Archive for the ‘futurism’ category: Page 85
May 4, 2024
Superintelligence Summary PDF
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
Book by Nick Bostrom: Chapter Summary, Free PDF Download, Audiobook, Review. Charting the Future of AI: Risks and Imperatives.
May 3, 2024
The battle with China is psychological as much as physical
Posted by Dan Breeden in category: futurism
May 3, 2024
Here’s what Electrify America’s EV charging plans are for 2024
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in category: futurism
Electrify America (EA) increased its total number of chargers to over 4,000 in 2023 – here’s what it’s aiming to achieve in 2024.
In 2022, there were 5.3 million customer charging sessions on Electrify America’s network. In 2023, validated data reflected 10.9 million customer charging sessions – a 106% increase year-over-year.
EA’s EV charging network grew to over 900 stations across 47 US states, the District of Columbia, and six Canadian provinces last year. It also expanded into Hawaii and North Dakota for the first time.
May 3, 2024
New discovery of a mechanism that controls cell division
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered that how a special protein complex called the Mediator moves along genes in DNA may have an impact on how cells divide. The discovery may be important for future research into the treatment of certain diseases. The study is published in Nucleic Acids Research.
More than 16,000 pounds of ground beef products shipped to Walmart stores may be carrying E.coli, the FSIS has warned.
May 3, 2024
There is a flare of the highest order on the Sun
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
Solar activity entered the growth phase a week earlier than forecast.
На Солнце около половины шестого утра по московскому времени зарегистрирована вспышка высшего балла X. Событий такой мощности не было с 22 февраля, когда произошла пока наиболее сильная вспышка текущего солнечного цикла уровня X6.3. По предварительным данным вспышка спровоцировала выбросы солнечной плазмы в космос, но точное их направление пока не понятно. В поле зрения коронографов вещество появится только примерно через час. Возможность движения облаков плазмы в сторону Земли, предварительно, исключительно высокая — активный центр, где произошел взрыв, расположен прямо напротив Земли. Оценка по наличию выброса и геомагнитный прогноз будут выданы в течение 2 часов.
May 3, 2024
Paper page — A Careful Examination of Large Language Model Performance on Grade School Arithmetic
Posted by Cecile G. Tamura in category: futurism
A Careful Examination of Large Language Model Performance on Grade School Arithmetic How overfit are popular LLMs on public benchmarks?
Join the discussion on this paper page.
May 3, 2024
The gene “degrees of kevin bacon” (dokb) regulates a social network behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster
Posted by Shubham Ghosh Roy in category: futurism
A paper in Nature Communications describes a gene that regulates the structure of social networks in fruit flies, which is named after the actor Kevin Bacon. Read the paper:
The structure of a social network is thought to be heritable in many animals, including humans. Here, Rooke and colleagues identify a gene, which they name “degrees of kevin bacon (dokb)”, that is expressed in the central nervous system of Drosophila melanogaster and regulates the structure of social networks.
May 3, 2024
A Photonic Emulator of Topological Matter
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in category: futurism
A method for freely adjusting the parameters of a loop of optical fiber enables the exploration of exotic topological phases of matter.