Quite an experience to live in fear, isn’t it?
- Google says its AI chatbot system LaMDA is not sentient. But how do they know?
- Is ET a robot? Astronomer Royal says alien civilizations may have already transitioned from ‘flesh and blood’ to machines – and humans will eventually do the same.
- Related: Why extraterrestrial intelligence is more likely to be artificial than biological.
- Without a good definition of life, how do we look for it on alien planets?
- When will I be able to upload my brain to a computer?
- Galactus, is that you? Fastest-growing black hole ever seen is devouring the equivalent of 1 Earth per second.
- Can we time travel? A theoretical physicist provides some answers.
- Could a multiverse actually exist?
- Related: Parallel worlds, parallel lives.
- Google allegedly infiltrated by a ‘cult-like religious sect’ who hired as many fellow members as possible.
- Ivermectin probably doesn’t work as a treatment for COVID-19.
- The Turkish hilltop where civilization began.
- NASA says the Voyager probes are powering down.
Quote of the Day:
Any AI smart enough to pass a Turing test is smart enough to know to fail it.
Ian McDonald