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Scientists discover significant storage capacity in water-based batteries
Researchers at Texas A&M University have discovered a 1,000% difference in the storage capacity of metal-free, water-based battery electrodes. These batteries are different from lithium-ion batteries that contain cobalt. The group’s goal of researching metal-free batteries stems from having better control over the domestic supply chain since cobalt and lithium are outsourced. This safer chemistry […].
Stephen Wolfram on AI’s rapid progress & the “Post-Knowledge Work Era” | E1711
(0:00) Nick kicks off the show.
(1:24) Under the hood of ChatGPT
(7:53) What is a neural net?
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(11:33) Determining values and weights in a neural net.
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(19:33) Emulating the human brain.
(23:26) Defining computational irreducibility.
(26:14) Emergent behavior and the rules of language.
(31:49) Discovering logic + creating a computational language.
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(39:38) Wolfram’s ChatGPT plugin.
(43:46) The rapid pace of AI
(58:45) The “Post-Knowledge Work” era.
(1:03:52) The unintended consequences of AI
(1:11:45) Rewarding innovation.
(1:16:12) The possibility of AGI
(1:20:07) Creating a general-purpose robotic system.
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How to Survive the AI Revolution
Is artificial intelligence on the path to replacing people and jobs? Not quite. GSB professors argue that instead of viewing #AI as a competitor, we should be embracing it as a collaborator.
“The idea that AI is aimed toward automation is a misconception. There’s so much more opportunity for this technology to augment humans than the very narrow notion of replacing humans.” Professor Fei-Fei Li, co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.
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Man spending $2 million a year to reduce biological age shows how he does 20,000 sit ups in 30 mins
A man who has spent a staggering $2 million in an attempt to turn back the years has revealed the special machine he uses to carry out ‘20,000 sit ups’ in just 30 minutes. Bryan Johnson, 45, has embarked on an intensive — and expensive — experimental medical program with the aim of reversing his age.
Dozer exits stealth to help any developer build real-time data apps ‘in minutes’
Data has emerged as one of the world’s greatest resources, underpinning everything from video-recommendation engines and digital banking, to the burgeoning AI revolution. But in a world where data has become increasingly distributed across locations, from databases to data warehouses to data lakes and beyond, combining it all into a compatible format for use in real-time scenarios can be a mammoth undertaking.
For context, applications that don’t require instant, real-time data access can simply combine and process data in batches at fixed intervals. This so-called “batch data processing” can be useful for things like processing monthly sales data. But often, a company will need real-time access to data as it’s created, and this might be pivotal for customer support software that relies on current information about each and every sale, for example.
Elsewhere, ride-hail apps also need to process all manner of data points in order to connect a rider with a driver — this isn’t something that can wait a few days. These kinds of scenarios require what is known as “stream data processing,” where data is collected and combined for real-time access, which is far more complex to configure.
This Insane 256-Foot Superyacht Concept Doubles as a Fully Functional Submarine
The concept for the CARAPACE yacht is sent straight from the future.
The 78m vessel has been conceptualized to double as a submarine that can dive to 985 feet.
Elena Nappi, an Italian based naval architect, has dreamed up this futuristic vessel.
The hybrid is designed for cruising the high seas and exploring the underwater world with its marine capabilities.
Mind-Bending Animation Shows How The Universe Would Look if We Could See Gamma Rays
Most of the light streaming through the Universe is invisible to human eyes. Beyond the mid-range wavelengths we can see, there’s a whole cosmos shining in high-and low-energy radiation.
But we humans are clever little animals and have managed to build instruments that can see the light we cannot. One of these is NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, an observatory hanging out in low-Earth orbit, monitoring the sky for gamma rays, the highest-energy light in the Universe.
Fermi constantly surveils the entire sky, observing gamma-ray sources and how they change over time, providing astronomers with a map of the various producers of gamma radiation that we can detect. This data is compiled into a catalog that scientists can use to probe the production of gamma radiation.