A brief review of Stanislaw Lem's 600-pages-oeuvre 'Summa Technologiae' with references to modern day technological advancments and developments, e.g. AI and its implications pertaining to society, politics, human life in general.
Generative AI startup Suno wants to make songwriting as easy as taking iPhone photos | Axios Corp. Blog
Microsoft announced they had integrated Suno into its AI software platform Copilot. Photo illustration: Axios Visuals. Photo: Courtesy of Michael Shulman. Source: Generative AI startup Suno wants to make songwriting as easy as taking iPhone photos After entering the fold as yet another contender in the highly active, competitive #generativeAI contender, Axios' Suno – [‘soo-no], …
The 7 most powerful supercomputers in the world right now | Livescience.com
Supercomputers play a vital role in scientific discoveries — from helping us forecast climate change to discovering new drugs. We've rounded up the top fastest on the planet right now. This is the Frontier supercomputer. (Image credit: CARLOS JONES/ORNL/U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY) Source: The 7 most powerful supercomputers in the world right now Totally fascinating. …
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Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. | vox
Neuralink has implanted a chip in its first human brain. But it’s pushing a needlessly risky approach, former employees say. Image: Xinmei Liu for Vox Source: Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. How many brains will be damaged along the way? The article addresses ethical concerns vs. rate of technological advances, i.e. 'bandwidth' …
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Prof. Dr. Katherine Elkins on Generative AI in Translation and Related Fields | LinkedIn, Merging Minds Podcast
Prof. Katherine Elkins Source: Prof. Elkins answers Gabriel Fairman's Questions in a recent Merging Minds podcast episode I loved listening to these very inspiring ca. 55 mins. of intellectual discussion on the ins and outs and pros and cons of generative AI with regard to authorship in translating texts of all kinds. Prof. Elkins' answers …
Space Accident Means Tardigrades May Have Contaminated The Moon | ScienceAlert
The mission didn't quite go to plan. Source: Space Accident Means Tardigrades May Have Contaminated The Moon Wow, if this doesn't sound like right out of a sci-fi horror movie, then I don't know what would! Tardigrades are known to withstand that most extreme of conditions that no other living being has ever been identified …
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Testing A Time-Jumping, Multiverse-Killing, Consciousness-Spawning Theory Of Reality | Forbes Science
Roger Penrose proposes a conscious observer doesn’t cause wave function collapse. A conscious observer is caused by wave function collapse. Source: Testing A Time-Jumping, Multiverse-Killing, Consciousness-Spawning Theory Of Reality Whoa, this piece of writing by Andréa Morris for Forbes Science is quite the interesting read for anyone having loosely followed my blog here as it …
What Isaac Asimov’s Robbie Teaches About AI and How Minds ‘Work’ | WIRED
Source: What Isaac Asimov’s Robbie Teaches About AI and How Minds 'Work' | WIRED Here's a very interesting WIRED article on the implications we had better considered before simply continuing at the rate AI development has been going. It draws from Sir Isaac Asimov's "Robbie" science fiction story and extrapolates from Sir Asimov's story ideas …
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