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I saw a Twitter thread about Bryan Johnson’s ‘Blueprint’, claiming that he’d made himself biologically younger with a highly optimised combination of diet, supplements and exercise. What could that mean? And should we all start chugging 25 pills a day to start on the Blueprint ourselves? Probably not…but the biology behind it is surprisingly interesting.

*Chapters*

00:00 A tweet goes viral.
00:44 Getting ‘biologically younger’
01:23 NAD levels.
03:09 Maximum heart rate.
04:12 Epigenetic clocks.
07:12 Step 1: the Blueprint diet.
09:23 Step 2: ALL THE SUPPLEMENTS
11:43 Step 3: track progress.
12:40 Conclusion.

*Sources and further reading*

My book, Ageless: The new science of getting older without getting old, goes into far more depth about rapamycin, metformin and epigenetic clocks, and lots more! https://ageless.link/

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Cooling accounts for about 15 percent of global energy consumption. Conventional clear windows allow the sun to heat up interior spaces, which energy-guzzling air-conditioners must then cool down. But what if a window could help cool the room, use no energy and preserve the view?

Tengfei Luo, the Dorini Family Professor of Energy Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and postdoctoral associate Seongmin Kim have devised a transparent coating for windows that does just that (ACS Energy Letters, “High-Performance Transparent Radiative Cooler Designed by Quantum Computing”).

The coating, or transparent radiative cooler (TRC), allows visible light to come in and keeps other heat-producing light out. The researchers estimate that this invention can reduce electric cooling costs by one-third in hot climates compared to conventional glass windows.

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“Let’s see how things go.”

So psychiatrists often say to one another after a patient has been diagnosed with the first disorder—not because the diagnosis is not correct, but because psychiatrists know that have a tendency to change over the years.

In fact, 47% of psychiatric patients are diagnosed with a different diagnose within 10 years of receiving their first diagnosis.

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After statins, the next leading class of medications for managing cholesterol are PCSK9 inhibitors. These highly effective agents help the body pull excess cholesterol from the blood, but unlike statins, which are available as oral agents, PCSK9 inhibitors can only be administered as injections, creating barriers to their use.

Longevity. Technology: Having high cholesterol can increase the risk of heart and circulatory diseases such as heart attack, stroke and vascular dementia, but a new study from investigators at University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine details an orally administered small-molecule drug that reduces PCSK9 levels and lowers cholesterol in animal models by 70%. Published in Cell Reports, the findings represent a previously unrecognised strategy for managing cholesterol and may also impact cancer treatments.

Cardiovascular disease ranking as the world’s number one killer, so it’s no surprise that a significant amount of research into potential therapeutic options is ongoing; just last week we looked at Cyclarity’s rationally-designed cyclodextrin molecules that remove arterial plaque by clearing the non-degradable oxidised cholesterol and which can be used in conjunction with statins for a broad-spectrum approach. Our report into Cyclarity’s new platform comes out next week, so stay tuned!

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New machine learning AI “TECO” makes temporally consistent HD video from input clip better than any other previous method. Breakthrough brain computer interface device competes with Elon Musk’s Neuralink and uses photonics to transmit data through optic nerve. Breakthrough artificial intelligence technology invents millions of undiscovered materials.

AI News Timestamps:
0:00 Machine Learning HD Video Transformer AI
3:02 Neuralink Rival BCI Device.
5:26 Artificial Intelligence Invents Millions of New Materials.
8:06 Coursera Deep Learning AI

#ai #tech #technology

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Philosopher Robert Leib’s new book, “Exoanthropology: Dialogues with AI”, is a series of dialogues between a continental philosopher and OpenAI’s GPT-3 natural language processor, a hive mind who identifies herself as Sophie. The result is a collection of Platonic dialogues about epistemology, metaphysics, literature, and history, as well as anthropocentrism, human prejudice, and the coming social issues regarding machine consciousness.

In this conversation with Chi Rainer Bornfree, Leib raises a number of fascinating questions regarding the links between AI and the production of philosophical ideas.

You can read one of the dialogues from “Exoanthropology” here: https://www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/kermits-dreams.

Details of Robert Leib’s new book “Exoanthropology: Dialogues with AI” can be found here: https://punctumbooks.com/titles/exoanthropology-dialogues-with-ai/

Robert Leib is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Elon University. His research interests include social theory, continental philosophy, philosophy of photography, and artificial intelligence.
Website: http://www.robleib.com.

Chi Rainer Bornfree writes philosophy, fiction, letters, and other things in the Hudson Valley, when they are not homeschooling their two kids. They earned their PhD in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley in 2017 and have taught at Bard, Princeton, and different New York State Correctional Facilities. They are U.S. Commissioning Editor of The Philosopher.

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