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The two robots, named Sophia and Han talked in front of hundreds of people on the topic of the future of humanity.
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The two robots, named Sophia and Han talked in front of hundreds of people on the topic of the future of humanity.
The two robots, named Sophia and Han talked in front of hundreds of people on the topic of the future of humanity.
That's half the battle. #MondayMotivation
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That's half the battle. #MondayMotivation
Read it and share it.
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Read it and share it. "If we wish to continue to live in a common reality, we must be willing to look at these outcomes with a clear head. Addressing our biggest issues as a species —"
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-enemy-in-our-feeds-e86511488de
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-enemy-in-our-feeds-e86511488de
Read it and share it. "If we wish to continue to live in a common reality, we must be willing to look at these outcomes with a clear head. Addressing our biggest issues as a species —"
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-enemy-in-our-feeds-e86511488de
https://medium.com/the-mission/the-enemy-in-our-feeds-e86511488de
The biophysicist Jeremy England made waves in 2013 with a new theory that cast the origin of life as an inevitable...
Originally shared by Charles Younger
The biophysicist Jeremy England made waves in 2013 with a new theory that cast the origin of life as an inevitable outcome of thermodynamics. His equations suggested that under certain conditions, groups of atoms will naturally restructure themselves so as to burn more and more energy, facilitating the incessant dispersal of energy and the rise of “entropy” or disorder in the universe. England said this restructuring effect, which he calls dissipation-driven adaptation, fosters the growth of complex structures, including living things. The existence of life is no mystery or lucky break, he told Quanta in 2014, but rather follows from general physical principles and “should be as unsurprising as rocks rolling downhill.”
https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-support-for-a-physics-theory-of-life-20170726/
The biophysicist Jeremy England made waves in 2013 with a new theory that cast the origin of life as an inevitable outcome of thermodynamics. His equations suggested that under certain conditions, groups of atoms will naturally restructure themselves so as to burn more and more energy, facilitating the incessant dispersal of energy and the rise of “entropy” or disorder in the universe. England said this restructuring effect, which he calls dissipation-driven adaptation, fosters the growth of complex structures, including living things. The existence of life is no mystery or lucky break, he told Quanta in 2014, but rather follows from general physical principles and “should be as unsurprising as rocks rolling downhill.”
https://www.quantamagazine.org/first-support-for-a-physics-theory-of-life-20170726/
When will robots get rights? - https://goo.gl/K5E33B #Insight #AI #Robotics
Originally shared by Yaabot
When will robots get rights? - https://goo.gl/K5E33B #Insight #AI #Robotics
https://goo.gl/K5E33B
When will robots get rights? - https://goo.gl/K5E33B #Insight #AI #Robotics
https://goo.gl/K5E33B
Is this called advancement?
Originally shared by Bio E
Is this called advancement?
#health #healthtip #organic #food #gut #biogenicsmd #diet #vegetables #vegetarian #gmo #pesticides #gmofree #processed #fastfood #junkfood #nutrition
Cómo tener una granja autosuficiente en media hectárea. La guía definitiva.
Originally shared by Ecoinventos
Cómo tener una granja autosuficiente en media hectárea. La guía definitiva.
http://ecoinventos.com/granja-autosuficiente-en-media-hectarea/?utm_content=buffer1daa9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Cómo tener una granja autosuficiente en media hectárea. La guía definitiva.
http://ecoinventos.com/granja-autosuficiente-en-media-hectarea/?utm_content=buffer1daa9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer
The life-saving £180 bracelet that gives tired drivers an ELECTRIC SHOCK if they begin to fall asleep at the wheel
Originally shared by Tech news
The life-saving £180 bracelet that gives tired drivers an ELECTRIC SHOCK if they begin to fall asleep at the wheel
Falling asleep at the wheel could become a thing of the past, thanks to a new piece of wearable technology with a shocking solution. Driving long distances can cause drowsiness but Steer will deliver a jolt of electricity when it detects you are drifting of...
The life-saving £180 bracelet that gives tired drivers an ELECTRIC SHOCK if they begin to fall asleep at the wheel
Falling asleep at the wheel could become a thing of the past, thanks to a new piece of wearable technology with a shocking solution. Driving long distances can cause drowsiness but Steer will deliver a jolt of electricity when it detects you are drifting of...
Scientists Edit Human Embryo: This Is Why Designer Babies Are a Ways Off
Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
Scientists Edit Human Embryo: This Is Why Designer Babies Are a Ways Off
'... So what should we be concerned about?
Taking into account the cautions above, we do need to decide when and how we should use this technique.
Should there be limits on the types of things you can edit in an embryo? If so, what should they entail? These questions also involve deciding who gets to set the limits and control access to the technology.
We may also be concerned about who gets to control the subsequent research using this technology. Should there be state or federal oversight? Keep in mind that we cannot control what happens in other countries. Even in this country it can be difficult to craft guidelines that restrict only the research someone finds objectionable, while allowing other important research to continue. Additionally, the use of assisted reproductive technologies (IVF, for example) is largely unregulated in the U.S., and the decision to put in place restrictions will certainly raise objections from both potential parents and IVF providers.
Moreover, there are important questions about cost and access. Right now most assisted reproductive technologies are available only to higher-income individuals. A handful of states mandate infertility treatment coverage, but it is very limited. How should we regulate access to embryo editing for serious diseases? We are in the midst of a widespread debate about health care, access and cost. If it becomes established and safe, should this technique be part of a basic package of health care services when used to help create a child who does not suffer from a specific genetic problem? What about editing for nonhealth issues or less serious problems – are there fairness concerns if only people with sufficient wealth can access?
So far the promise of genetic engineering for disease eradication has not lived up to its hype. Nor have many other milestones, like the 1996 cloning of Dolly the sheep, resulted in the feared apocalypse. The announcement of the Oregon study is only the next step in a long line of research. Nonetheless, it is sure to bring many of the issues about embryos, stem cell research, genetic engineering and reproductive technologies back into the spotlight. Now is the time to figure out how we want to see this gene-editing path unfold.
Jessica Berg, Law Dean; Professor of Law; and Professor of Bioethics & Public Health, Case Western Reserve University
...'
https://www.livescience.com/59979-crispr-edited-human-embryo-whats-next.html?utm_source=notification
https://www.livescience.com/59979-crispr-edited-human-embryo-whats-next.html?utm_source=notification
Scientists Edit Human Embryo: This Is Why Designer Babies Are a Ways Off
'... So what should we be concerned about?
Taking into account the cautions above, we do need to decide when and how we should use this technique.
Should there be limits on the types of things you can edit in an embryo? If so, what should they entail? These questions also involve deciding who gets to set the limits and control access to the technology.
