Exploring the Edges: AI Breakthroughs, Cosmic Questions, and the Human Experience
Bridging the gap between science fiction and science fact
Here’s your monthly dose of treats, goodies, ideas, pieces of research, principles, models, and other random stuff curated by Robert
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The Standard Model of Particle Physics: A Triumph of Science
Gene therapy allows an 11-year-old boy to hear
Italian Poetry in English.
Thousands of AI Authors on the Future of AI
Google — 25 Years in Search: The Most Searched
Google and Bing under fire for promoting nonconsensual deepfake porn, as AI continues to brew more trouble
Rabbit’s Little Walkie-Talkie Learns Tasks That Stump Siri and Alexa
Can artificial intelligence pave the way for greener cement and steel?
Is academia becoming a less hospitable place for The Weird Nerd?
Oldie but goldie: Six Years With a Distraction-Free iPhone
iPhone Thief — Great short documentary on how a thief gets into people’s iPhones and steals money. You can have the most secure iPhone but if the user isn’t secure, it’s worthless.
Ramanujan, Einstein, Tolstoy, Napoleon, Richard Muller, and Michael Jackson on God
Book: Meaningness
Almost an Agent: What GPTs can do
Is the emergence of life an expected phase transition in the evolving universe?
Reading QR codes without a computer
For only the eighth time in history, scientists detected an asteroid before it made its fiery appearance over Earth. The tiny fireball exploded near Berlin early on Jan. 21
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👾 some YouTube video essays
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