By Corrie Pelc — Fact checked by Jessica Beake, Ph.D. The life expectancy of humans on our planet has more than doubled since 1900. Global life expectancy has increased from 31 years in 1900 to 73.2 years in 2023, and is expected to further increase to 77.1 years in 2050.
“Give it a shot! We think this tool will transform your linguistic-visual process both in terms of creative power and discovery.”
San Francisco-based independent Artificial Intelligence research lab Midjourney unveiled their new “/describe” feature that transforms images into words in a tweet. The company, popular for its AI-fueled ability to create images based on a series of prompts, launched more features including “repeat” and “permutations” for its pro subscribers.
Paul DelSignore, creative technologist and artificial intelligence aficionado, took to Medium to break down how these could benefit users. He envisions a future with better search engine indexing and search functionality as a result of “/describe”.
As chatbots like ChatGPT bring his work to widespread attention, we spoke to Hinton about the past, present and future of AI.
CBS Saturday Morning’s Brook Silva-Braga interviewed him at the Vector Institute in Toronto on March 1, 2023. #ai #interview #artificialintelligence #GeoffreyHinton #machinelearning #future
A little more technical account how GR tests are describes by VSL and how Newton’s law is recovered.
14:18: c is the lower speed of light IN the gravitational field, not OUTSIDE. Same for frequencies and wavelengths.
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What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.
Einstein the deist.
How Einstein’s early experience of Judaism may have coloured his understanding of reality.
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Samsung Electronics plans to cut back memory chip production as its operating profit in the first quarter of 2023 is expected to plummet about 96% from the previous year. This will be the lowest profit posted by the South Korean tech giant since Q1 2009.
The global macroeconomic slowdown, memory chip oversupply and sluggish demand have hurt its profit, the world’s largest memory chip maker said in its preliminary earnings release on Friday.
“Samsung is adjusting to lower its memory production to a meaningful level,” it noted. Samsung claims to optimize line operations to secure enough memory chip volume for future demand. The tech company added that it will continue to invest in infrastructure and research and development to strengthen its tech leadership in the industry.
The Open Letter proposing a pause on giant AI experiments exaggerates hypothetical future harms while ignoring steps that can be taken immediately to mitigate them.
From squabbling over who booked a disaster holiday to differing recollections of a glorious wedding, events from deep in the past can end up being misremembered. But now researchers say even recent memories may contain errors.
Scientists exploring our ability to recall shapes say people can make mistakes after just a few seconds – a phenomenon the team have called short-term memory illusions.
