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Jan 1, 2024

Happy 191st (or so) birthday to the world’s oldest living land animal

Posted by in category: futurism

Hollins is a veterinarian who has cared for the elderly tortoise and three other land tortoises on St. Helena Island since 2009.

Last year, St. Helena’s governor, Nigel Phillips, gave Jonathan an unofficial hatch date of Dec. 4, 1832, but Hollins still celebrates on New Year’s Day.

“It’s not his birthday, but celebrating his year of age, whatever that may be,” Hollins said.

Jan 1, 2024

Does ai Have Agency?

Posted by in categories: biological, robotics/AI, space

Watch behind the scenes, get early access and join the private Discord by supporting us on Patreon: \
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DOES AI HAVE AGENCY? With Professor. Karl Friston and Riddhi J. Pitliya\
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Agency in the context of cognitive science, particularly when considering the free energy principle, extends beyond just human decision-making and autonomy. It encompasses a broader understanding of how all living systems, including non-human entities, interact with their environment to maintain their existence by minimising sensory surprise.\
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According to the free energy principle, living organisms strive to minimize the difference between their predicted states and the actual sensory inputs they receive. This principle suggests that agency arises as a natural consequence of this process, particularly when organisms appear to plan ahead many steps in the future. \
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Riddhi J. Pitliya is based in the computational psychopathology lab doing her Ph.D at the University of Oxford and works with Professor Karl Friston at VERSES. \
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References:\
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THE FREE ENERGY PRINCIPLE—A PRECIS [Ramstead]\
https://www.dialecticalsystems.eu/con…\
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Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior [Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzulo, Karl J. Friston]\
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monog…\
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The beauty of collective intelligence, explained by a developmental biologist | Michael Levin\
• The beauty of collective intelligence… \
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Growing Neural Cellular Automata\
https://distill.pub/2020/growing-ca\
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Carcinisation\
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcini…\
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Prof. KENNETH STANLEY — Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned\
• #038 — Prof. KENNETH STANLEY — Why Gr… \
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On Defining Artificial Intelligence [Pei Wang]\
https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/j…\
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Why? The Purpose of the Universe [Goff]\
https://amzn.to/4aEqpfm\
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Umwelt\
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umwelt\
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An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms [Yong]\
https://amzn.to/3tzzTb7\
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What’s it like to be a bat [Nagal]\
https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pd…\
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COUNTERFEIT PEOPLE. DANIEL DENNETT. (SPECIAL EDITION)\
• COUNTERFEIT PEOPLE. DANIEL DENNETT. (… \
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We live in the infosphere [FLORIDI]\
• WE LIVE IN THE INFOSPHERE [Prof. LUCI… \
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Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398\
• Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in t… \
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Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too | Official Trailer | Netflix\
• Black Mirror: Rachel, Jack and Ashley… \
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Prof. Kristinn R. Thórisson\
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin

Jan 1, 2024

A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass JWST

Posted by in category: alien life

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will likely need more powerful telescopes than exist today.

I am an astronomer who studies astrobiology and planets around distant stars. For the last seven years, I have been co-leading a team that is developing a new kind of space telescope that could collect a hundred times more light than the James Webb Space Telescope, the biggest space telescope ever built.

Almost all space telescopes, including Hubble and Webb, collect light using mirrors. Our proposed telescope, the Nautilus Space Observatory, would replace large, heavy mirrors with a novel, thin lens that is much lighter, cheaper and easier to produce than mirrored telescopes. Because of these differences, it would be possible to launch many individual units into orbit and create a powerful network of telescopes.

Jan 1, 2024

Research at MSK unlocks new potentials in cancer treatment

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) has spearheaded revolutionary research unveiling groundbreaking strides in cancer treatment and understanding disease mechanisms.

Their discoveries include CAR T cell therapy targeting specific antigens in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), insights into the genetic element LINE-1, revelations on blood stem cell regulation, and a promising immunotherapy technique targeting CD47, showcasing potential breakthroughs in cancer therapy.

In the battle against acute myeloid leukemia (AML), traditional CAR T cell therapies faced hurdles due to varying antigens in AML cells and their similarity to normal blood stem cells, risking broader immune system damage.

Jan 1, 2024

National Geographic India

Posted by in category: futurism

The mysteries of space have always intrigued us and following through with this intrigue, ISRO set out on its most ambitious mission till date, Chandrayaan-2…

Jan 1, 2024

Paper page — Gemini in Reasoning: Unveiling Commonsense in Multimodal Large Language Models

Posted by in category: futurism

Join the discussion on this paper page.

Jan 1, 2024

NMN Supplement Trial: Shocking NAD Results and Health Benefits after 11-month trial

Posted by in category: life extension

After taking the so-called longevity supplement NMN for 11 months, alongside my 80-year-old parents, in this video I reveal our surprising test results! Plus I discuss the effects of NMN that we experienced, whether we intend to keep taking it long term and why. #longevity #nmn #healthyaging

Jan 1, 2024

Boost Health and Immunity with Sunlight: Light Therapy and Melatonin

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, health

Sunlight provides so much more than just Vitamin D: learn from Dr. Seheult of https://bit.ly/44MTKR2 about the myriad of benefits from optimizing our exposure to light.

Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://bit.ly/44MTKR2

Continue reading “Boost Health and Immunity with Sunlight: Light Therapy and Melatonin” »

Jan 1, 2024

A global dataset of pandemic- and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks

Posted by in categories: bioengineering, biotech/medical, genetics, nanotechnology

I believe nanomachines or new advanced rna antivirals that can target one’s own variants of viruses will be game changers to prevent future global pandemics. Also eventually new genetic engineering could allow for the end to all viruses with some sorta Omni vaccine.


Measurement(s) Pandemic-and epidemic-prone disease outbreaks Technology Type(s) Text mining using R Sample Characteristic — Organism Disease outbreaks Sample Characteristic — Environment spatiotemporal region Sample Characteristic — Location Global.

Jan 1, 2024

Nanoparticle Vaccine Protects Against a Spectrum of COVID-19-causing Variants and Related Viruses

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

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New vaccine may protect against future variants of coronaviruses, such as COVID-19 and SARS.