1/9 A hiker trekking through the Italian Alps. He is looking for deer through his camera lens when he spots something unsettling: rhythmic pockmarks on a massive vertical wall 2,800m high. It looks like a giant used the cliff as a dartboard. https://t.co/4S8ghmQMe6
Sir Demis Hassabis is the most dangerous CEO alive:
• Chess prodigy at age 4
• Knighted in 2023 for services to AI
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024
He now leads Google's DeepMind AI
His vision of the next 10 years will terrify you 🧵
On a very related note, here’s the backstory of the making of the Dorito’s…literally engineered to perfection to be an addictive snack: https://t.co/4PSdN5pTSc
Earlier this year, I read a really thought-provoking piece from writer @erikphoel about how #AI content is destroying the #internet. This post is a portion of my take on a subtopic that he covered within his article.
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https://t.co/LcM1OVaRWu
1. Honest title of every transcription talk:
“everything we previously told you about transcription was wrong, again”
Honest title of every cell division talk:
“here are 3 more proteins that are apparently absolutely essential for cell division but no one worked on previously”
Opinion: Biological #Physics is coming of age! Once an awkward confrontation between disciplines, now #BiologicalPhysics is showing that life is not just a mess: https://t.co/SQ1ptKpHlT. #APSnews
In September 2022, @AccelerateSci@ml4science and @datascience_uw, convened 30 researchers from across disciplines at a @dagstuhl workshop on ‘Machine learning for science: bridging data-driven and mechanistic modelling’. The result: a beautiful roadmap https://t.co/pJvzYRId3p
"We evolved to be physically active. But most of us avoid physical activity."
The Active Grandparents Hypothesis
Daniel Lieberman, @Harvard
SFI Colloquium, streaming now:
https://t.co/fDcqaYNuZ6