How the first chatbot predicted the dangers of AI more than 50 years ago

From ELIZA onwards, humans love their digital reflections. In 1966, MIT computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum released ELIZA (named after the fictional Eliza Doolittle from George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion), the first program that allowed some kind of plausible conversation between humans and machines. The process was simple: Modeled after the Rogerian style of psychotherapy,…

What if The Universe Started With a Dark Big Bang? : ScienceAlert

The Big Bang may have not been alone.
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The Big Bang may have not been alone.

The appearance of all the particles and radiation in the universe may have been joined by another Big Bang that flooded our universe with dark matter particles. And we may be able to detect it. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQRIxAEBlts[/embed] Source: What if The Universe Started With a Dark Big Bang? : ScienceAlert

12ft | It’s time to take back control of what we read on the internet – The Atlantic

Introducing a quarter-century-old technology as if it were novel might seem a little strange. But despite the syndication format’s cult following, most internet users have never heard of it. That’s unfortunate, because RSS provides everyday internet users with an easy way to organize all of their online-content consumption—news media, blogs, YouTube channels, even search results…

Kenyan innovators turn e-waste to bio-robotic prosthetic

Kenyan innovators turn e-waste to bio-robotic prosthetic
Kenyan innovators turn e-waste to bio-robotic prosthetic by Mary KULUNDU (Medical Xpress)

Twoportraits of Albert Einstein hang on the walls of a makeshift laboratory on Nairobi’s outskirts, inspiring a pair of self-taught Kenyan innovators who have built a bio-robotic prosthetic arm out of electronic scrap.

Two portraits of Albert Einstein hang on the walls of a makeshift laboratory on Nairobi’s outskirts, inspiring a pair of self-taught Kenyan innovators who have built a bio-robotic prosthetic arm out of electronic scrap.Cousins Moses Kiuna, 29, and David Gathu, 30, created their first prosthetic arm in 2012, after their neighbor lost a limb in…

Tesla eerily silent as federal investigators blame “FSD” in deadly firetruck crash | Boing Boing

Tesla eerily silent as federal investigators blame "FSD" in deadly firetruck crash
Tesla eerily silent as federal investigators blame “FSD” in deadly firetruck crash (BoingBoing)

While investigators for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration merely “suspect” the Tesla that crashed into a firetruck was in self-driving mode, Tesla’s silence seems to confirm it. Typically Tesla’s CEO and hypeman Musk is quick to blame the drivers of cars after violent collisions.
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While investigators for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration merely “suspect” the Tesla that crashed into a firetruck was in self-driving mode, Tesla’s silence seems to confirm it. Typically Tesla’s CEO and hypeman Musk is quick to blame the drivers of cars after violent collisions. Source: Tesla eerily silent as federal investigators blame “FSD” in…