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May 22, 2022

China will soon launch a huge space telescope with a 2.5 billion-pixel camera

Posted by in category: space

China’s first large space telescope could launch as soon as 2023. The new telescope will be called the Chinese Space Station Telescope. It will be roughly comparable to NASA’s long-standing Hubble Space Telescope, though its field of view will be somewhat larger.

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China has been making big moves when it comes to space exploration. In 2021, the nation placed the first components of its new space station in orbit. Then, earlier this year, it shared plans to build an asteroid monitoring system. Now, it wants to put a telescope in space.

May 21, 2022

CRISPR stops coronavirus replication in human cells

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

😀 circa 2021.


The approach could one day serve as a new treatment for COVID-19.

May 21, 2022

How Logs of Fruit Pulp Replace Firewood and Charcoal | World Wide Waste

Posted by in categories: business, finance, nuclear energy

Traditional Argentine barbecues date back to the 16th century. One inventor created a new twist on the custom, turning discarded fruit from cider production into logs that can replace firewood and charcoal.

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May 21, 2022

A theory of consciousness from a theoretical computer science perspective: Insights from the Conscious Turing Machine

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, science

This paper provides evidence that a theoretical computer science (TCS) perspective can add to our understanding of consciousness by providing a simple framework for employing tools from computational complexity theory and machine learning. Just as the Turing machine is a simple model to define and explore computation, the Conscious Turing Machine (CTM) is a simple model to define and explore consciousness (and related concepts). The CTM is not a model of the brain or cognition, nor is it intended to be, but a simple substrate-independent computational model of (the admittedly complex concept of) consciousness. This paper is intended to introduce this approach, show its possibilities, and stimulate research in consciousness from a TCS perspective.

May 21, 2022

Elon Musk: If You Don’t Think AI Could Outsmart You, You’re an Idiot

Posted by in categories: Elon Musk, robotics/AI

😳!!!


“I’ve been banging this AI drum for a decade,” Musk told Business Insider.

Musk’s latest warning is that smart people who assume they could never be fooled by a machine are in effect lowering their guard to any AI trickery coming their way.

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May 21, 2022

Why Scientists Are Turning Molecules Into Music

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, media & arts

Converting DNA sequences and particle vibrations into notes allows researchers to recognize unseen patterns and create songs for outreach.

May 21, 2022

NASA InSight shutting down and more: Understand the world through 9 images

Posted by in category: cosmology

NASA is being forced to end its Mars lander mission early because of dust.


NASA’s InSight Mars lander is shutting down after four years and scientists have seen our galaxy’s black hole for the first time. Here’s May 11–18 in science images.

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May 21, 2022

Meta won’t build a dedicated metaverse after all, exec says

Posted by in category: futurism

An interesting development, you could say revision, or even a back-tracking on the vision for just what it is that Meta plans to build, eventually.

I think it’s important to keep in mind, despite the excitement, that these technologies are still experimental in many ways, they take time to develop, and they will change. Keeping this in mind can help to temper our expectations, but also to spot the hype.

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May 21, 2022

We Shouldn’t Try to Make Conscious Software—Until We Should

Posted by in category: habitats

Eventually, the most ethical option might be to divert all resources toward building very happy machines.

May 21, 2022

Remains of a slamming between two galaxies could shed light upon dark matter

Posted by in categories: cosmology, physics