Those new M3-equipped iMacs may be coming in October.
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple may do a new product launch in October, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter today, and he…
The heat wave scorching the US is a self-perpetuating monster
Enlarge / The sun sets during a heatwave in Peoria, Arizona, July 11, 2023. (credit: Ash Ponders/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Just weeks after a third of the US population was…
Bizarre ancient sea creature brings evolution mystery to the surface
Enlarge / That blue tube is actually a very close relative of vertebrates. (credit: Gerard Soury) Beneath the waves, there are strange, almost alien creatures that raise questions about the…
It’s crafty, fish-stealing sharks vs. anglers in NatGeo’s Bull Shark Bandits
Enlarge / Spydro camera image of a bull shark stealing a fish on the team’s line. (credit: National Geographic) Weipa is a small coastal mining town in Queensland, located in…
GPT4 agrees that machine consciousness could spontaneously ignite with fairly modest progress from current AI.
Before your eyes start to roll, let me point out that no digital computer or algorithm can ever become conscious. That includes the biggest fastest digital supercomputers, chatGPT, Bard and…
Too late for a pause. We could get minimal AI consciousness by Xmas.
I have written numerous blog posts about the promises and perils of AI, as well as suggesting fundamental principles and mechanisms for achieving machine consciousness. My journey in the field…
Software and Knowledge Transformers
Resistance if futile, you will be assimilated’ is a well-known Star trek quote. We’re not ready for Human assimilation stage yet – we need to wait for a full EDNA…
Exploring Machine Consciousness with ‘Triangular’ Adaptive Analog Neurons
Introduction: The quest for achieving machine consciousness has been a driving force in artificial intelligence (AI) research. While significant progress has been made in various AI domains, the pursuit of…
3-Terminal Digital Neurons for AI Applications on Everyday Devices
This is the digital equivalent of my last blog. It considered analog neurons because I wanted to consider designing for potential consciousness. This one just looks at digital neurons, using…
The Inverse Capacitor: A Novel Energy Storage System with Potential Applications in Rocket Propulsion
Title: The Inverse Capacitor: A Novel Energy Storage System with Potential Applications in Rocket Propulsion Introduction The search for new energy storage systems and propulsion technologies is an ongoing quest…