- 8 years ago Sticky: Check out /t/futurism instead!
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Thank God for Science Fiction
How we’ve unknowingly spent our lives preparing for AI discourse
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How flying taxis could go mainstream
Flying taxis could even replace short-haul flights, but certification and new digital infrastructure must happen first.
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New study shows how human-like qualities of voice assistants influence shopping habits
A recent study published in Computers in Human Behavior shows that the more human-like virtual assistants sound, the safer people feel using them for voice shopping.
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First UK patients receive experimental messenger RNA cancer therapy
The British clinical trial of the revolutionary new mRNA treatment will test its effectiveness in combating a range of cancers
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This AI learnt language by seeing the world through a baby’s eyes
A neural network that taught itself to recognize objects using the filmed experiences of a single infant could offer new insights into how humans learn.
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AI comes up with battery design that uses 70 per cent less lithium
Researchers used AI to design a new material that they used to build a working battery – it requires up to 70 percent less lithium than some competing designs.
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Don’t let Big AI fool you: Piracy isn’t a business model
Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, is basically saying that he can’t make his product unless he steals from others.
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AI and Employment: Is Universal Basic Income the Answer?
In this Article we discuss the necessity of Universal Basic Income in an AI-driven job market transformation.
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Here are the 'Worst in Show' CES products, according to consumer and privacy advocates
The best CES products pierce through the haze of marketing hype at the Las Vegas gadget show to reveal innovations that could improve lives.
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At CES, everything was AI, even when it wasn’t
There was too much AI at CES.
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Liquid AI, a new MIT spinoff, wants to build an entirely new type of AI | TechCrunch
Liquid AI, a new MIT spinoff, has raised nearly $40 million in a seed round to build an entirely new type of AI called a liquid neural network.
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New material found by AI could reduce lithium use in batteries
Microsoft said AI and supercomputing were used to synthesise an entirely new material.
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How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse
Silicon Valley’s elite are hatching plans to escape disaster – and when it comes, they’ll leave the rest of us behind
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Director Christopher Nolan reckons with AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’
Director Christopher Nolan’s film “Oppenheimer” debuted as the world was debating the risks of artificial intelligence.
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Scientists 3D print a robotic hand with human-like bones and tendons
As a layer is printed, an optical scan IDs flaws and corrects them in the next layer.
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Even lab mice are getting VR headsets now
Neurobiologists say the iMRSIV gives mice a more 'immersive' experience than 2D projections.
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AI Says Climate Change Is Going To Kill 500 Million Future Babes: This Is What They Look Like
A recent study estimates there will be 1 billion premature deaths caused by climate change by 2100. That number is pretty shocking, but someone on Reddit opined that no one in the U.S. would care until it started killing white people.
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Where OpenAI goes from here is anyone's guess
OpenAI's fate took a a twist nobody could have imagined last week, and all we can do is watch to see what the final outcome will be.
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Over half of all tech industry workers view AI as overrated
Retool, a development platform for business software, recently published the results of its State of AI survey. Over 1,500 people took part, all from the tech industry:...
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Clean energy is officially “unstoppable” now
The International Energy Agency has a new forecast for 2030.