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Jun 30, 2022

Biological AI? Company combines brain cells with silicon chips for smarter artificial intelligence

Posted by in categories: biological, robotics/AI

Cortical Labs takes neurons from mice and put them on chips, then teaches them how to play ping pong.

Can you make smarter AI systems by combining biological neurons with silicon chips? In this episode of The AI Show with John Koetsier, we’re going to chat with Hon Weng Chong, CEO and co-founder of Cortical Labs and Andy Kitchen, the company’s CTO, about biological AI: mixing real brain cells with silicon computer chips.

Jun 30, 2022

Researcher Tells AI to Write a Paper About Itself, Then Submits It to Academic Journal

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI

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It looks like algorithms can write academic papers about themselves now. We gotta wonder: how long until human academics are obsolete?

In an editorial published by Scientific American, Swedish researcher Almira Osmanovic Thunström describes what began as a simple experiment in how well OpenAI’s GPT-3 text generating algorithm could write about itself and ended with a paper that’s currently being peer reviewed.

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Jun 30, 2022

Robot Nose That Can “Smell” Disease on Your Breath

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, chemistry, robotics/AI

Summary: A new robotic system can identify volatile organic compounds associated with diseases by analyzing bodily emissions.

Source: Tsinghua University Press.

Scientists are working on diagnostic techniques that could sniff out chemical compounds from breath, sweat, tears and other bodily emissions and that act as fingerprints of thousands of diseases.

Jun 30, 2022

Behold! Curiosity discovers Martian rocks contain an essential ingredient of life

Posted by in category: space

Mars may be more like some areas of Earth than we think.


For the first time ever, NASA rover Curiosity has taken a crucial measure of an ingredient necessary for life in Mars’ rocks: Organic carbon.

Jun 30, 2022

The Wonders of Mathematics Are Responsible for Functional One-Off Designs Like This Bike

Posted by in categories: mathematics, transportation

Do you remember the days in schooling when we attended math classes? The most common question was when we would ever use trigonometric functions or other mumbo-jumbo in real life.


How is it possible for a virtual world to create the exact replica of a person in zeroes and ones? There is not just one technology aiding in creating the fascinating world of Metaverse and IoT is one amongst them.

Jun 30, 2022

IoT can take the Metaverse game a notch up

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, entertainment

Metaverse though considered, a world under construction, has already created exciting promises. An individual can replicate his identity and even enhance them. How is it possible for a virtual world to create the exact replica of a person in zeroes and ones? There is not just one technology aiding in creating the fascinating world of Metaverse and IoT is one amongst them.

IoT connects digital devices via sensors and gadgets. It connects voice-activated speakers, medical gadgets, thermostats, and weather sensors, to data sources. Metaverse’s IoT applications collect and distribute data from the physical world to create an accurate representation of an object. A person’s replica in a Metaverse might have a unique biophysical response for example when the real person relocates to a place with different weather.

3D environments become easy and seamless to adapt in Metaverse as it connects a range of real-life devices through IoT. Making simulations within the Metaverse, particularly with digital twins becomes a lot easier making the physical and digital worlds indistinguishable all while providing a tailored interface environment for IoT. For example, with the gaming interface, elevated heart and breathing rates can trigger the individual’s avatar to make it more susceptible to replicating the person in real.

Jun 30, 2022

Cosmological Thinking Meets Neuroscience in New Theory About Brain Connections

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

Summary: A new mathematical model that identifies essential connections between neurons reveals some neural networks in the brain are more essential than others.

Source: HHMI

After a career spent probing the mysteries of the universe, a Janelia Research Campus senior scientist is now exploring the mysteries of the human brain and developing new insights into the connections between brain cells.

Jun 30, 2022

Self Replicating Machines

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, nanotechnology

A look at the concept of Self-Replicating Machines, Universal Assemblers, von Neumann Probes, Grey Goo, and Berserkers. While we will discuss the basic concept and some on-Earth applications like Medical Nanotechnology our focus will be on space exploration and colonization aspects.

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Jun 30, 2022

The Fermi Paradox: Firstborn

Posted by in categories: alien life, existential risks

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Jun 30, 2022

Bioforming and Gene Tailoring

Posted by in categories: alien life, bitcoin, engineering, genetics

A deep look at some of the truly advanced and surprising options that might become available to us as we improve our skill with genetic engineering, ranging from altering humans to adapting life to live on alien planets or to serve as machines. We will also look at methods for doing genetic engineering, such as DNA printing and CRISPR, as well as consider some of the ethical concerns associated to using this technology.

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