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May 4, 2024

Tesla’s Dojo AI Super-Chip: 40x More Powerful

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Tesla is revolutionizing the AI training compute power with the new Dojo super chips, which will be 40 times more powerful and will significantly advance artificial intelligence technology Questions to inspire discussion What is the new Dojo super chip? —The Dojo super chip is a new AI training compute power developed by Tesla, which is 40 times more powerful than current technology.

May 4, 2024

Near-flawless quantum teleportation demonstrated in groundbreaking experiment

Posted by in categories: particle physics, quantum physics

TURKU, Finland — Beam me up, Scotty! In a study that seems straight out of a “Star Trek” episode, an international team of researchers has achieved a remarkable feat in the realm of quantum teleportation. They have successfully conducted near-perfect quantum teleportation despite the presence of noise that typically disrupts the transfer of quantum states.

Quantum teleportation is a process in which the state of a quantum particle, or qubit, is transferred from one location to another without physically sending the particle itself. This transfer requires quantum resources, such as entanglement between an additional pair of qubits.

Imagine you have a secret message written on a piece of paper. You want to send this message to someone far away without anyone else seeing it. In quantum teleportation, instead of physically sending the paper, you would make an exact copy of the message at the other location while the original message gets destroyed. This requires some special resources like entanglement, which is like a mysterious connection between two qubits.

May 4, 2024

Why is it ok for people to be saying that dark matter makes up x amount of the universe when we don’t know what it is?

Posted by in category: cosmology

It strikes me as contradictory that the scientific community will say that we don’t know what dark matter is, but be happy to state things like “dark matter makes up about 85% of the cosmos” (source: phys.org)

Is there something wrong with the way I’m thinking about this? If MOND is correct for example, which seems to be a possibility still, wouldn’t this mean that the statement about dark matter making up a certain percentage of the universe be false?

May 4, 2024

“Why Philosophy?” Amod Sandhya Lele

Posted by in category: futurism

Amod Sandhya Lele is interviewed by Céline Leboeuf.

May 4, 2024

Using Artificial Intelligence To Think Outside The Box

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

Innovation often arises out of serendipitous relationships or discoveries. Can AI do that?

May 4, 2024

A sparse quantized hopfield network for online-continual memory

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Brains and neuromorphic systems learn with local learning rules in online-continual learning scenarios. Designing neural networks that learn effectively under these conditions is challenging. The authors introduce a neural network that implements an effective, principled approach to local, online-continual learning on associative memory tasks.

May 4, 2024

What is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and why are people worried about it?

Posted by in categories: existential risks, robotics/AI

Machines that could think and learn like humans. A blessing for humanity, or an existential threat?

May 4, 2024

What are some applications of Neuromorphic Computing?

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Definition Neuromorphic computing refers to an emerging field of technology that mimics the structure, dynamics, and efficiency of the human brain to build artificial neural networks and advanced computing systems. By reproducing the brain’s fundamental workings, neuromorphic computing aims to create more efficient and powerful hardware and software solutions for complex, real-time problems. This approach […].

May 4, 2024

SpaceX’s Groundbreaking Advancements in Space Technology

Posted by in category: space travel

SpaceX is making significant advancements in their technology and preparations for future flights, including the potential game-changing horizontal tank setup and the bold move to catch the booster for Flight 5, marking a significant shift in the space launch industry Questions to inspire discussion What advancements i.

May 4, 2024

Mysterious space signals may come from a dead star with a planet

Posted by in category: space

Strange bursts of radio waves called FRBs have long been mysterious, and one of the most famous sources of these flashes may have an unexpected planet.

By Leah Crane

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