AI, Robotics, CogSci, Tech & More
AI
Scientists aghast at bizarre AI rat with huge genitals in peer-reviewed article
Sora, etc.—Are we “rapidly approaching the top of generative AI’s S-curve?“
Neural network training makes beautiful fractals
New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed
Chip race: Microsoft, Meta, Google, and Nvidia battle it out for AI chip supremacy
Avoiding fusion plasma tearing instability with deep reinforcement learning
How satellites, algorithms and AI can help map and trace methane sources
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot
‘Better than a real man’: young Chinese women turn to AI boyfriends
For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.Â
A ‘thirsty’ generative AI boom poses a growing problem for Big Tech
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Robotics
Cheap and They Don’t Snitch: Drones Are the New Drug Mules
The push to embrace precision agriculture is transforming food production in the U.S. It’s also turning farmers into software-bound tenants of OEMs, warns Kevin Kenney. But is anyone listening?
SpartanNash Advancing Retail Innovation with In-Store Robotics
India to launch android into space to test crewed launch capability
CogSci
Philosophy, Neuroscience, & the Puzzle of Locating Art
Mapping the mental space of emotional concepts through kinematic measures of decision uncertainty
Tech
Cambridge Police Dept’s Traffic Enforcement Unit Helps MIT Students Research Virtual Traffic Stop Technology
Cybertruck owners finding out that their new trucks are already losing their shine and starting to show signs of rust and corrosion
What Happened to the US Machine Tool Industry?
The Game Boy Mini Camera is a custom creation that pairs the original sensor with iPhone lenses
Attaching 5.25″ floppies via USB
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The Cell Is Not a Computer
The Data is In: California No Better Off Under Plastic Bag Ban
US state vaccine mandates did not influence COVID-19 vaccination rates but reduced uptake of COVID-19 boosters and flu vaccines compared to bans on vaccine restrictions
In 2012, somebody had been playing the same save game of Civilization II off and on for a decade