Josh Seeherman – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Fri, 29 Dec 2023 19:24:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 Ray Kurzweil: Singularity, Superintelligence, and Immortality https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ray-kurzweil-singularity-superintelligence-and-immortality https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ray-kurzweil-singularity-superintelligence-and-immortality#respond Fri, 29 Dec 2023 19:24:00 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ray-kurzweil-singularity-superintelligence-and-immortality

For anyone impatiently waiting on Ray Kurzweil’s new book, I stumbled across this a couple nights ago: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Ff72Dwb5jNMJ4ifP0zsTf?si=2…VBpSdd8_mg

Listen to this episode from Lex Fridman Podcast on Spotify. Ray Kurzweil is an author, inventor, and futurist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: — Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get 14-day free trial — NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour — Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit — MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off — Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit EPISODE LINKS: Ray’s Website: https://kurzweilai.net Ray’s Books: The Singularity Is Nearer (pre-order): https://amzn.to/3BNXmGR How To Create A Mind: https://amzn.to/3qqlkBw The Singularity Is Near: https://amzn.to/3DfXP5z The Age of Spiritual Machines: https://amzn.to/3RSjtAX Danielle: https://amzn.to/3Bww2N7 Transcend: https://amzn.to/3RAEYGV PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.

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Scroll down the deep sea in this interactive page.

]]> https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/the-deep-sea/feed 0 Scientists Solved the Nagging Mystery of How Genes Emerge From Nothing https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/scientists-solved-the-nagging-mystery-of-how-genes-emerge-from-nothing https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/scientists-solved-the-nagging-mystery-of-how-genes-emerge-from-nothing#respond Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:24:38 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/scientists-solved-the-nagging-mystery-of-how-genes-emerge-from-nothing

A new study from the University of Helsinki analyzes regulatory genes known as microRNA to discover how these necessary palindromes formed.

]]> https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/scientists-solved-the-nagging-mystery-of-how-genes-emerge-from-nothing/feed 0 Two possible ways to use black holes as energy source in the distant future https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/two-possible-ways-to-use-black-holes-as-energy-source-in-the-distant-future https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/two-possible-ways-to-use-black-holes-as-energy-source-in-the-distant-future#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:44:00 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/two-possible-ways-to-use-black-holes-as-energy-source-in-the-distant-future

A pair of astrophysicists at Tianjin University, in China, has proposed ways that humans in the distant future might use black holes as an energy source. In their paper published in the journal Physical Review D, Zhan-Feng Mai and Run-Qiu Yang outline two possible scenarios in which energy could potentially be harvested from primordial black holes.

As scientists continue to look for ways to meet the energy needs of a growing global population, some have begun to look for options that may not have been considered in the past. In this new effort, the researchers consider the possibility of tapping as a way to power human needs of the future by turning them into batteries.

The first option suggests future astro-engineers could “charge” a primordial black hole (a very small black hole with no spin that formed soon after the Big Bang) by feeding it electrically charged particles until the black hole begins to repel them, signaling it is fully charged, like a battery. Energy could then be collected from the black hole through the use of superradiance, whereby some of the electromagnetic or carrying more energy than was fed in are deflected into the black hole, captured first and converted into a usable energy source.

]]> https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/two-possible-ways-to-use-black-holes-as-energy-source-in-the-distant-future/feed 0 Scientists Contact Whales in World-First Communication Experiment https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/scientists-contact-whales-in-world-first-communication-experiment https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/scientists-contact-whales-in-world-first-communication-experiment#respond Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:24:41 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/scientists-contact-whales-in-world-first-communication-experiment

What do whale experts and alien hunters have in common? More than you might expect.

For a recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ, scientists from UC Davis, the Alaska Whale Foundation, and SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) teamed up.

Their mission: Communicate with whales. And they did just that.

]]> https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/scientists-contact-whales-in-world-first-communication-experiment/feed 0 Physicists ‘entangle’ individual molecules for the first time, bringing about a new platform for quantum science https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/physicists-entangle-individual-molecules-for-the-first-time-bringing-about-a-new-platform-for-quantum-science https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/physicists-entangle-individual-molecules-for-the-first-time-bringing-about-a-new-platform-for-quantum-science#respond Sat, 16 Dec 2023 03:23:33 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/physicists-entangle-individual-molecules-for-the-first-time-bringing-about-a-new-platform-for-quantum-science

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The scientific feat is also ‘a breakthrough for practical applications because entangled molecules can be the building blocks for many future applications. says physicist Lawrence Cheuk.

]]> https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/physicists-entangle-individual-molecules-for-the-first-time-bringing-about-a-new-platform-for-quantum-science/feed 0 AI Can Recreate Images From Human Brain Waves With ‘Over 75% Accuracy’ https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ai-can-recreate-images-from-human-brain-waves-with-over-75-accuracy https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ai-can-recreate-images-from-human-brain-waves-with-over-75-accuracy#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:26:45 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ai-can-recreate-images-from-human-brain-waves-with-over-75-accuracy

Scientists were reportedly able to use artificial intelligence (AI) to reconstruct images solely from people’s brain activity with over 75% accuracy for the first time ever.

According to Japanese newspaper The Mainichi, recreating images from brain activity is usually only possible when a subject is actually seeing the images with their own eyes, or when the type of images, such as faces, letters or simple figures, were specified.

However, a team of researchers at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) in Japan have now demonstrated that it’s possible to accurately reconstruct complex images with AI — based almost solely from a person’s thoughts.

]]> https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ai-can-recreate-images-from-human-brain-waves-with-over-75-accuracy/feed 0 IBM releases first-ever 1,000-qubit quantum chip https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ibm-releases-first-ever-1000-qubit-quantum-chip https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ibm-releases-first-ever-1000-qubit-quantum-chip#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2023 23:26:31 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ibm-releases-first-ever-1000-qubit-quantum-chip

The company announces its latest huge chip — but will now focus on developing smaller chips with a fresh approach to ‘error correction’

]]> https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/12/ibm-releases-first-ever-1000-qubit-quantum-chip/feed 0 Archaeologists Found an Extraordinary Pyramid That’s Apparently 27,000 Years Old https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/11/archaeologists-found-an-extraordinary-pyramid-thats-apparently-27000-years-old https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/11/archaeologists-found-an-extraordinary-pyramid-thats-apparently-27000-years-old#respond Wed, 29 Nov 2023 22:28:14 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/11/archaeologists-found-an-extraordinary-pyramid-thats-apparently-27000-years-old

But other scientists argue the structure can’t be that ancient—and that humans couldn’t have built it.

]]> https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/11/archaeologists-found-an-extraordinary-pyramid-thats-apparently-27000-years-old/feed 0 The brain can exhibit signs of consciousness long after the heart stops, study finds https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/11/the-brain-can-exhibit-signs-of-consciousness-long-after-the-heart-stops-study-finds https://russian.lifeboat.com/blog/2023/11/the-brain-can-exhibit-signs-of-consciousness-long-after-the-heart-stops-study-finds#respond Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:23:51 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/11/the-brain-can-exhibit-signs-of-consciousness-long-after-the-heart-stops-study-finds

A study revealed that one-third of cardiac arrest survivors experienced consciousness, with EEG showing brain activity despite heart stoppage. This groundbreaking finding challenges current understandings of brain function during cardiac emergencies.

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