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May 15, 2018

Is bigger really better?

Posted by in category: habitats

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The United States is facing a housing crisis: Affordable housing is inadequate, while luxury homes abound. Homelessness remains a persistent problem in many areas of the country.

Despite this, popular culture has often focused on as an opportunity for upward mobility: the American Dream wrapped within four walls and a roof. The housing industry has contributed to this belief as it has promoted ideals of “living better.” Happiness is marketed as living with both more space and more amenities.

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May 15, 2018

DeepMind’s AI taught itself to navigate like a mammal

Posted by in categories: innovation, robotics/AI

DeepMind’s latest breakthrough could change our understanding of both AI and the way mammal’s brains work. A spontaneous development in the company’s neural network could solve neuron-based mystery.

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May 15, 2018

Bioquark Inc. — HumanOS Podcast — Ira Pastor

Posted by in categories: aging, bioengineering, biotech/medical, cryonics, disruptive technology, DNA, genetics, health, life extension, science

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May 15, 2018

Goldwasser, O. 2006. “King Apophis of Avaris and the Emergence of Monotheism.” In: Timelines, ed. E. Czerny et al., vol. II, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 149/II, 129–133. Peeters: Leuven

Posted by in category: futurism

This evidence firmly identifies Set of Avaris as the first monotheistic deity (150 years before Akhnaten). Since monotheists claim there is only one “God”, aren’t they all really worshipping Set under different names and guises? The cruel cult of baby sacrifice throughout the OT clearly resembles the deity worshipped by King Apophis, Set, who becomes sole ruler by murdering his rivals (and banning their prieshoods).


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May 15, 2018

Inside Google, A Debate Rages: Should It Sell Artificial Intelligence to the Military?

Posted by in categories: business, cybercrime/malcode, government, military, robotics/AI

Pichai’s challenge is to find a way of reconciling Google’s dovish roots with its future. Having spent more than a decade developing the industry’s most formidable arsenal of AI research and abilities, Google is keen to wed those advances to its fast-growing cloud-computing business. Rivals are rushing to cut deals with the government, which spends billions of dollars a year on all things cloud. No government entity spends more on such technology than the military. Medin and Alphabet director Schmidt, who both sit on the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Board, have pushed Google to work with the government on counter-terrorism, cybersecurity, telecommunications and more.


To win in the business of cloud computing, the company tiptoes into the business of war. Some staff fear it’s a first step toward autonomous killing machines.

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May 15, 2018

The Van Allen Belts Are Lethal, This Is How Astronauts Fly Through Them

Posted by in category: space travel

The Van Allen belts protect Earth from annihilation, but they’re also filled with deadly radiation. And to get to space, astronauts have to fly through them.

Follow Space Crafts to learn more about astronomical phenomena!

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May 14, 2018

What If an Asteroid Hit the Earth?

Posted by in categories: asteroid/comet impacts, existential risks

Would we suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs?

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May 14, 2018

You Can Now Major in Artificial Intelligence

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

At least two U.S. universities will offer computer-science degrees focusing on A.I. beginning in the fall of 2018.

By Gael Cooper Inc.com contributor.

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May 14, 2018

Artificial Intelligence Chipmakers Battle To Power Cloud Data Centers

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Cloud computing firms are driving significant investment in artificial intelligence and major chipmakers are competing to provide the infrastructure for AI services. Graphics-chip maker Nvidia has been an early winner in the field, but don’t count out other chipmakers, a Wall Street research firm said Monday.

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May 14, 2018

The Man Behind Siri Shares His View of the Future of AI

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

Babak Hodjat, inventor of the technology that powers Apple’s virtual assistant, speaks to the uncertainties and opportunities in this innovative space.

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