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Dec 19, 2020
How Russian hackers infiltrated the US government for months without being spotted
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: government
And why it could take months more to discover how many other governments and companies have been breached.
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Dec 19, 2020
TIMELAPSE OF FUTURE TECH: From 2022 — 4000+
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: biotech/medical, computing, Elon Musk, internet, neuroscience, quantum physics, space travel
The journey to see future technology starts in 2022, when Elon Musk and SpaceX send the first Starship to Mars — beginning the preparations for the arrival of the first human explorers.
We see the evolution of space exploration, from NASA’s Artemis mission, humans landing on Mars, and the interplanetary internet system going online. To the launch of the Starshot Alpha Centauri program, and quantum computers designing plants that can survive on Mars.
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Dec 19, 2020
Left of Launch: Artificial Intelligence at the Nuclear Nexus
Posted by Dan Kummer in categories: information science, military, policy, robotics/AI, space, surveillance
Popular media and policy-oriented discussions on the incorporation of artificial intelligence (AI) into nuclear weapons systems frequently focus on matters of launch authority—that is, whether AI, especially machine learning (ML) capabilities, should be incorporated into the decision to use nuclear weapons and thereby reduce the role of human control in the decisionmaking process. This is a future we should avoid. Yet while the extreme case of automating nuclear weapons use is high stakes, and thus existential to get right, there are many other areas of potential AI adoption into the nuclear enterprise that require assessment. Moreover, as the conventional military moves rapidly to adopt AI tools in a host of mission areas, the overlapping consequences for the nuclear mission space, including in nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3), may be underappreciated.
AI may be used in ways that do not directly involve or are not immediately recognizable to senior decisionmakers. These areas of AI application are far left of an operational decision or decision to launch and include four priority sectors: security and defense; intelligence activities and indications and warning; modeling and simulation, optimization, and data analytics; and logistics and maintenance. Given the rapid pace of development, even if algorithms are not used to launch nuclear weapons, ML could shape the design of the next-generation ballistic missile or be embedded in the underlying logistics infrastructure. ML vision models may undergird the intelligence process that detects the movement of adversary mobile missile launchers and optimize the tipping and queuing of overhead surveillance assets, even as a human decisionmaker remains firmly in the loop in any ultimate decisions about nuclear use. Understanding and navigating these developments in the context of nuclear deterrence and the understanding of escalation risks will require the analytical attention of the nuclear community and likely the adoption of risk management approaches, especially where the exclusion of AI is not reasonable or feasible.
Dec 19, 2020
New, More Precise Atomic Clock Could Help Detect Dark Matter and Study Gravity’s Effect on Time
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cosmology, particle physics
The new atomic clock design, which uses entangled atoms, could help scientists detect dark matter and study gravity’s effect on time.
Atomic clocks are the most precise timekeepers in the world. These exquisite instruments use lasers to measure the vibrations of atoms, which oscillate at a constant frequency, like many microscopic pendulums swinging in sync. The best atomic clocks in the world keep time with such precision that, if they had been running since the beginning of the universe, they would only be off by about half a second today.
Still, they could be even more precise. If atomic clocks could more accurately measure atomic vibrations, they would be sensitive enough to detect phenomena such as dark matter and gravitational waves. With better atomic clocks, scientists could also start to answer some mind-bending questions, such as what effect gravity might have on the passage of time and whether time itself changes as the universe ages.
Dec 19, 2020
Just to keep up the extraterrestrial ethos of this group …
Posted by Eamon Everall in category: futurism
Dec 19, 2020
The Benefits Of Cardiovascular Fitness — Live Long Enough To Live Forever
Posted by Mark Parkins in category: life extension
It is the weekend and time for a new video… following on from last week, this time I am looking at the types of cardiovascular training and how they effect your body at the cellular level, so you can craft your own training program, suited to your lifestyle and preferences, that helps you slow the aging process so you can live long enough to live forever…and be fit enough to enjoy it to the maximum.
After all, if life is boring, why live forever?
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Dec 19, 2020
Chang’e-5 lunar samples extracted from the capsule
Posted by Alberto Lao in category: futurism
The return capsule of the Chang’e-5 lunar mission was opened on 19 December 2020, in Beijing, China. Scientists extracted the lunar sample container and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) handed over the lunar samples to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) for research.
Credit: China Central Television (CCTV)
Dec 19, 2020
Fairbanks clinician is third Alaskan with adverse reaction to COVID-19 vaccine
Posted by Omuterema Akhahenda in categories: biotech/medical, health
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) — A Fairbanks clinician suffered anaphylactic symptoms after being given the Pfizer Inc coronavirus vaccine, a hospital said on Friday, becoming the third Alaska health care worker to suffer an adverse reaction to the new drug. The clinician, whose name was not released, started showing symptoms about 10 minutes after being inoculated on Thursday, according to Foundation Health Partners, operator of the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. The health care worker was treated in the hospital’s emergency room with epinephrine and released about six hours later, Foundation Health Partners said in a written statement. “Allergic reactions, though uncommon, can occur with injections of medications and vaccines,” Foundation Health Partners’ Chief Medical Officer Dr. Angelique Ramirez said in the statement.
Dec 19, 2020
It’s the season for giving what you’ve HODL’d!
Posted by Kiran Manam in category: futurism
@SBF_Alameda, @hosseeb, and @VitalikButerin have each pledged $50K to be donated to whichever charity wins the most votes. Poll finalizes at 5PM PST Dec 22nd (01:00 UTC, 09:00 SG/HK), when the event begins!
https://ftx.medium.com/effective-altruism-giving-in-crypto-12faee9df91f