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Apr 22, 2023

New dark matter map created with ‘cosmic fossil’ shows Einstein was right (again)

Posted by in categories: cosmology, mapping, physics

The mapping of matter in the cosmos helps to confirm Einstein’s theory of general relativity and reveals more about mysterious dark matter.

Apr 22, 2023

Mini GPT 4 AI SHOCKS Entire Industry w/ 3 Next Gen Vision Abilities + NVIDIA LDM

Posted by in categories: futurism, robotics/AI

Mini GPT 4 has visual understanding abilities to carry out reasoning from pictures and complete numerous next gen AI tasks all before OpenAI releases their own visual modality. Nvidia unveils next gen text to video artificial intelligence model that can be customized.

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Apr 22, 2023

Mrs. Davis | Official Trailer | Peacock Original

Posted by in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI

This group might appreciate this new show about fighting the AI overlord, lol:


Mrs. Davis is streaming April 20th on Peacock: https://pck.tv/3IMMtIP

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Apr 22, 2023

Live: Eliezer Yudkowsky — Is Artificial General Intelligence too Dangerous to Build?

Posted by in category: futurism

Live from the Center for Future Mind and the Gruber Sandbox at Florida Atlantic University, Join us for an interactive Q&A with Yudkowsky about Al Safety! El…

Apr 22, 2023

Meet LOOP: Airbus’ new space station includes sci-fi-like centrifuge

Posted by in categories: habitats, space

And it could fly to orbit, in only one launch, by the early 2030s.

European aerospace giant Airbus has just revealed a new concept space habitat called LOOP. The 26-foot-wide (8 meters) multi-purpose orbital module will feature three customizable decks, all of which will be connected by a tunnel overlooking a space greenhouse.

In a press statement, Airbus said its new space station design could accommodate up to eight crew members, and it could be deployed to orbit, in only one launch, by the early 2030s.

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Apr 22, 2023

We all contribute — should we get paid for that?

Posted by in categories: economics, employment, law, robotics/AI, virtual reality

In Silicon Valley, some of the brightest minds believe a universal basic income (UBI) that guarantees people unrestricted cash payments will help them to survive and thrive as advanced technologies eliminate more careers as we know them, from white collar and creative jobs — lawyers, journalists, artists, software engineers — to labor roles. The idea has gained enough traction that dozens of guaranteed income programs have been started in U.S. cities since 2020.

Yet even Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI and one of the highest-profile proponents of UBI, doesn’t believe that it’s a complete solution. As he said during a sit-down earlier this year, “I think it is a little part of the solution. I think it’s great. I think as [advanced artificial intelligence] participates more and more in the economy, we should distribute wealth and resources much more than we have and that will be important over time. But I don’t think that’s going to solve the problem. I don’t think that’s going to give people meaning, I don’t think it means people are going to entirely stop trying to create and do new things and whatever else. So I would consider it an enabling technology, but not a plan for society.”

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Apr 22, 2023

SpaceX’s successful failure is a wake-up call for Starship’s timeline

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX launched a fully integrated Starship launch vehicle for the first time on Thursday morning, a long-awaited and highly anticipated milestone in the vehicle development program.

The orbital test flight surpassed many expectations. The vehicle cleared Max Q – the point at which the most aerodynamic pressure is exerted on the vehicle – and flew for nearly three minutes despite eight of its 33 rocket engines failing. The rocket reached an altitude of almost 40 kilometers, the point of stage separation, at which time the upper stage failed to separate from the booster, leading to uncontrolled tumbling and a spectacular midair explosion.

Despite its fiery fate, the test was a success: SpaceX got tons of valuable data that will inform future Starship and Super Heavy prototypes. But for all the wins, the test was a stark reminder that Starship mission timelines are in need of a reset.

Apr 22, 2023

First beating-heart transplants from cardiac death donors

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Using an organ from a donor who underwent cardiac death, Stanford Medicine surgeons transplanted a heart while it was beating—the first time such a procedure has been achieved.

Initially performed by Joseph Woo, MD, professor and chair of cardiothoracic surgery, and his team in October, the technique has since been used in adult and five more times by surgeons at Stanford Medicine.

Stopping the heart before implantation can damage the cardiac tissue, so keeping it beating during transplantation avoids further injury to the organ.

Apr 22, 2023

New injectable cell therapy could resolve osteoarthritis

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, life extension

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have created a promising injectable cell therapy to treat osteoarthritis that both reduces inflammation and also regenerates articular cartilage.

Recently identified by the Food and Drug Administration as a public health crisis, osteoarthritis affects more than 520 million people worldwide who deal with pain and . Osteoarthritis is typically induced by mechanical or traumatic stress in the joint, leading to damaged that cannot be repaired naturally.

“Without better understanding of what drives the initiation and progression of osteoarthritis, effective treatment has been limited,” said lead author Johanna Bolander of WFIRM. “Initially, we studied what goes wrong in osteoarthritic joints, compared these processes to functional environments, and used this information to develop an immunotherapy cell treatment.”

Apr 22, 2023

A patch for the new generation of ESA astronauts

Posted by in category: space

As five new ESA astronaut candidates started their basic training at the European Astronaut Centre in the beginning of April, there is a new patch to represent their transforming journey from Earth to space explorers.