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What No One Is Thinking: AGI Will Take Everyone By Surprise

We’re constantly thinking about what AGI will look like … But no one is thinking about whether we’ll be able to even realize it when…

Human extinction or Posthuman evolution?

We are the only species which is consciously capable of minimizing the risk of its extinction and control its own evolution in a desired direction.

How technology can combat the rising tide of fake science

Science gets a lot of respect these days. Unfortunately, it’s also getting a lot of competition from misinformation.

GPT-3 Scared You? Meet Wu Dao 2.0: A Monster of 1.75 Trillion Parameters

Wu Dao 2.0 is the largest neural network ever created and probably the most powerful. Its potential and limits are yet to be fully disclosed.

Why We Need Mathematics to Understand the Brain

We will never be able to understand how the brain works without the use of mathematics and related applied fields of physics and engineering.

How Machine Learning Will Enable Technologies That Anticipate What The Brain Thinks

With the integration of machine learning, BMIs may one day be able to anticipate the contextual needs of situations a patient finds themselves in.

Scientists Combine Brain Magnetic Fields, Eye-Tracking to Control Computers

Researchers are developing a unique gaze-based system to control a computer with “the power of thought”.

Microsoft wins $21 billion Army contract for augmented reality headsets

Microsoft is to sell augmented reality headsets to the US army in a deal worth up to $21.9bn over 10 years.

Top Space Force scientist says Pentagon must adopt ‘human augmentation’ tech

Dr. Joel Mozer, chief scientist for the Space Force, has said “superhuman” technologies are on the horizon.

Scientists connect human brain to computer wirelessly for the first time

BrainGate researchers have demonstrated human use of a wireless transmitter capable of delivering high-bandwidth neural signals.

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