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Jan 6, 2023

I asked Chat GPT to build a To-Do app — Have we finally met our replacement?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Year 2022 Basically this could easily create a near perfect code and solve for coding problems. This could also create the superintelligence in ai.


Are we about to be replaced by an AI, again?

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Jan 6, 2023

Coupled ferroelectricity and superconductivity in bilayer Td-MoTe2

Posted by in category: futurism

The authors show a hysteretic behaviour of superconductivity as a function of electric field in bilayer Td-MoTe2, representing observations of coupled ferroelectricity and superconductivity.

Jan 6, 2023

Yes, the Universe really is 100% reductionist in nature

Posted by in categories: computing, particle physics, space

In other words, what appears to be emergent to us today, with our present limitations of what its within our power to compute, may someday in the future be describable in purely reductionist terms. Many such systems that were once incapable of being described via reductionism have, with superior models (as far as what we choose to pay attention to) and the advent of improved computing power, now been successfully described in precisely a reductionist fashion. Many seemingly chaotic systems can, in fact, be predicted to whatever accuracy we arbitrarily choose, so long as enough computational resources are available.

Yes, we can’t rule out non-reductionism, but wherever we’ve been able to make robust predictions for what the fundamental laws of nature do imply for large-scale, complex structures, they’ve been in agreement with what we’ve been able to observe and measure. The combination of the known particles that make up the Universe and the four fundamental forces through which they interact has been sufficient to explain, from atomic to stellar scales and beyond, everything we’ve ever encountered in this Universe. The existence of systems that are too complex to predict with current technology is not an argument against reductionism.

Jan 6, 2023

Chip that Mimics the Human Brain

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDrrjLB7lgE

In this video I discuss why Neuromorphic processors is the future of AI #NeuromorphicChips #Loihi #IntelNeuromorphic.

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Jan 6, 2023

A few-layer covalent network of fullerenes

Posted by in category: chemistry

A two-dimensional crystalline polymer of C60, termed graphullerene, is synthesized by chemical vapour transport, and mechanically exfoliated to produce molecularly thin flakes with clean interfaces for potential optoelectronic applications.

Jan 6, 2023

Does cognition bottom out somewhere?

Posted by in category: entertainment

Clip taken from my conversation with Professor Michael Levin. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C96Hq8kDORU&ab_channel=Thinginitself.

Podcast.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dUBLTl6qzOfA0xMndLFzq.
Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5yZWR…FhMw%3D%3D
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thing-in-it-self/id1616881426
Amazon: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9c6c08b2-e975-47d6-a897…in-it-self.

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Jan 6, 2023

Black holes are time machines, with a catch

Posted by in categories: cosmology, space travel, time travel

Sam Baron, Australian Catholic University.

Black holes form natural time machines that allow travel to both the past and the future. But don’t expect to be heading back to visit the dinosaurs any time soon. At present, we don’t have spacecraft that could get us anywhere near a black hole. But, even leaving that small detail aside, attempting to travel into the past using a black hole might be the last thing you ever do.

Jan 6, 2023

There’s no GPS on the moon. NASA and ESA have to fix that before humans return in 2 years

Posted by in categories: mathematics, satellites

Without satellite navigation, rockets can’t navigate to the moon without ground control, which is costly, cumbersome, and requires a lot of math.

Jan 6, 2023

Lab-Grown Retinal Cells Open the Door to Treat Blindness and Degenerative Eye Diseases

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Summary: Lab-created retinal cells created from human stem cells can reach out and connect to neighboring cells, a new study reports. The cells have the capacity to replace damaged retinal cells and carry sensory information. The findings could pave the way for clinical trials for the treatment of a range of diseases associated with vision loss and blindness.

Source: University of Wisconsin.

Retinal cells grown from stem cells can reach out and connect with neighbors, according to a new study, completing a “handshake” that may show the cells are ready for trials in humans with degenerative eye disorders.

Jan 6, 2023

A bright green comet unseen since the Neanderthals blazes in the night sky this month

Posted by in category: space

Comet C/2022 E3 will be visible in the northern sky this month.


Comet C/2022 E3 hasn’t been seen for 50,000 years, but now’s your chance.