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Feb 17, 2024

The intersection of bottom-up synthetic cell engineering and nanobiotechnology

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, engineering, nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is intimately intertwined with efforts to bring bottom-up synthetic cell research to the forefront, and only strengthening these bonds will expand the scope of what this might achieve.

Feb 17, 2024

End-to-end design of ingestible electronics

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, electronics

This Review explores the development of ingestible electronics and provides a step-by-step guide for the design of ingestible electronic capsules at the system level.

Feb 17, 2024

The Mind-Blowing Theory That Challenges Everything We Know

Posted by in categories: neuroscience, quantum physics

Sabine Hossenfelder and Bernardo Kastrup have a theolocution on superdeterminism and free variables.
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Feb 17, 2024

Substance Dualism (Part 2 of 2) [HD]

Posted by in categories: evolution, neuroscience

NB Whilst claims of logical possibility intended to support reality claims (such as Swinburne’s proposal of disembodied existence) become subject to constraints of reality, those not intended to support any reality claim need not be subject to such constraints.

Selected Resources (see also part 1):

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Feb 17, 2024

How much electricity does AI consume?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

It’s not easy to calculate the watts and joules that go into a single Balenciaga pope.


How many watts and joules does it actually take to generate a single Balenciaga pope?

Feb 17, 2024

Lex Friedman Weighs In On The Future Of AI, Language … And Existential Self-Reflection

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

When Lex Friedman visited our MIT AI Venture Studio class to talk about the future of AI, we got into some pretty interesting ideas about the near future.

At the top of Lex’s comments, he talked about disruption – predicting that two new trillion-dollar companies will emerge out of the AI era, and suggesting that Google, Meta and Microsoft will likely not be able to pivot quickly enough to maintain their dominance.

In terms of where we might see this innovation, one of his focus points was on language. Lex pointed out that in America, we take it for granted that everyone speaks English – but around the world, there is an enormous market for real, precise speech translation. People, he said, speak many languages in an “intimate” way – and that requires precision on the part of the technology.

Feb 17, 2024

China worries less about US cyberattacks, but frets over India

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

According to a Chinese security expert, a significant number of attacks actually originate from countries in South Asia.


One India-based group of hackers, known as ‘Bitter’, has used various methods to target government, military and nuclear sectors.

Feb 17, 2024

SpaceX moves incorporation from Delaware to Texas post legal setbacks

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, law, space travel

SpaceX relocates incorporation to Texas amid legal challenges, reflecting Elon Musk’s strategic vision for growth and innovation.


Elon Musk’s SpaceX moves to Texas, signaling a strategic shift in corporate strategy amidst legal battles.

Feb 17, 2024

AI-power: NVIDIA value surpasses Google-parent Alphabet, Amazon in days

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

The AI chipmaker is the fourth most valuable company in the world.


Chip giant Nvidia is worth more than Google owner Alphabet, a day after surpassing Amazon in value.

Feb 17, 2024

Microsoft, OpenAI reveal state-sponsored cybercrime tactics using AI

Posted by in categories: cybercrime/malcode, robotics/AI

The fourth group is Curium, an Iranian group that has used LLMs to generate phishing emails and code to evade antivirus detection. Chinese state-affiliated hackers have also used LLMs for research, scripting, translations, and refining their tools.

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Microsoft and OpenAI say they have not detected any significant attacks using LLMs yet, but they have been shutting down all accounts and assets associated with these groups. “At the same time, we feel this is important research to publish to expose early-stage, incremental moves that we observe well-known threat actors attempting, and share information on how we are blocking and countering them with the defender community,” says Microsoft.