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by Joseph Shieber: Suppose that you’re sitting at a pristine, white desk and are presented with the following scene (graciously rendered by Google Bard from a description by me): How
“Plants can measure and react to a far broader spectrum of light than we can with our animal eyes, even though they lack a specialized organ for perception.” Asher Elbein
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McKenzie Prillaman in Nature: Lightning bolts of lime green flashed chaotically across the computer screen, a sight that stunned cancer neuroscientist Humsa Venkatesh. It was late 2017, and she was watching
Continue readingHow Cancer Hijacks the Nervous System to Grow and Spread
Lethal drones with facial recognition, armed robots, autonomous fighter jets: we’re at the dawn of a new age of AI-powered warfare, says technologist Alexandr Wang. He explores why data will
Anil Ananthaswamy in Quanta: A theory developed by Sanjeev Arora of Princeton University and Anirudh Goyal, a research scientist at Google DeepMind, suggests that the largest of today’s LLMs are not stochastic parrots.
Continue readingNew Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand Text
by Anna Siampani in the CEOWorld Magazine: Once upon a time intelligence was related to mathematics and our ability to do complex calculations in a timely fashion way. Scientists who
by Paul Bloomfield: Marcus Aurelius wrote, “The best revenge is to not be like your enemy”. All ought to heed this wisdom: the right and the left, across classes, races,
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Workplace ethics refers to the way employees in an organization govern themselves and their overall work attitude, but it can also refer to the morality, or lack thereof, permeating a
Healthy people can experience this, but it can also be a symptom of a neurological issue. When pop icon Olivia Rodrigo sang, “Do you get déjà vu?” she was directing
While impressive, it’s not just to unlock a smartphone or catch a bad guy.Here are 12 Surprising Facts About Fingerprints, Including Why We Even Have Them: by Amelia Harnish in
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By Brianna Wiest: Your brain is built to reinforce and regulate your life. Your subconscious mind has something called a homeostatic impulse, which regulates functions like body temperature, heartbeat and breathing.
Continue reading13 Ways To Start Training Your Subconscious Mind To Get What You Want
by Mike Bendzela: Given that it affects about 2.4% of the population, most of you probably know someone with this disorder. Some of you may even have it yourselves. Continually