We may also be concerned about who gets to control the subsequent research using this technology. Should there be state or federal oversight? Keep in mind that we cannot control what happens in other countries. Even in this country it can be difficult to craft guidelines that restrict only the research someone finds objectionable, while allowing other important research to continue. Additionally, the use of assisted reproductive technologies (IVF, for example) is largely unregulated in the U.S., and the decision to put in place restrictions will certainly raise objections from both potential parents and IVF providers.
Moreover, there are important questions about cost and access. Right now most assisted reproductive technologies are available only to higher-income individuals. A handful of states mandate infertility treatment coverage, but it is very limited. How should we regulate access to embryo editing for serious diseases? We are in the midst of a widespread debate about health care, access and cost. If it becomes established and safe, should this technique be part of a basic package of health care services when used to help create a child who does not suffer from a specific genetic problem? What about editing for nonhealth issues or less serious problems – are there fairness concerns if only people with sufficient wealth can access?
So far the promise of genetic engineering for disease eradication has not lived up to its hype. Nor have many other milestones, like the 1996 cloning of Dolly the sheep, resulted in the feared apocalypse. The announcement of the Oregon study is only the next step in a long line of research. Nonetheless, it is sure to bring many of the issues about embryos, stem cell research, genetic engineering and reproductive technologies back into the spotlight. Now is the time to figure out how we want to see this gene-editing path unfold.
Jessica Berg, Law Dean; Professor of Law; and Professor of Bioethics & Public Health, Case Western Reserve University
...'
https://www.livescience.com/59979-crispr-edited-human-embryo-whats-next.html?utm_source=notification
https://www.livescience.com/59979-crispr-edited-human-embryo-whats-next.html?utm_source=notification
The Future of #AI: 2 Experts Disagree
Originally shared by Jorge Alberto Hernández C.
The Future of #AI: 2 Experts Disagree
http://quillette.com/2017/07/28/future-artificial-intelligence-two-experts-disagree/
#Cybernetics #CEOs #CIOs #CTOs #Technology #TechStrategy
http://quillette.com/2017/07/28/future-artificial-intelligence-two-experts-disagree/
The Future of #AI: 2 Experts Disagree
http://quillette.com/2017/07/28/future-artificial-intelligence-two-experts-disagree/
#Cybernetics #CEOs #CIOs #CTOs #Technology #TechStrategy
http://quillette.com/2017/07/28/future-artificial-intelligence-two-experts-disagree/
Researchers Shut Down AI that Invented its own Language #Ai #science #Technology
Originally shared by The Futurist
Researchers Shut Down AI that Invented its own Language #Ai #science #Technology
http://www.thefuturist.co/researchers-shut-down-ai-that-invented-its-own-language/
Researchers Shut Down AI that Invented its own Language #Ai #science #Technology
http://www.thefuturist.co/researchers-shut-down-ai-that-invented-its-own-language/
Controversial New Theory Suggests Life Wasn't a Fluke of Biology—It Was Physics
Originally shared by Ward Plunet
Controversial New Theory Suggests Life Wasn't a Fluke of Biology—It Was Physics
The biophysicist Jeremy England made waves in 2013 with a new theory that cast the origin of life as an inevitable outcome of thermodynamics. His equations suggested that under certain conditions, groups of atoms will naturally restructure themselves so as to burn more and more energy, facilitating the incessant dispersal of energy and the rise of “entropy” or disorder in the universe. England said this restructuring effect, which he calls dissipation-driven adaptation, fosters the growth of complex structures, including living things. The existence of life is no mystery or lucky break, he told Quanta in 2014, but rather follows from general physical principles and “should be as unsurprising as rocks rolling downhill.” Since then, England, a 35-year-old associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been testing aspects of his idea in computer simulations. The two most significant of these studies were published this month—the more striking result in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the other in Physical Review Letters. The outcomes of both computer experiments appear to back England’s general thesis about dissipation-driven adaptation, though the implications for real life remain speculative.
https://www.wired.com/story/controversial-new-theory-suggests-life-wasnt-a-fluke-of-biologyit-was-physics/
Controversial New Theory Suggests Life Wasn't a Fluke of Biology—It Was Physics
The biophysicist Jeremy England made waves in 2013 with a new theory that cast the origin of life as an inevitable outcome of thermodynamics. His equations suggested that under certain conditions, groups of atoms will naturally restructure themselves so as to burn more and more energy, facilitating the incessant dispersal of energy and the rise of “entropy” or disorder in the universe. England said this restructuring effect, which he calls dissipation-driven adaptation, fosters the growth of complex structures, including living things. The existence of life is no mystery or lucky break, he told Quanta in 2014, but rather follows from general physical principles and “should be as unsurprising as rocks rolling downhill.” Since then, England, a 35-year-old associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been testing aspects of his idea in computer simulations. The two most significant of these studies were published this month—the more striking result in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the other in Physical Review Letters. The outcomes of both computer experiments appear to back England’s general thesis about dissipation-driven adaptation, though the implications for real life remain speculative.
https://www.wired.com/story/controversial-new-theory-suggests-life-wasnt-a-fluke-of-biologyit-was-physics/
Developers of #AI shut it down after it develops its own language that cannot be understood by humans
Originally shared by Panah Rad
Developers of #AI shut it down after it develops its own language that cannot be understood by humans
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/28/artificial-intelligence-develops-its-own-language
hm...
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/28/artificial-intelligence-develops-its-own-language
Developers of #AI shut it down after it develops its own language that cannot be understood by humans
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/28/artificial-intelligence-develops-its-own-language
hm...
