danielkhent 10 months ago

Scientists Put a Human Language Gene Into Mice And Changed Their Voice Doesn't leave scifi much of a place to go... #scifi #science

ScienceAlert

Scientists Put a Human Language Gene Into Mice And Changed Their Voice

A new contender for a human 'language gene' can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into their DNA.

danielkhent 10 months ago

The Panama community that fled its drowning island. #climatechange

Climate change: The Panama community that fled its drowning island

Rising sea levels threaten homes in Panama, but not everyone wants to leave.

danielkhent 10 months ago

"While most AI inference chips are typically housed in vast server clusters within data centers, EnCharge AI's chips are designed for edge computing, being utilized in user-facing devices like laptops." #ai #analog

The Economic Times

EnCharge AI: EnCharge AI raises over $100 million in funding to bring AI inference chips to market - The Economic Times

Startup EnCharge AI raised over $100 million in Series B funding to develop energy-efficient AI inference chips for edge computing. Their analog i...

danielkhent 11 months ago

Course from Udemy on Vertical Farming Odd to have a course. Isn't there a lot to still sort out? #solarpunk #climatechange https://www.udemy.com/course/vertical-farming-fundamental/

danielkhent 11 months ago

"AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved." This makes me think of Rudy Rucker talking with Kurt Gödel on if robots can be conscious. #AI #scifi

the Guardian

AI systems could be ‘caused to suffer’ if consciousness achieved, says research

Experts and thinkers signed open letter expressing concern over irresponsible development of technology

danielkhent 11 months ago

"Water desalination plants could replace expensive chemicals with new carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron from seawater, an important step of turning seawater into safe drinking water." #solarpunk #climatechange https://news.umich.edu/new-water-purification-technology-helps-turn-seawater-into-drinking-water-without-tons-of-chemicals/

danielkhent 11 months ago

String of recent killings linked to Bay Area 'death cult' What is it with data scientists and murder sprees? #AI #datascience #machinelearning https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/bay-area-death-cult-zizian-murders-20064333.php

danielkhent 11 months ago

Analog in-memory computing, which enmeshes memory and compute, can eliminate bottlenecks #analogai #analog #ai

IBM Research

Analog in-memory computing could power tomorrow’s AI models

Three new papers from IBM Research highlight the future role of analog in-memory computing in AI, both in the cloud and on the edge.

danielkhent 11 months ago

Early computers often required cranes or the removal of walls. The allure of ancient data centers #computerhistory

The origin and unexpected evolution of the word "mainframe"

What is the origin of the word "mainframe", referring to a large, complex computer? Most sources agree that the term is related to the frame...

danielkhent 11 months ago

Art Farmer Quintet – The Time And The Place #jazz #vinyl #NowPlaying

Songlink/Odesli

The Time and the Place (Live) by Art Farmer Quintet

Listen now on your favorite streaming service. Powered by Songlink/Odesli, an on-demand, customizable smart link service to help you share songs, a...

Bass – Walter Booker Drums – Mickey Roker Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Art Farmer Piano – Cedar Walton Tenor Saxophone – Jimmy Heath

danielkhent 11 months ago

"There is no f...ing snow in Anchorage, Alaska right now." #climatechange

Alaskan Social

GhostsheetZ (@Ghostsheetz@alaskan.social)

Attached: 1 image There is no fucking snow in Anchorage, Alaska right now. I will repeat that There is no fucking snow in Anchorage Alaska righ...

danielkhent 11 months ago

Lee Morgan – The Rumproller #jazz #vinyl #NowPlaying

Songlink/Odesli

The Rumproller (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition Remastered) by Lee Morgan

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Bass – Victor Sproles Drums – Billy Higgins Piano – Ronnie Mathews Recorded By [Recording By] – Rudy Van Gelder Tenor Saxophone – Joe Henderson Trumpet – Lee Morgan

danielkhent 11 months ago

Connection To Nature Is Essential For Mental Health. As a species, humans evolved embedded within the natural world, and our bodies and minds are wired to interact with it. #ecopsychology

A Psychotherapist's Go-To Strategy For Releasing Stress | mindbodygreen

We experience our deep connectedness when we're hiking a mountain trail, walking the water's edge, or witnessing a sunset over a beautiful lake.

danielkhent 11 months ago

"Analog computing platform based on one-memristor array efficiently processes real-time videos" Not technically AI but analog techniques showing promise that could be relevant to AI. #ai #analog https://techxplore.com/news/2025-01-analog-platform-based-memristor-array.html Various pieces of equipment for developing analog compute

danielkhent 11 months ago

"AI Designs Computer Chips We Can’t Understand — But They Work Really Well" This isn't troubling at all... #AI

ZME Science

AI Designs Computer Chips We Can't Understand — But They Work Really Well

Can we trust systems we don’t fully understand?