Special Report
Read Special Report “Rise of the Machines: How, When and Consequences of
Artificial General Intelligence” by Lifeboat Foundation Advisory Board
member Richard J. Terrile at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/rise.of.the.machines.
Technology and society are poised to cross an important threshold with
the prediction that artificial general intelligence (AGI) will emerge
soon. Assuming that self-awareness is an emergent behavior of
sufficiently complex cognitive architectures, we may witness the
“awakening” of machines. The timeframe for this kind of breakthrough,
however, depends on the path to creating the network and computational
architecture required for strong AI.
If understanding and replication of the mammalian brain architecture is
required, technology is probably still at least a decade or two removed
from the resolution required to learn brain functionality at the synapse
level. However, if statistical or evolutionary approaches are the design
path taken to “discover” a neural architecture for AGI, timescales for
reaching this threshold could be surprisingly short.
Mark Sagar
Double Academy Award winner Mark Sagar joins our Media & Arts Board. Mark was involved with the creation of technology for the digital
characters in blockbusters such as Avatar, King Kong, and Spider-Man 2.
Learn more at https://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.mark.sagar.
Mask Competition
Enter The SRF Design-a-Mask Competition!
We’re inviting all our supporters to submit designs for an official SRF
mask. As well as being worn by SRF staff, these masks will be available
in limited supply to anyone who’d like to support ending age-related
disease and disability.
Learn more at https://www.sens.org/mask-competition.
Blog
Greg Allison joins our blog team with the post “Life On Venus — How
Could It Have Gotten There?” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/life-...en-there
Eamon Everall joins our blog team with the post “NASA gearing up for
epic asteroid-sampling maneuver next month” at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/nasa-...xt-month
Kelly Idehen joins our blog team with the post “The Road to Human 2.0”
at https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/10/the-r...uman-2-0
Recent interesting blog posts include:
“The Air Force has already built and flown a prototype of its first new
fighter jet in two decades” by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/the-a...-decades
“A multibillion-dollar shopping obsession goes mainstream in China” by
Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/a-mul...in-china
“Anti-Time: A Twin of Time?” by Alex Vikoulov at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/anti-...-of-time
“Apple 2020 Event Highlights” by Shailesh Prasad at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/apple...ghlights
“The Army wants to build a brand new exoskeleton to help soldiers ruck
faster and harder” by Quinn Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/the-a...d-harder
“Artificial Intelligence Has Become A Tool For Classifying And Ranking
People” by Neurozo Huang at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/artif...g-people
“A Step Toward Sustainable Lunar Exploration This Week @NASA” by Alberto
Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/a-ste...eek-nasa
“Astronomers Measure a 1-billion Tesla Magnetic Field on the Surface of
a Neutron Star” by Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/astro...ron-star
“A ‘Supercomputer’ is Deciding the Politics of Australians” by Chuck
Black at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/a-sup...tralians
“Aubrey de Grey’s Prediction for 2020” by Montie Adkins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/aubre...for-2020
“Away | Netflix” by Alberto Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/away-netflix
“Big Questions: The Multiverse, Cosmological Neural Networks and ‘Space
Noodles’” by Ira S. Pastor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/big-q...-noodles
“Boxer George ‘Monk’ Foreman III talks of Compassion and Everybody
Fights!” by Ira S. Pastor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/boxer...y-fights
“The brain-computer interface is coming, and we are so not ready for it”
by Nicholi Avery at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/the-b...y-for-it
“The brain’s memory abilities inspire AI experts in making neural
networks less ‘forgetful’” by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/the-b...orgetful
“Can Life Outlive Its Host Star? NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Find Out” by
Bruce Dorminey at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/can-l...find-out
“Common drugs linked to increased risk of Alzheimer’s” by Genevieve
Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/commo...zheimers
“Engineering Living Organisms Could Be the World’s Biggest Industry” by
Lola Heavey at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/engin...industry
“Guy Designs Off-Road Wheelchair For His Wife So She Can Go On
Adventures” by Muhammad Furqan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/guy-d...ventures
“Is Aging a Disease You Can Reverse? A Look at the Science Behind the
Longevity Movement” by John Davies at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/is-ag...movement
“Man behind wheel of self-driving Uber car charged with negligent
homicide for running over woman” by Roger Dufur at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/man-b...er-woman
“Moderna Shares the Blueprint for Its Coronavirus Vaccine Trial” by
Omuterema Akhahenda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/moder...ne-trial
“Moving Galaxies — How The Universe Works” by Alberto Lao at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/movin...se-works
“NASA publishes Moon landing plan for 2024” by Future Timeline at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/nasa-...for-2024
“New data processing module makes deep neural networks smarter” by Saúl
Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/new-d...-smarter
“New drug highly effective against SARS-CoV-2” by Future Timeline at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/new-d...rs-cov-2
“Online learning cannot just be for those who can afford its technology”
by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/onlin...chnology
“Proofs of life on Venus can be obtained only through contact
explorations” by Malak Trabelsi Loeb at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/proof...orations
“Remote-control VR robots to start working in Japanese convenience
stores this summer” by Eric Hunting at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/remot...s-summer
“Removal of a gene could render lethal poxviruses harmless” by Saúl
Morales Rodriguéz at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/remov...harmless
“Report: Fewer Americans want to work from home” by Neurozo Huang at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/repor...rom-home
“Rocket Lab’s plan to search for life on Venus in 2023 just got more
exciting” by Malak Trabelsi Loeb at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/rocke...exciting
“ROCKUBOT bacteria-killing robot” by Heather Blevins at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/rocku...ng-robot
“Scientists Advance on One of Technology’s Holy Grails” by Derick Lee at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/scien...y-grails
“Scientists just discovered an ‘impossible planet’ orbiting too close to
its parent star” by Genevieve Klien at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/scien...ent-star
“The Sun enters a new cycle and will reach a peak in 2025” by Malak
Trabelsi Loeb at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/the-s...-in-2025
“Targeting the Mechanisms of Aging Across Species” by Ira S. Pastor at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/targe...-species
“Tesla’s Future Battery Might Use Diamonds, Could Transform The
Industry” by Omuterema Akhahenda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/tesla...industry
“This artificial spiderweb mimics the elasticity” by Muhammad Furqan at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/this-...asticity
“The UNDERWATER drone: $765 gadget can submerge, float and fly” by Quinn
Sena at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/the-u...-and-fly
“Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention”
by Omuterema Akhahenda at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/venti...evention
“Wall-mounted technology detects COVID-19 in the air” by Future Timeline
at
https://lifeboat.com/blog/2020/09/wall-...-the-air
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