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/07/28/artificial-intelligence-develops-its-own-language
Artificial Intelligence Is Stuck. Here’s How to Move It Forward
Originally shared by Ward Plunet
Artificial Intelligence Is Stuck. Here’s How to Move It Forward
To get computers to think like humans, we need a new A.I. paradigm, one that places “top down” and “bottom up” knowledge on equal footing. Bottom-up knowledge is the kind of raw information we get directly from our senses, like patterns of light falling on our retina. Top-down knowledge comprises cognitive models of the world and how it works. Deep learning is very good at bottom-up knowledge, like discerning which patterns of pixels correspond to golden retrievers as opposed to Labradors. But it is no use when it comes to top-down knowledge. If my daughter sees her reflection in a bowl of water, she knows the image is illusory; she knows she is not actually in the bowl. To a deep-learning system, though, there is no difference between the reflection and the real thing, because the system lacks a theory of the world and how it works. Integrating that sort of knowledge of the world may be the next great hurdle in A.I., a prerequisite to grander projects like using A.I. to advance medicine and scientific understanding.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/artificial-intelligence-is-stuck-heres-how-to-move-it-forward.html
Artificial Intelligence Is Stuck. Here’s How to Move It Forward
To get computers to think like humans, we need a new A.I. paradigm, one that places “top down” and “bottom up” knowledge on equal footing. Bottom-up knowledge is the kind of raw information we get directly from our senses, like patterns of light falling on our retina. Top-down knowledge comprises cognitive models of the world and how it works. Deep learning is very good at bottom-up knowledge, like discerning which patterns of pixels correspond to golden retrievers as opposed to Labradors. But it is no use when it comes to top-down knowledge. If my daughter sees her reflection in a bowl of water, she knows the image is illusory; she knows she is not actually in the bowl. To a deep-learning system, though, there is no difference between the reflection and the real thing, because the system lacks a theory of the world and how it works. Integrating that sort of knowledge of the world may be the next great hurdle in A.I., a prerequisite to grander projects like using A.I. to advance medicine and scientific understanding.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/artificial-intelligence-is-stuck-heres-how-to-move-it-forward.html
MIT's AI knows what's in your cookies just by looking at them http://engt.co/2gNaLYg
Originally shared by Engadget
MIT's AI knows what's in your cookies just by looking at them http://engt.co/2gNaLYg
http://engt.co/2gNaLYg
MIT's AI knows what's in your cookies just by looking at them http://engt.co/2gNaLYg
http://engt.co/2gNaLYg
A changing society: 100 is the new 80
Originally shared by Ward Plunet
A changing society: 100 is the new 80
When it comes to aging successfully and remaining in good health, are centenarians the perfect role models? Researchers have been studying illness trajectories in centenarians during the final years of their lives. According to their findings, people who died aged 100 or older suffered fewer diseases than those who died aged 90 to 99, or 80 to 89. When it comes to aging successfully and remaining in good health, are centenarians the perfect role models? Or is extreme age inextricably linked with increasing levels of illness? Which diseases most commonly affect people who fail to reach the 100-year mark? Researchers from Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been studying illness trajectories in centenarians during the final years of their lives. According to their findings, people who died aged 100 or older suffered fewer diseases than those who died aged 90 to 99, or 80 to 89.
link: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170720103148.htm
4 Unexpected Ways Technology Has Simplified Our Everyday Lives
Originally shared by 33rd Square
4 Unexpected Ways Technology Has Simplified Our Everyday Lives
Technology ⯀ It's kind of amazing how far technology has come in only the last decade. Ten years ago, the iPhone didn't exist. Now most people can't imagine life without their smartphone. The technological revolution is changing everyday human life in lea...
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2017/07/4-unexpected-ways-technology-has.html
4 Unexpected Ways Technology Has Simplified Our Everyday Lives
Technology ⯀ It's kind of amazing how far technology has come in only the last decade. Ten years ago, the iPhone didn't exist. Now most people can't imagine life without their smartphone. The technological revolution is changing everyday human life in lea...
http://www.33rdsquare.com/2017/07/4-unexpected-ways-technology-has.html
The best point-and-shoot camera http://engt.co/2uiwv1n
Originally shared by Engadget
The best point-and-shoot camera http://engt.co/2uiwv1n
http://engt.co/2uiwv1n
The best point-and-shoot camera http://engt.co/2uiwv1n
http://engt.co/2uiwv1n
Indoor air pollution is a major health concern, especially for people with asthma and allergies.
Originally shared by KlairOn Official
Indoor air pollution is a major health concern, especially for people with asthma and allergies. Indoor air pollution from cooking and heating with open fires is equivalent to smoking two packets of cigarettes a day. http://www.klairon.com
#airpollution #airpurifier #indoorpollution #homeairpurifier
In a paper published Monday in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers described a new ultrathin, lightweight, breathable...
Originally shared by Trung Pham
In a paper published Monday in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers described a new ultrathin, lightweight, breathable sensor constructed from nanoscale mesh, a spaghetti-like entanglement of fibers a thousand times thinner than a human hair. It can monitor vital signals over a long period of time without inflaming or irritating skin, a side effect of many current devices.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/health/breathable-wearable-sensor-temporary-tattoo.html
In a paper published Monday in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers described a new ultrathin, lightweight, breathable sensor constructed from nanoscale mesh, a spaghetti-like entanglement of fibers a thousand times thinner than a human hair. It can monitor vital signals over a long period of time without inflaming or irritating skin, a side effect of many current devices.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/health/breathable-wearable-sensor-temporary-tattoo.html
LastPass ramps up its password management offering with family plan and emergency account recovery.
Originally shared by Peter Vogel
LastPass ramps up its password management offering with family plan and emergency account recovery.
https://blog.lastpass.com/2017/07/from-passwords-to-passports-a-new-way-to-manage-your-familys-digital-life.html/
https://blog.lastpass.com/2017/07/from-passwords-to-passports-a-new-way-to-manage-your-familys-digital-life.html/
LastPass ramps up its password management offering with family plan and emergency account recovery.
https://blog.lastpass.com/2017/07/from-passwords-to-passports-a-new-way-to-manage-your-familys-digital-life.html/
https://blog.lastpass.com/2017/07/from-passwords-to-passports-a-new-way-to-manage-your-familys-digital-life.html/
It’s #MarsDay17!
Originally shared by NASA
It’s #MarsDay17! Join us as we celebrate the past, present and future of Mars exploration! Discover more: https://nasa.tumblr.com/post/163250150894/the-past-present-and-future-of-exploration-on
Experts Want Robots to Have an “Ethical Black Box” That Explains Their Decision-Making
Originally shared by Futurism 1.0
Experts Want Robots to Have an “Ethical Black Box” That Explains Their Decision-Making
http://buff.ly/2uGSj9w
Experts Want Robots to Have an “Ethical Black Box” That Explains Their Decision-Making
http://buff.ly/2uGSj9w
Como baixar músicas do YouTube no celular sem precisar instalar nada
Originally shared by Olhar Digital
http://bit.ly/2uhBUqR
http://bit.ly/2uhBUqR
Google’s AI Fight Club Will Train Systems to Defend Against Future Cyberattacks http://buff.ly/2uiDM17
Originally shared by Futurism 1.0
Google’s AI Fight Club Will Train Systems to Defend Against Future Cyberattacks http://buff.ly/2uiDM17
Plastic-plucking robots are the future of recycling http://engt.co/2gQTA8i
Originally shared by Engadget
Plastic-plucking robots are the future of recycling http://engt.co/2gQTA8i
http://engt.co/2gQTA8i
Plastic-plucking robots are the future of recycling http://engt.co/2gQTA8i
http://engt.co/2gQTA8i
What makes us humans? Our brain.
Originally shared by Manuela Casasoli
What makes us humans? Our brain.
A comprehensive review by Sousa and coworkers summarizes the current knowledge on the evolution of the human nervous system.
Although humans share most of their genetic, molecular, and cellular features with other non-human primates (NHPs), there are compelling differences in cognitive and behavioral capacities between humans and NHPs. Syntactical-grammatical language, symbolic thought, self-reflection, long-term planning ability, autobiographical memory, the theory of mind, and the capacity to create art are among the most distinctively human aspects of cognition and behavior.
