in futurism

Nov 30
2018

The goal of the Paris Agreement is to keep warming below 2 degrees Celsius. This would be more than double that.

Experts Predict What Earth’s Next Supercontinent Will Look Like

Posted by Victoria Generao in futurism

Nov 30
2018

Earth’s continents are (very slowly) headed for a collision.

How an 18th-century priest gave us the tools to make better decisions

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Nov 30
2018

The world is a complicated place. Bayes’ theorem can help us navigate it.

Ira Pastor — IdeaXme — Longevity Ambasador

Posted by Ira S. Pastor in aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, cryonics, DNA, futurism, genetics, health, science, transhumanismTagged anti-aging, bioquantine, bioquark, biotech, health, healthspan, ira pastor, Life extension, lifespan, longevity, reanima, regenerage, regeneration, wellness

Nov 30
2018

Very excited to join IdeaXme (http://radioideaxme.com/) as Longevity Ambassador, utilizing this wonderful media platform to help expand global awareness of the people engineering a future free of aging, disease, degeneration, and suffering.

What If We Built an Artificial Planet?

Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Nov 30
2018

What would it take to build a new, artificial planet?

Scientists measure all of the starlight ever produced in the universe

Posted by Michael Lance in futurism

Nov 29
2018

How much photons are there in the universe?

Our Blue Planet: Accidental discovery could save coral reefs

Posted by Mary Jain in futurism

Nov 29
2018

An accidental discovery is giving new hope for coral reefs.

BBC Earth

This is How Many Photons Are in the Entire Observable Universe

Posted by Genevieve Klien in futurism

Nov 29
2018

Researchers from Clemson University used almost a decade of gamma ray data to map the entire observable universe for the very first time.

This is when AI’s top researchers think artificial general intelligence will be achieved

Posted by Derick Lee in futurism, robotics/AI

Nov 29
2018

In a new book published this week titled Architects of Intelligence, writer and futurist Martin Ford interviewed 23 of the most prominent men and women who are working in AI today, including DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, Google AI Chief Jeff Dean, and Stanford AI director Fei-Fei Li. In an informal survey, Ford asked each of them to guess by which year there will be at least a 50 percent chance of AGI being built.

Short answer: maybe within our lifetimes, but don’t hold out.

AWS DeepRacer

Posted by Klaus Baldauf in futurism

Nov 29
2018