We need more initiatives like this! “We tentatively plan to randomly select 3,000 individuals across two US states to participate in the study: 1,000 will receive $1,000 per month for up to 5 years, and 2,000 will receive $50 per […]
“The two Academy presidents Chunli Bai and Anton Zeilinger tested quantum encrypted communication between Beijing and Vienna in a live-experiment. The quantum key was transmitted via the Chinese quantum satellite Micius.” | learn more
Geoffrey Hinton, pioneer of the back-propagation method of training computers, “says his breakthrough method should be dispensed with, and a new path to AI found.” | learn more
You may recall Elon Musk’s new venture to create a BMI that’s directly connected to your brain. The team at CNTRL-Labs thinks that’s a bit more than the market will bare, so instead they’ve figured out how to read your […]
AI researcher Andrej Karpathy just took a job as Director of AI at Tesla. He made this great presentation analyzing the state of and prospects for AGI. | learn more
A team from Stanford has made progress on a system they call radiative sky cooling. Originally created in 2013, their latest real-world test … “found that throughout the summer the panels cut the power needed to cool the building by more […]
Two things scientists are trying: 1) suck up carbon dioxide from the air, and 2) dim sunlight by releasing special material from high altitude balloons. | learn more
A study published in Nature Energy quantifies the climate and air quality benefits of wind and solar energy. It’s important to be skeptical of these calculations, but also worth reading the argument. | learn more
The WSJ explores the poor and less-literate users that will make up the next consumers of the internet. The safe prediction is that they’ll be using video and voice to interact with devices, rather than reading and typing. Note: the WSJ […]