Humans have larger brain than NHPs, a higher number of cortical neurons, specialized neuronal connections (a unique connectome), their brain develops more slowly than the brains of other primates. It takes over two decades to build a fully mature human brain, a period of time greater than the entire lifespan of some NHPs. In addition, scientists are just at the beginning in understanding data on molecular and genetic differences among extant primates.
The review:
http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30755-9
The pdf file:
http://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(17)30755-9.pdf
What makes us humans? Our brain.
A comprehensive review by Sousa and coworkers summarizes the current knowledge on the evolution of the human nervous system.
Although humans share most of their genetic, molecular, and cellular features with other non-human primates (NHPs), there are compelling differences in cognitive and behavioral capacities between humans and NHPs. Syntactical-grammatical language, symbolic thought, self-reflection, long-term planning ability, autobiographical memory, the theory of mind, and the capacity to create art are among the most distinctively human aspects of cognition and behavior.
Humans have larger brain than NHPs, a higher number of cortical neurons, specialized neuronal connections (a unique connectome), their brain develops more slowly than the brains of other primates. It takes over two decades to build a fully mature human brain, a period of time greater than the entire lifespan of some NHPs. In addition, scientists are just at the beginning in understanding data on molecular and genetic differences among extant primates.
The review:
http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(17)30755-9
The pdf file:
http://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(17)30755-9.pdf
Your Brain Doesn't Contain Memories. It Is Memories
Originally shared by Ward Plunet
Your Brain Doesn't Contain Memories. It Is Memories
RECALL YOUR FAVORITE memory: the big game you won; the moment you first saw your child's face; the day you realized you had fallen in love. It's not a single memory, though, is it? Reconstructing it, you remember the smells, the colors, the funny thing some other person said, and the way it all made you feel. Your brain's ability to collect, connect, and create mosaics from these milliseconds-long impressions is the basis of every memory. By extension, it is the basis of you. This isn't just metaphysical poetics. Every sensory experience triggers changes in the molecules of your neurons, reshaping the way they connect to one another. That means your brain is literally made of memories, and memories constantly remake your brain. This framework for memory dates back decades. And a sprawling new review published today in Neuron adds an even finer point: Memory exists because your brain’s molecules, cells, and synapses can tell time.
https://www.wired.com/story/your-brain-is-memories?mbid=social_tw_sci
Your Brain Doesn't Contain Memories. It Is Memories
RECALL YOUR FAVORITE memory: the big game you won; the moment you first saw your child's face; the day you realized you had fallen in love. It's not a single memory, though, is it? Reconstructing it, you remember the smells, the colors, the funny thing some other person said, and the way it all made you feel. Your brain's ability to collect, connect, and create mosaics from these milliseconds-long impressions is the basis of every memory. By extension, it is the basis of you. This isn't just metaphysical poetics. Every sensory experience triggers changes in the molecules of your neurons, reshaping the way they connect to one another. That means your brain is literally made of memories, and memories constantly remake your brain. This framework for memory dates back decades. And a sprawling new review published today in Neuron adds an even finer point: Memory exists because your brain’s molecules, cells, and synapses can tell time.
https://www.wired.com/story/your-brain-is-memories?mbid=social_tw_sci
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates https://www.propublica.org/article/the-myth-of-drug-expiration-dates
Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates https://www.propublica.org/article/the-myth-of-drug-expiration-dates
... Gerona and Cantrell, a pharmacist and toxicologist, knew that the term “expiration date” was a misnomer. The dates on drug labels are simply the point up to which the Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical companies guarantee their effectiveness, typically at two or three years. But the dates don’t necessarily mean they’re ineffective immediately after they “expire” — just that there’s no incentive for drugmakers to study whether they could still be usable. ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-myth-of-drug-expiration-dates
The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates https://www.propublica.org/article/the-myth-of-drug-expiration-dates
... Gerona and Cantrell, a pharmacist and toxicologist, knew that the term “expiration date” was a misnomer. The dates on drug labels are simply the point up to which the Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical companies guarantee their effectiveness, typically at two or three years. But the dates don’t necessarily mean they’re ineffective immediately after they “expire” — just that there’s no incentive for drugmakers to study whether they could still be usable. ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-myth-of-drug-expiration-dates
How your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth...
Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
How your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality?rss
Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality." Join Seth for a delightfully disorienting talk that may leave you questioning the very nature of your existence....
https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality?rss
How your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality?rss
Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality." Join Seth for a delightfully disorienting talk that may leave you questioning the very nature of your existence....
https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_how_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality?rss
Should We Make Robots Feel Vulnerable?
Originally shared by David Amerland
Should We Make Robots Feel Vulnerable?
This is more than a trick question. Our sense of vulnerability informs the contextual parameters of our situation which then determines such responses as normal (because we feel safe) or aggressive (because we feel threatened).
Without a sense of pain robots may not be able to feel empathy and without some sort of empathy the advent of killer robots such as those designed by Kalashnikov (https://goo.gl/3tHhXc) may be a tad worrying.
h/t Panah Rad for the Killer Robot post.
https://aeon.co/videos/pain-leads-to-empathy-and-self-preservation-should-we-make-robots-feel-it
Should We Make Robots Feel Vulnerable?
This is more than a trick question. Our sense of vulnerability informs the contextual parameters of our situation which then determines such responses as normal (because we feel safe) or aggressive (because we feel threatened).
Without a sense of pain robots may not be able to feel empathy and without some sort of empathy the advent of killer robots such as those designed by Kalashnikov (https://goo.gl/3tHhXc) may be a tad worrying.
h/t Panah Rad for the Killer Robot post.
https://aeon.co/videos/pain-leads-to-empathy-and-self-preservation-should-we-make-robots-feel-it
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Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
... "Social media makes propaganda campaigns much stronger and potentially more effective than in the past," said Samantha Bradshaw, the report's lead author and a researcher at Oxford's Computational Propaganda Research Project. "I don't think people realize how much governments are using these tools to reach them. It's a lot more hidden."
Online behavior of the government-backed groups varies widely, from commenting on Facebook and Twitter posts, to targeting people individually. Journalists are harassed by government groups in Mexico and Russia, while cyber troops in Saudi Arabia flood negative Twitter posts about the regime with unrelated content and hashtags to make it harder for people to find the offending post. In the Czech Republic, the government is more likely to post a fact-check response to something they see as inaccurate, said the report. ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-17/government-cyber-troops-manipulate-facebook-twitter-study-says
... "Social media makes propaganda campaigns much stronger and potentially more effective than in the past," said Samantha Bradshaw, the report's lead author and a researcher at Oxford's Computational Propaganda Research Project. "I don't think people realize how much governments are using these tools to reach them. It's a lot more hidden."
