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Babies learn much language in the first six months post-birth
Robert J. Marks to speak at the University of North Texas Feb 10
DeepSeek unapologetically offers political censorship
Philosopher: Should we just accept a lifeless cosmos?
Chatbot is asked to estimate the probability of human evolution…
The periodic table as a product of laws of the universe
Wild baboons flunk the mirror self-awareness test
White House briefing room catches up with the 21st century
At LinkedIn, Covid myths still rule. Here’s a post they removed
At Nature: Genetic profiling firm 23andMe nearing extinction?
Is DeepSeek r1 really an AI apocalypse?
Marc Andreessen on how Silicon Valley culture is changing
Research: Academic fraud is made easier by chatbots
Yes, AI can generate science too! Too often, it’s junk science
Where machine intelligence fails — ask a programmer
Erik J. Larson warned yesterday in Metro Silicon Valley that we shouldn’t overestimate what machine intelligence can do: Human intelligence emerges because we are deeply embedded in our environments—a constant feedback loop of interaction that gives us a perpetual advantage. The machine model, no matter how well-trained, doesn’t operate within this dynamic system. It not only isn’t learning in real-time, Read More ›
Will a White House press shakeup change how news is delivered?
In December, we asked, “Can the White House ‘Mean Girl’” media be reformed?” We were looking at at journalist Mike Cernovich’s comments on the way that the White House press corps controls national political news in the United States: The White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) has the power to control seat assignments and credentialing. When you walk inside the briefing Read More ›
Dramatic use of AI to unlock ancient scrolls
Just Stop Oil vandalizes Darwin’s grave at Westminster Abbey
Why do so many organic chemicals exist in the absence of life?
Science writer Elise Cutts tells us at Quanta that life’s raw materials abound in the universe: How simple chemistry led to complex living organisms stands among the great unsolved mysteries of science. The recent studies of asteroid and comet material add to the evidence that the first steps of the assembly process happen in space — and happen very readily. Read More ›