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…
Harnessing Electron Beam-Stabilized Lithium Crystals: A Gateway to Advanced Quantum AI and New States of Matter
Introduction: The world of material science sees many innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries. One such idea is the concept of a crystal structure with all its electrons provided by high-energy…
Super-Chemistry: Unveiling a New Carbon Allotrope, Hexacarbon and Four Pathways to Achieve It
Introduction: The world of chemistry is filled with countless possibilities for innovation, with scientists constantly striving to understand and manipulate atomic interactions to create new materials and properties. One new…
Quantum Interlocked Crystal: A New State of Matter Yielding Quintillions of Qubits
Introduction: The continually evolving landscape of quantum physics continually stretches our comprehension of matter and its possibilities. Today, we explore a thought-provoking theoretical proposal: a new state of matter, termed…