Online behavior of the government-backed groups varies widely, from commenting on Facebook and Twitter posts, to targeting people individually. Journalists are harassed by government groups in Mexico and Russia, while cyber troops in Saudi Arabia flood negative Twitter posts about the regime with unrelated content and hashtags to make it harder for people to find the offending post. In the Czech Republic, the government is more likely to post a fact-check response to something they see as inaccurate, said the report. ...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-17/government-cyber-troops-manipulate-facebook-twitter-study-says
Wonder Why Those Happy Memories Fade? You're Programmed That Way
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Wonder Why Those Happy Memories Fade? You're Programmed That Way
While it’s common to anticipate the joys of looking back on something as special as a romantic trip to Paris, for instance, their research shows that we often overestimate how much we will actually think of, or talk about, these pleasant memories. Indeed, the research suggests that the more people expect to remember, the higher their overestimation will be.
The research is in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (full access paywall)
http://neurosciencenews.com/fading-happy-memories-7120/
Wonder Why Those Happy Memories Fade? You're Programmed That Way
While it’s common to anticipate the joys of looking back on something as special as a romantic trip to Paris, for instance, their research shows that we often overestimate how much we will actually think of, or talk about, these pleasant memories. Indeed, the research suggests that the more people expect to remember, the higher their overestimation will be.
The research is in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. (full access paywall)
http://neurosciencenews.com/fading-happy-memories-7120/
Si te gusta la comida deshidratada, seguro que te gustaría saber cómo hacerla en casa.
Originally shared by Ecoinventos
Si te gusta la comida deshidratada, seguro que te gustaría saber cómo hacerla en casa. El secado de los alimentos te ayudará a conservarlos mas tiempo.
http://ecoinventos.com/como-hacer-un-deshidratador-de-alimentos-solar-casero/?utm_content=buffer014a1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Si te gusta la comida deshidratada, seguro que te gustaría saber cómo hacerla en casa. El secado de los alimentos te ayudará a conservarlos mas tiempo.
http://ecoinventos.com/como-hacer-un-deshidratador-de-alimentos-solar-casero/?utm_content=buffer014a1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Scientists at the Ohio State University have found that male mice fed dehydrated tomato powder develop 50% fewer...
Originally shared by Linda Crampton
Scientists at the Ohio State University have found that male mice fed dehydrated tomato powder develop 50% fewer skin tumours after exposure to UV light than those who aren’t given the powder. The researchers suspect that carotenoids—pigments that give tomatoes their colour—are responsible for the benefit.
The diet has no benefit for female mice with respect to skin tumours. Male mice tend to develop tumours sooner than females after exposure to ultraviolet light. In addition, they develop tumours that are more numerous, larger, and more aggressive than those of females. It’s possible that tomatoes could be helpful for reducing skin cancer in humans, although perhaps not for both males and females. More research is needed.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-diet-rich-tomatoes-skin-cancer.html
Scientists at the Ohio State University have found that male mice fed dehydrated tomato powder develop 50% fewer skin tumours after exposure to UV light than those who aren’t given the powder. The researchers suspect that carotenoids—pigments that give tomatoes their colour—are responsible for the benefit.
The diet has no benefit for female mice with respect to skin tumours. Male mice tend to develop tumours sooner than females after exposure to ultraviolet light. In addition, they develop tumours that are more numerous, larger, and more aggressive than those of females. It’s possible that tomatoes could be helpful for reducing skin cancer in humans, although perhaps not for both males and females. More research is needed.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-diet-rich-tomatoes-skin-cancer.html
Combinando principios de Earthships, acuaponia e invernaderos solares pasivos, nace “el invernadero del futuro" para...
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Combinando principios de Earthships, acuaponia e invernaderos solares pasivos, nace “el invernadero del futuro" para el cultivo de alimentos.
http://ecoinventos.com/el-invernadero-del-futuro/?utm_content=buffer2846b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Combinando principios de Earthships, acuaponia e invernaderos solares pasivos, nace “el invernadero del futuro" para el cultivo de alimentos.
http://ecoinventos.com/el-invernadero-del-futuro/?utm_content=buffer2846b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer
New study shows how exposure to a foreign language ignites infants' learning
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New study shows how exposure to a foreign language ignites infants' learning
For years, scientists and parents alike have touted the benefits of introducing babies to two languages: Bilingual experience has been shown to improve cognitive abilities, especially problem-solving. And for infants raised in households where two languages are spoken, that bilingual learning happens almost effortlessly. But how can babies in monolingual households develop such skills? "As researchers studying early language development, we often hear from parents who are eager to provide their child with an opportunity to learn another language, but can't afford a nanny from a foreign country and don't speak a foreign language themselves," said Naja Ferjan Ramirez, a research scientist at the University of Washington Institute of Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS). A new study by I-LABS researchers, published July 17 in Mind, Brain, and Education, is among the first to investigate how babies can learn a second language outside of the home. The researchers sought to answer a fundamental question: Can babies be taught a second language if they don't get foreign language exposure at home, and if so, what kind of foreign language exposure, and how much, is needed to spark that learning?
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-exposure-foreign-language-ignites-infants.html
New study shows how exposure to a foreign language ignites infants' learning
For years, scientists and parents alike have touted the benefits of introducing babies to two languages: Bilingual experience has been shown to improve cognitive abilities, especially problem-solving. And for infants raised in households where two languages are spoken, that bilingual learning happens almost effortlessly. But how can babies in monolingual households develop such skills? "As researchers studying early language development, we often hear from parents who are eager to provide their child with an opportunity to learn another language, but can't afford a nanny from a foreign country and don't speak a foreign language themselves," said Naja Ferjan Ramirez, a research scientist at the University of Washington Institute of Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS). A new study by I-LABS researchers, published July 17 in Mind, Brain, and Education, is among the first to investigate how babies can learn a second language outside of the home. The researchers sought to answer a fundamental question: Can babies be taught a second language if they don't get foreign language exposure at home, and if so, what kind of foreign language exposure, and how much, is needed to spark that learning?
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-exposure-foreign-language-ignites-infants.html
"76% of tech leaders will increase hiring for AI, cognitive solutions, report says."
Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky
"76% of tech leaders will increase hiring for AI, cognitive solutions, report says."
"Despite their impact on hiring, cognitive technologies were only the third most impactful tech trend noted in the report, cited by 10% of respondents. The Internet of Things (IoT) took first place with 20%, and robotics came in second with 11%."
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/76-of-tech-leaders-will-increase-hiring-for-ai-cognitive-solutions-report-says/
"76% of tech leaders will increase hiring for AI, cognitive solutions, report says."
"Despite their impact on hiring, cognitive technologies were only the third most impactful tech trend noted in the report, cited by 10% of respondents. The Internet of Things (IoT) took first place with 20%, and robotics came in second with 11%."
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/76-of-tech-leaders-will-increase-hiring-for-ai-cognitive-solutions-report-says/
Give robots an 'ethical black box' to track and explain decisions, say scientists | Science | The Guardian
Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
Give robots an 'ethical black box' to track and explain decisions, say scientists | Science | The Guardian
'Last modified on Wednesday 19 July 2017 12.40 EDT
Robots should be fitted with an “ethical black box” to keep track of their decisions and enable them to explain their actions when accidents happen, researchers say.
