Gerard Escher

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

@neiltyson It's astonishing how few people understand this.
They see some cool product innovation and think the underlying technology just appeared out of thin air.
They don't realize how it's built on academic research from 10, 20, or 30 years prior, most often funded by government grants

[Ancient Origins @ancientorigins]

Over 2,000 years prior to the #French Revolution's Rights of Man, an Ancient Near #Eastern ruler proclaimed human rights in what's now called the Cyrus #Cylinder.
https://t.co/ZbXGtUsUXi

[Gerard Escher @gescher]

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[Open Quantum Institute (OQI) @OQI_at_CERN]

The operational launch ceremony of the #OpenQuantumInstitute is full speed ahead! Hosted by @CERN, born @GESDAglobal, supported by @UBS, the #OQI enters its new, 3-year pilot phase to help unleash the full power of #quantumcomputing for the benefit of all: https://t.co/CEZ5D6YPGL

[Gerard Escher @gescher]

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[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

The UAE Minister of AI @OmarSAlolama points to a historical precedent of premature technology regulation motivated by fear: the ban of the printing press in 1515 by Sultan Selim I led to the decline of the Ottoman Empire.

“We overregulated a technology, which was the printing press. It was adopted everywhere on Earth. The Middle East banned it for 200 years. The calligraphers came to the sultan and said: ‘We’re going to lose our jobs, do something to protect us’—so, job loss protection, very similar to AI. The religious scholars said people are going to print fake versions of the Quran and corrupt society—misinformation, second reason. It was fear of the unknown that led to this fateful decision."

https://t.co/CJQd6rMz5D

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[Brian D. McCabe @briandmccabe]

Amazing that 3 of the top 10 ranked synthetic biology #synbio teams (out of 356) at the international #iGEM2022 competition are from universities in #Switzerland - @EPFL_en, @unil & @UZH_en.

[Gerard Escher @gescher]

@pdfmakerapp grab https://t.co/ZP9CXAuECA

[Terre à Terre @TerreTerre13]

Mini-thread - La lutte biologique : Un risque pour l’environnement ?

Si vous habitez à la campagne, vous connaissez sûrement cette jolie coccinelle aux motifs variés…
Coccinelle qui, à la base, n’avait rien à faire chez nous.

[Astropierre @astropierre]

Voici un organoïde, amas de cellules en développement issu de cellules souches.
Ici, des cellules lacrymales qui reproduisent la structure des glandes du même nom, avec des canaux etc.

[Gerard Escher @gescher]

This 40-second solar eclipse seen from the surface of Mars is sublime https://t.co/ajcludKusW