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If you're new here, you may want to first register and subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Ice as 3D-printing material NASA recently picked this 3-D printed igloo as winner of their 3D printed habitat contest. We previously discussed (in our earlier blog article here) how 3D printing and 3D printers would be very important in Mars exploration (see our earlier Mars photo overload post here). A 3D printer is a miniature factory, and potentially a self-replicating one at that (provided you can find the raw materials). So you can send one 3D printer over and bootstrap the entire Martian manufacturing complex. Ice is present on Mars, and in most places the temperatures are cold enough to remain in the ice phase permanently, so it makes sense as a 3D printed material. Unfortunately, 3D-printers aren’t quite self-replicating yet, although they are getting close. So, in practice, you’d still need to send over a few parts, particularly some electronics components.… Read the restEncore glitch art of our previous ai motion blur
This is an encore glitch art of our previous motion blur we used to introduce our earlier article (with video) on motion and intelligence (here). Our previous post was the feature photo on our blog article discussion the link between intelligence and motion (or movement). The original blog article includes a Ted talk (here), and was the first in a series of follow-ups to our earlier viral hit on the super intelligence (here). This is an encore glitched poppet version (click for gallery). Post and some comments below may be synced from our original Instagram version. Instagram likes: (more…)… Read the restSignal processing, motion, and artificial intelligence: Ted Talk
Intelligence, signal processing, and motion Intelligence, as it evolved in the natural world, is closely connected to motion. As at least one neuroscientist has noted that no motion means no need for a brain. We generalize a neuroscience Ted Talk linking brains to muscles to argue that intelligence is best considered a form of signal processing in a very noisy environment. This is very different from the traditional symbolic paradigm of artificial intelligence, which is not at all suited for signal processing. We had a tremendous reader response (mostly on various different social media sites) in response to our superintelligence article. We have a lot of ground to cover to respond to all the comments. We have to explain why any of a number of paradigms place limits on any computing system (including a superintelligent one). We need to talk about why intelligence likely scales with non-linear diminishing returns with effort (and why that may make superintelligence difficult).… Read the restencore layout collage glitch of yesterday’s spear photo.
No, the natives aren’t restless. We’re not under attack by Amazonians (tribes or otherwise). This is an encore collage of 3 different glitches versions of yesterday’s spear photo. Is a continuation of our earlier blog article on the origin of the Human genus in the “competent manufacture of sharp edges” as some scientists now believe. See yesterday’s article on the prehistoric “superweapon” spear (here). Also check out our hit blog article on the super intelligence (here)) to find out how this spear from our past relates to data and our future. Post and some comments below may be synced from our original Instagram version. Instagram likes: (more…)… Read the restSpear: the earliest “superweapon” from the wood age
This is a photo of a spear (from Mesa Verde National Park). New research suggests is the earliest “superweapon” that the ancestors of humans developed (and probably drove evolution not just of our species but the whole genus.) The is is actually a rather advanced-looking model of a spear as it already attaches stone (so Stone Age). It is know that the ancestors of humans (preceeding our species) already using spears 400,000 to 500,000 years ago. Apparently there was a “wood age” that preceded the stone age (Wikipedia) by millions of years, but hasn’t survived much in the archaeological record. However, the latest evidence from just this year shows chimps already use spears in difficult circumstance (or rather sharped or broken sticks as spears, nothing as advanced here). This suggests the ancestors of humans used them 5-7 million years ago (and that early “superweapon” and need to make competent spears probably drove the evolution of our whole genus.… Read the restRecent Comments
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