The need for such a safety measure has become more pressing as robots have spread beyond the controlled environments of industrial production lines to work alongside humans as driverless cars, security guards, carers and customer assistants, they claim.'
https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/19/give-robots-an-ethical-black-box-to-track-and-explain-decisions-say-scientists?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1
https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/19/give-robots-an-ethical-black-box-to-track-and-explain-decisions-say-scientists?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1
Give robots an 'ethical black box' to track and explain decisions, say scientists | Science | The Guardian
'Last modified on Wednesday 19 July 2017 12.40 EDT
Robots should be fitted with an “ethical black box” to keep track of their decisions and enable them to explain their actions when accidents happen, researchers say.
The need for such a safety measure has become more pressing as robots have spread beyond the controlled environments of industrial production lines to work alongside humans as driverless cars, security guards, carers and customer assistants, they claim.'
https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/19/give-robots-an-ethical-black-box-to-track-and-explain-decisions-say-scientists?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1
https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/19/give-robots-an-ethical-black-box-to-track-and-explain-decisions-say-scientists?amp_js_v=0.1#webview=1
Memory Takes Time
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Memory Takes Time
How short-term memories become long-term ones has frequently been explored by researchers. While a definitive answer remains elusive, New York University scientists Thomas Carew and Nikolay Kukushkin conclude that this transformation is best explained by a "temporal hierarchy" of "time windows" that collectively alter the state of the brain.
http://neurosciencenews.com/memory-time-7126/
Memory Takes Time
How short-term memories become long-term ones has frequently been explored by researchers. While a definitive answer remains elusive, New York University scientists Thomas Carew and Nikolay Kukushkin conclude that this transformation is best explained by a "temporal hierarchy" of "time windows" that collectively alter the state of the brain.
http://neurosciencenews.com/memory-time-7126/
Empowering Robots for Ethical Behavior
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Empowering Robots for Ethical Behavior
Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK have developed a concept called Empowerment to help robots to protect and serve humans, while keeping themselves safe.
The research is in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. (full open access)
http://neurosciencenews.com/roboethics-neuroscience-7111/
Empowering Robots for Ethical Behavior
Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire in the UK have developed a concept called Empowerment to help robots to protect and serve humans, while keeping themselves safe.
The research is in Frontiers in Robotics and AI. (full open access)
http://neurosciencenews.com/roboethics-neuroscience-7111/
Adorable owl cabins let you camp inside for free and off the grid in France...
Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
Adorable owl cabins let you camp inside for free and off the grid in France http://inhabitat.com/adorable-owl-cabins-let-you-camp-inside-for-free-and-off-the-grid-in-france
http://inhabitat.com/adorable-owl-cabins-let-you-camp-inside-for-free-and-off-the-grid-in-france
Adorable owl cabins let you camp inside for free and off the grid in France http://inhabitat.com/adorable-owl-cabins-let-you-camp-inside-for-free-and-off-the-grid-in-france
http://inhabitat.com/adorable-owl-cabins-let-you-camp-inside-for-free-and-off-the-grid-in-france
This inventor is developing technology that could enable telepathy
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This inventor is developing technology that could enable telepathy
'Imagine if telepathy were real. If, for example, you could transmit your thoughts to a computer or to another person just by thinking them.
In just eight years it will be, says Openwater founder Mary Lou Jepsen, thanks to technology her company is working on.
Jepsen is a former engineering executive at Facebook, Oculus, Google[x] (now called X) and Intel. She's also been a professor at MIT and is an inventor on over 100 patents. And that's the abbreviated version of her resume.'
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/07/this-inventor-is-developing-technology-that-could-enable-telepathy.html
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/07/this-inventor-is-developing-technology-that-could-enable-telepathy.html
This inventor is developing technology that could enable telepathy
'Imagine if telepathy were real. If, for example, you could transmit your thoughts to a computer or to another person just by thinking them.
In just eight years it will be, says Openwater founder Mary Lou Jepsen, thanks to technology her company is working on.
Jepsen is a former engineering executive at Facebook, Oculus, Google[x] (now called X) and Intel. She's also been a professor at MIT and is an inventor on over 100 patents. And that's the abbreviated version of her resume.'
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/07/this-inventor-is-developing-technology-that-could-enable-telepathy.html
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/07/this-inventor-is-developing-technology-that-could-enable-telepathy.html
Being open-minded literally changes the way you see the world — Quartz
Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
Being open-minded literally changes the way you see the world — Quartz
'Psychologists have only begun to unravel the concept of “personality,” that all-important but nebulous feature of individual identity. Recent studies suggest that personality traits don’t simply affect your outlook on life, but the way you perceive reality.
One study published earlier this year in the Journal of Research in Personality goes so far as to suggest that openness to experience changes what people see in the world. It makes them more likely to experience certain visual perceptions. In the study, researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia recruited 123 volunteers and gave them the big five personality test, which measures extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. That last personality trait involves creativity, imagination, and a willingness to try new things.'
https://qz.com/997679/open-minded-people-have-a-different-visual-perception-of-reality/
https://qz.com/997679/open-minded-people-have-a-different-visual-perception-of-reality/
Being open-minded literally changes the way you see the world — Quartz
'Psychologists have only begun to unravel the concept of “personality,” that all-important but nebulous feature of individual identity. Recent studies suggest that personality traits don’t simply affect your outlook on life, but the way you perceive reality.
One study published earlier this year in the Journal of Research in Personality goes so far as to suggest that openness to experience changes what people see in the world. It makes them more likely to experience certain visual perceptions. In the study, researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia recruited 123 volunteers and gave them the big five personality test, which measures extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. That last personality trait involves creativity, imagination, and a willingness to try new things.'
