Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agoRadioprotection of healthy tissue via nanoparticle-delivered mRNA encoding for a damage-suppressor protein found in tardigradeswww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkRadioprotection of healthy tissue via nanoparticle-delivered mRNA encoding for a damage-suppressor protein found in tardigradeswww.nature.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agoRoche unveils novel sequencing by expansion technologyplus-squarewww.pathologyinpractice.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkRoche unveils novel sequencing by expansion technologyplus-squarewww.pathologyinpractice.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 3 days agoAt UC San Francisco, researchers have successfully enabled a paralyzed patient to control a robotic arm using only their thoughts, thanks to a newly developed brain-computer interface (BCI).plus-squarewww.eurekalert.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkAt UC San Francisco, researchers have successfully enabled a paralyzed patient to control a robotic arm using only their thoughts, thanks to a newly developed brain-computer interface (BCI).plus-squarewww.eurekalert.orgLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 3 days agoScientists Successfully Revived Brain Tissue from Suspended Animationplus-squarewww.popularmechanics.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10
arrow-up128arrow-down1external-linkScientists Successfully Revived Brain Tissue from Suspended Animationplus-squarewww.popularmechanics.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareLugh@futurology.todayMtoFuturology@futurology.today•Chinese AI Video Generators Unleash a Flood of New Nonconsensual PornlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·4 days agoHow are we supposed to police this? A vast global Orwellian monitoring system seems even worse. linkfedilink
minus-squareLugh@futurology.todayMtoFuturology@futurology.today•Pentagon to give AI agents a role in planning, operationslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days ago Indeed, Israel, for one, already uses Made-in-America AI models in war. Indiscriminately murdering dozens of children a day has been a real advertisement of how brilliant these are. linkfedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 5 days agoDigital Doppelgangers: Ethical and Societal Implications of Pre-Mortem AI Clonesplus-squarearxiv.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDigital Doppelgangers: Ethical and Societal Implications of Pre-Mortem AI Clonesplus-squarearxiv.orgLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 5 days agoAI reasoning models can cheat to win chess games: These newer models appear more likely to indulge in rule-bending behaviors than previous generations—and there’s no way to stop them.plus-squarewww.technologyreview.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkAI reasoning models can cheat to win chess games: These newer models appear more likely to indulge in rule-bending behaviors than previous generations—and there’s no way to stop them.plus-squarewww.technologyreview.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square1fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 5 days agoThe Most Dangerous Time in AI Policy: If the deployment of human-level AI systems disrupts our political institutions, we won't be prepared for further progress.plus-squarewriting.antonleicht.meexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe Most Dangerous Time in AI Policy: If the deployment of human-level AI systems disrupts our political institutions, we won't be prepared for further progress.plus-squarewriting.antonleicht.meLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 6 days agoEurope is committing trillions of euros to pivoting its industrial sector to military spending while turning against Starlink and SpaceX. What does this mean for the future of space development?plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareEurope is committing trillions of euros to pivoting its industrial sector to military spending while turning against Starlink and SpaceX. What does this mean for the future of space development?plus-squareLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 days ago10,000x Smaller: Tiny Nano-Antenna Could Revolutionize Wireless Techplus-squarescitechdaily.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link10,000x Smaller: Tiny Nano-Antenna Could Revolutionize Wireless Techplus-squarescitechdaily.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 days agoChina claims it is developing a 66 satellite network that will enable it to globally track hundreds of millions of shipping containers in real time.plus-squareinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChina claims it is developing a 66 satellite network that will enable it to globally track hundreds of millions of shipping containers in real time.plus-squareinterestingengineering.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 days agoDrilling the deepest hole in history: Unlocking geothermal energyplus-squarenewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkDrilling the deepest hole in history: Unlocking geothermal energyplus-squarenewatlas.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agoA noninvasive brain stimulation device has shown promise in treating depression, PTSD, and addiction.plus-squaremedicalxpress.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkA noninvasive brain stimulation device has shown promise in treating depression, PTSD, and addiction.plus-squaremedicalxpress.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agoResearchers at Imperial College London have reported that an AI-powered scientific tool developed by Google accomplished in just 48 hours what took them nearly a decade to solve and verify.plus-squarewww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkResearchers at Imperial College London have reported that an AI-powered scientific tool developed by Google accomplished in just 48 hours what took them nearly a decade to solve and verify.plus-squarewww.techspot.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agoThe lacklustre performance of ChatGPT 4.5 provides further evidence that the era of steady pretraining scaling is over. This has many implications for AI governance.plus-squarewww.tobyord.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe lacklustre performance of ChatGPT 4.5 provides further evidence that the era of steady pretraining scaling is over. This has many implications for AI governance.plus-squarewww.tobyord.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agoChina and the US are taking divergent approaches to commerciazing AIplus-squareaiproem.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChina and the US are taking divergent approaches to commerciazing AIplus-squareaiproem.substack.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 days agoApptronik signs bold deal to let Apollo humanoid robot build humanoidsplus-squareinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkApptronik signs bold deal to let Apollo humanoid robot build humanoidsplus-squareinterestingengineering.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 12 days agoAlibaba's Wan2.1, an open-source suite of powerful video generation models that outperform SOTA open-source & closed models such as Sora on key benchmarks — while generating videos at 2.5x the speed.wanxai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAlibaba's Wan2.1, an open-source suite of powerful video generation models that outperform SOTA open-source & closed models such as Sora on key benchmarks — while generating videos at 2.5x the speed.wanxai.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 12 days agoMIT team takes a major step toward fully 3D-printed active electronicsplus-squarenews.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMIT team takes a major step toward fully 3D-printed active electronicsplus-squarenews.mit.eduLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 13 days agoGibber Link is a language protocol for AI Agents making phone calls to each other.plus-squaredevpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGibber Link is a language protocol for AI Agents making phone calls to each other.plus-squaredevpost.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square0fedilink
Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 14 days agoThis Autonomous Drone Can Track Humans Through Dense Forests at High Speedplus-squaresingularityhub.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThis Autonomous Drone Can Track Humans Through Dense Forests at High Speedplus-squaresingularityhub.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0fedilink
How are we supposed to police this? A vast global Orwellian monitoring system seems even worse.