- 9 years ago Sticky: Check out /t/futurism instead!
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A future 'God-like AI' could destroy humans or make them obsolete if not properly contained, a prolific AI investor warned
AGI would be "God-like" because it could develop by itself unsupervised, and companies rushing towards that are risking disaster.
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Google Tells AI Agents to Behave Like 'Believable Humans' to Create 'Artificial Society'
The characters have developed specific routines, such as waking up, taking a shower, cooking breakfast, interacting with their families, then going to work every day.
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Why the Moon Is the Next Tourism Frontier
Tourists travelling into outer space isn’t a fantasy for the future—it’s happening now
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‘Smart bandage’ with biosensors could help chronic wounds heal, study claims
Scientists test device that can monitor and stimulate burns, diabetic ulcers and non-healing surgical wounds
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Cancer and heart disease vaccines ‘ready by end of the decade’
Exclusive: Pharmaceutical firm says groundbreaking jabs could save millions of lives
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AI will soon become impossible for humans to comprehend – the story of neural networks tells us why
Many of the pioneers who began developing artificial neural networks weren’t sure how they actually worked - and we’re no more certain today.
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The case for how and why AI might kill us all
Forget the collapse of employment, forget the spam and misinformation, forget human obsolescence and the upending of society. Some believe AI is flat-out going to wipe out all of biological life at its earliest opportunity. Here's how and why.
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Meatball from long-extinct mammoth created by food firm
Exclusive: Australian company resurrects flesh of lost species to demonstrate potential of meat grown from cells
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Space Force should prepare for the threat we have — not the one we prefer
As the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine came and went, many commentators discussed and debated lessons learned and observations regarding the conflict — especially as it pertain…
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Ethical AI art generation? Adobe Firefly may be the answer.
Adobe trained new AI generator on Adobe Stock, licensed content, public domain.
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Will AI Actually Mean We’ll Be Able to Work Less?
The idea that tech will free us from drudgery is an attractive narrative, but history tells a different story
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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…
Stephen Wolfram explores some of the science, technology and philosophy of what we can expect from AIs. From how ChatGPT works to the cycle of technology, to the concept of progress and preparing for an AI world.
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A Human Migration to Space is NOT so Inevitable, says New Research
A new study looks at what it takes to survive beyond Earth, raising serious questions about whether or not human migrations to space is "Inevitable."
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So, are robots really coming for our jobs? A conversation with futurist Gary Bolles
Fears of an AI apocalypse loom large, but what are experts saying about the future?
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Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives
The gene-editing tool is being tested in people, and the first treatment could be approved this year.
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Next step in surveillance AI: Finding out who your friends are
A gray-haired man walks through an office lobby holding a coffee cup, staring ahead as he passes the entryway.
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Can frontier technology solve Japan's declining population?
Web3, the metaverse, automation and NFTs are examples of digital solutions being used to address the problems that accompany Japan's declining population.
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‘Dr Doom’: World headed for dark times in the next 20 years
Economist Nouriel Roubini paints a bleak future for a world facing ‘megathreats’ – including global economic meltdowns.
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Will future computers run on human brain cells?
A "biocomputer" powered by human brain cells could be developed within our lifetime, according to Johns Hopkins University researchers who expect such technology to exponentially expand the capabilities of modern computing and create novel fields of study.
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Robots to do 39% of domestic chores by 2033, say experts
Researchers quizzed 65 AI experts on which tasks robots are likely to do in the near future.