https://qz.com/997679/open-minded-people-have-a-different-visual-perception-of-reality/
https://qz.com/997679/open-minded-people-have-a-different-visual-perception-of-reality/
Two Giants of AI Team Up to Head Off the Robot Apocalypse
Originally shared by Ward Plunet
Two Giants of AI Team Up to Head Off the Robot Apocalypse
A spurt of progress in artificial intelligence as well as comments by figures such as Bill Gates—who declared himself “in the camp that is concerned about superintelligence”—have given new traction to nightmare scenarios featuring supersmart software. Now two leading centers in the current AI boom are trying to bring discussion about the dangers of smart machines down to Earth. Google's DeepMind, the unit behind the company’s artificial Go champion, and OpenAI, the nonprofit lab funded in part by Tesla’s Elon Musk, have teamed up to make practical progress on a problem they argue has attracted too many headlines and too few practical ideas: How do you make smart software that doesn’t go rogue? “If you're worried about bad things happening, the best thing we can do is study the relatively mundane things that go wrong in AI systems today,” says Dario Amodei, a curly-haired researcher on OpenAI's small team working on AI safety. "That seems less scary and a lot saner than kind of saying, ‘You know, there’s this problem that we might have in 50 years.’” OpenAI and DeepMind contributed to a position paper last summer calling for more concrete work on near-term safety challenges in AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/two-giants-of-ai-team-up-to-head-off-the-robot-apocalypse/
Two Giants of AI Team Up to Head Off the Robot Apocalypse
A spurt of progress in artificial intelligence as well as comments by figures such as Bill Gates—who declared himself “in the camp that is concerned about superintelligence”—have given new traction to nightmare scenarios featuring supersmart software. Now two leading centers in the current AI boom are trying to bring discussion about the dangers of smart machines down to Earth. Google's DeepMind, the unit behind the company’s artificial Go champion, and OpenAI, the nonprofit lab funded in part by Tesla’s Elon Musk, have teamed up to make practical progress on a problem they argue has attracted too many headlines and too few practical ideas: How do you make smart software that doesn’t go rogue? “If you're worried about bad things happening, the best thing we can do is study the relatively mundane things that go wrong in AI systems today,” says Dario Amodei, a curly-haired researcher on OpenAI's small team working on AI safety. "That seems less scary and a lot saner than kind of saying, ‘You know, there’s this problem that we might have in 50 years.’” OpenAI and DeepMind contributed to a position paper last summer calling for more concrete work on near-term safety challenges in AI.
https://www.wired.com/story/two-giants-of-ai-team-up-to-head-off-the-robot-apocalypse/
Your Hands May Reveal the Struggle to Maintain Self Control
Originally shared by Neuroscience News
Your Hands May Reveal the Struggle to Maintain Self Control
Full article at http://neurosciencenews.com/hands-self-control-7044/
Study shows decision-making in real time.
France plans to ban fossil-fuel-powered cars by 2040 http://engt.co/2utFr3D
Originally shared by Engadget
France plans to ban fossil-fuel-powered cars by 2040 http://engt.co/2utFr3D
http://engt.co/2utFr3D
France plans to ban fossil-fuel-powered cars by 2040 http://engt.co/2utFr3D
http://engt.co/2utFr3D
France Just Announced a New Law Making 11 Vaccines Mandatory http://buff.ly/2sRxwLf
Originally shared by Futurism 1.0
France Just Announced a New Law Making 11 Vaccines Mandatory http://buff.ly/2sRxwLf
Menos carne, menos calor, más vida.
Originally shared by Ecoinventos
Menos carne, menos calor, más vida.
Beyond bananas: Scientists harness 'mind reading' technology to decode complex thoughts
Originally shared by Ward Plunet
Beyond bananas: Scientists harness 'mind reading' technology to decode complex thoughts
Carnegie Mellon University scientists can now use brain activation patterns to identify complex thoughts, such as, "The witness shouted during the trial." This latest research led by CMU's Marcel Just builds on the pioneering use of machine learning algorithms with brain imaging technology to "mind read." The findings indicate that the mind's building blocks for constructing complex thoughts are formed by the brain's various sub-systems and are not word-based. Published in Human Brain Mapping and funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), the study offers new evidence that the neural dimensions of concept representation are universal across people and languages. "One of the big advances of the human brain was the ability to combine individual concepts into complex thoughts, to think not just of 'bananas,' but 'I like to eat bananas in evening with my friends,'" said Just, the D.O. Hebb University Professor of Psychology in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. "We have finally developed a way to see thoughts of that complexity in the fMRI signal. The discovery of this correspondence between thoughts and brain activation patterns tells us what the thoughts are built of." Previous work by Just and his team showed that thoughts of familiar objects, like bananas or hammers, evoke activation patterns that involve the neural systems that we use to deal with those objects. For example, how you interact with a banana involves how you hold it, how you bite it and what it looks like. The new study demonstrates that the brain's coding of 240 complex events, sentences like the shouting during the trial scenario uses an alphabet of 42 meaning components, or neurally plausible semantic features, consisting of features, like person, setting, size, social interaction and physical action. Each type of information is processed in a different brain system—which is how the brain also processes the information for objects. By measuring the activation in each brain system, the program can tell what types of thoughts are being contemplated.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-06-bananas-scientists-harness-mind-technology.html#jCp
Beyond bananas: Scientists harness 'mind reading' technology to decode complex thoughts
Carnegie Mellon University scientists can now use brain activation patterns to identify complex thoughts, such as, "The witness shouted during the trial." This latest research led by CMU's Marcel Just builds on the pioneering use of machine learning algorithms with brain imaging technology to "mind read." The findings indicate that the mind's building blocks for constructing complex thoughts are formed by the brain's various sub-systems and are not word-based. Published in Human Brain Mapping and funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), the study offers new evidence that the neural dimensions of concept representation are universal across people and languages. "One of the big advances of the human brain was the ability to combine individual concepts into complex thoughts, to think not just of 'bananas,' but 'I like to eat bananas in evening with my friends,'" said Just, the D.O. Hebb University Professor of Psychology in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences. "We have finally developed a way to see thoughts of that complexity in the fMRI signal. The discovery of this correspondence between thoughts and brain activation patterns tells us what the thoughts are built of." Previous work by Just and his team showed that thoughts of familiar objects, like bananas or hammers, evoke activation patterns that involve the neural systems that we use to deal with those objects. For example, how you interact with a banana involves how you hold it, how you bite it and what it looks like. The new study demonstrates that the brain's coding of 240 complex events, sentences like the shouting during the trial scenario uses an alphabet of 42 meaning components, or neurally plausible semantic features, consisting of features, like person, setting, size, social interaction and physical action. Each type of information is processed in a different brain system—which is how the brain also processes the information for objects. By measuring the activation in each brain system, the program can tell what types of thoughts are being contemplated.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-06-bananas-scientists-harness-mind-technology.html#jCp
Russian exoskeleton suit turns soldiers into Stormtroopers http://engt.co/2tLKiPW
Originally shared by Engadget
Russian exoskeleton suit turns soldiers into Stormtroopers http://engt.co/2tLKiPW
http://engt.co/2tLKiPW
Russian exoskeleton suit turns soldiers into Stormtroopers http://engt.co/2tLKiPW
http://engt.co/2tLKiPW
Three Laws of Robotics by Isaac Asimov
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Three Laws of Robotics by Isaac Asimov
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws
Controlling Memory By Triggering Specific Brain Waves During Sleep
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Controlling Memory By Triggering Specific Brain Waves During Sleep
IBS researchers find that manipulating the pulses of electrical activity in the thalamus during non-REM deep sleep make mice remember or forget.
The research is in Neuron. (full access paywall)
http://neurosciencenews.com/memory-sleep-brain-waves-7040/
Controlling Memory By Triggering Specific Brain Waves During Sleep
IBS researchers find that manipulating the pulses of electrical activity in the thalamus during non-REM deep sleep make mice remember or forget.
The research is in Neuron. (full access paywall)
http://neurosciencenews.com/memory-sleep-brain-waves-7040/
A brain-inspired supercomputing system with the equivalent of 64 million artificial neurons and 16 billion synapses...
Originally shared by Wayne Radinsky
A brain-inspired supercomputing system with the equivalent of 64 million artificial neurons and 16 billion synapses has been built by IBM and the US Air Force.
"The system contains 64 of IBM's TrueNorth chips fits inside a standard server rack and will be able to scale to half a billion artificial neurons with its current architecture. The TrueNorth chips are different from CPUs in that each core can operate in parallel and without a clock."
https://www.singularityarchive.com/ibms-artificial-brain-has-grown-from-256-neurons-to-64-million-neurons-in-6-years/
A brain-inspired supercomputing system with the equivalent of 64 million artificial neurons and 16 billion synapses has been built by IBM and the US Air Force.
"The system contains 64 of IBM's TrueNorth chips fits inside a standard server rack and will be able to scale to half a billion artificial neurons with its current architecture. The TrueNorth chips are different from CPUs in that each core can operate in parallel and without a clock."
https://www.singularityarchive.com/ibms-artificial-brain-has-grown-from-256-neurons-to-64-million-neurons-in-6-years/
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Originally shared by Rob Jongschaap
... It’s all rubbish of course. Dubai’s robot — an off-the-shelf model built by Spain’s Pal Robotics — won’t be doing any real work. It’s a tablet on wheels, designed to trundle around tourist centers and dole out directions. The same can be said of many other high-profile bots — like Pepper, or various “home hub” robots. The work they do is usually just that of a mobile phone or a security camera. Occasionally, if they’re big enough, they’ll knock over a child, just to break up the routine.
But as in 15th-century England, these particular robots are serving another, more important purpose. Historical accounts of the Rood of Grace are divided over whether or not pilgrims were actually fooled by the mechanical Christ. Did they believe they were witnessing a miracle, or were they just impressed by the technology and what it represented: the power and wealth of the Church.
...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/4/15918608/please-ignore-the-robots
... It’s all rubbish of course. Dubai’s robot — an off-the-shelf model built by Spain’s Pal Robotics — won’t be doing any real work. It’s a tablet on wheels, designed to trundle around tourist centers and dole out directions. The same can be said of many other high-profile bots — like Pepper, or various “home hub” robots. The work they do is usually just that of a mobile phone or a security camera. Occasionally, if they’re big enough, they’ll knock over a child, just to break up the routine.
But as in 15th-century England, these particular robots are serving another, more important purpose. Historical accounts of the Rood of Grace are divided over whether or not pilgrims were actually fooled by the mechanical Christ. Did they believe they were witnessing a miracle, or were they just impressed by the technology and what it represented: the power and wealth of the Church.
...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/4/15918608/please-ignore-the-robots
Brain's immune cells may drive overeating and weight gain
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Brain's immune cells may drive overeating and weight gain
Immune cells in the brain trigger overeating and weight gain in response to diets rich in fat, according to a new study in mice led by researchers from UC San Francisco and the University of Washington Medical Center, and published online on July 5 in Cell Metabolism. Neurons within a region at the base of the brain known as the hypothalamus, which plays a crucial role in eating, have long been a target for the development of drugs to treat obesity. But the new study suggests that brain-resident immune cells called microglia could also be targets for obesity treatments that might avoid many side effects of the obesity drugs currently in clinical use. "Microglia are not neurons, but they account for 10 to 15 percent of the cells in the brain," said Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the UCSF Diabetes Center, and a co-senior author of the new study. "They represent an untapped and completely novel way to target the brain in order to potentially mitigate obesity and its health consequences."
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-brain-immune-cells-overeating-weight.html#jCp
Brain's immune cells may drive overeating and weight gain
Immune cells in the brain trigger overeating and weight gain in response to diets rich in fat, according to a new study in mice led by researchers from UC San Francisco and the University of Washington Medical Center, and published online on July 5 in Cell Metabolism. Neurons within a region at the base of the brain known as the hypothalamus, which plays a crucial role in eating, have long been a target for the development of drugs to treat obesity. But the new study suggests that brain-resident immune cells called microglia could also be targets for obesity treatments that might avoid many side effects of the obesity drugs currently in clinical use. "Microglia are not neurons, but they account for 10 to 15 percent of the cells in the brain," said Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the UCSF Diabetes Center, and a co-senior author of the new study. "They represent an untapped and completely novel way to target the brain in order to potentially mitigate obesity and its health consequences."
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-07-brain-immune-cells-overeating-weight.html#jCp
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Vault Gymnast Robot Performing Backflips
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When Exactly Will Computers Go Ape-Shi and Take Over? | Psychology Today*
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When Exactly Will Computers Go Ape-Shi and Take Over? | Psychology Today*
'... What's wrong with the idea of an imminent singularity? Aren't computational capabilities exponentially growing?
Yes. And we will, indeed, be able to create ever-rising artificial intelligence.
The problem is, Which more intelligent AI should we build?
In evolution we often fall into the trap of imagining a linear ladder of animals -- from bacteria to human -- when it is actually a tree. And in AI we can fall into a similar trap. But there is no linear chain of more and more intelligent AIs. Instead, there is a highly complex and branching network of possible AIs. For any AI there are loads of others that are neither more nor less intelligent -- they are just differently intelligent. And thus, as AI advances, it can do so in a multitude of ways, and the new intelligences will often be strictly incomparable to one another. ...and strictly incomparable to human intelligence. Not more intelligent than humans, and not less. Just alien.
...'
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/nature-brain-and-culture/201011/when-exactly-will-computers-go-ape-shi-and-take-over
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/nature-brain-and-culture/201011/when-exactly-will-computers-go-ape-shi-and-take-over
When Exactly Will Computers Go Ape-Shi and Take Over? | Psychology Today*
'... What's wrong with the idea of an imminent singularity? Aren't computational capabilities exponentially growing?
Yes. And we will, indeed, be able to create ever-rising artificial intelligence.
The problem is, Which more intelligent AI should we build?
In evolution we often fall into the trap of imagining a linear ladder of animals -- from bacteria to human -- when it is actually a tree. And in AI we can fall into a similar trap. But there is no linear chain of more and more intelligent AIs. Instead, there is a highly complex and branching network of possible AIs. For any AI there are loads of others that are neither more nor less intelligent -- they are just differently intelligent. And thus, as AI advances, it can do so in a multitude of ways, and the new intelligences will often be strictly incomparable to one another. ...and strictly incomparable to human intelligence. Not more intelligent than humans, and not less. Just alien.
...'
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/nature-brain-and-culture/201011/when-exactly-will-computers-go-ape-shi-and-take-over
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/nature-brain-and-culture/201011/when-exactly-will-computers-go-ape-shi-and-take-over