https://scitechdaily.com/blocking-this-one-protein-restores-aging-brains/
Advancing Technologies
Technology is advancing at an exponential rate often called the "Law of Accelerating Returns." If futurist predictions prove correct, we'll have advanced molecular manufacturing by around 2025, and possibly the replacement of humanity by vastly advanced machines a decade or two later.
This is a chronicle of our journey to that future, one advancing technology article at a time. I post the more significant and interesting articles as I come across them.
Saturday, August 23, 2025
I’ve been using ChatGPT-5 wrong. It’s actually insane (full guide)
These are some very useful tips to make ChatGPT5 much more effective:
Friday, August 22, 2025
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Monday, August 18, 2025
Scientists Uncover Hidden Link Between Cholesterol Flow and Alzheimer’s Disease
Well, at least they know why those with the APOE4 gene likely have a high chance of getting Alzheimer’s.
“We’ve long known that people with the APOE4 variant—especially in the homozygous form—have a much higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s, but until now, the reasons for this weren’t well understood. Our study suggests that one contributing factor may be that neurons, in the presence of this variant, have a harder time absorbing cholesterol delivered through the cerebrospinal fluid.”
Saturday, August 16, 2025
Ozempic Shaves Three Years Off People’s Biological Age in Study
“there’s growing evidence Ozempic’s potential goes further, with studies showing it could help treat cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer’s, and even substance abuse. Most tantalizing, however, is the possibility it could act as a broad anti-aging medication.”
“On average, the team found that those who had been given Ozempic had epigenetic profiles 3.1 years younger than those who had not received the medication. But interestingly, the impact was not spread evenly across the body. The team found the biggest anti-aging effects in the inflammatory system and brain, where the clock had been dialed back by almost five years.”
But recent studies have also shown Ozempic can cause all sorts of health problems, from macular degeneration to hair loss to pancreatitis.
Hmm, nope, not yet.
Saturday, August 9, 2025
Everyone has bad days
Wow, this is some serious self-loathing:
Google's Gemini bot is being awfully hard on itself, spouting self-loathing to users due to a bug. Here's what Gemini has told users, via Business Insider:
It gets even more intense:
A Google executive tweeted in reply to the chatbot's self-flagellation: "This is an annoying infinite looping bug we are working to fix! Gemini is not having that bad of a day : )."
Scientists Discover Alzheimer’s Clues in the Brain Decades Before Symptoms Emerge
I’d like them to hurry up and roll these out:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
AI Just Found the Future of Batteries, And It’s Not Lithium
“Our AI tools dramatically accelerated the discovery process, which uncovered five entirely new porous transition metal oxide structures that show remarkable promise,” said Datta. “These materials have large, open channels ideal for moving these bulky multivalent ions quickly and safely, a critical breakthrough for next-generation batteries.”
https://scitechdaily.com/ai-just-found-the-future-of-batteries-and-its-not-lithium/
Monday, August 4, 2025
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Most and least AI-proof jobs
Looks like Piglit may need to start brushing up on those dredge operator skills…
Microsoft released a study assessing jobs' vulnerability to being replaced by AI based on whether AI is currently being used for that work, how successfully it does so and how much of that occupation's work is accounted for by AI.
Most vulnerable:
- Interpreters and translators (Score: 0.49, Number employed: 51,560)
- Historians (0.48, 3,040)
- Passenger attendants (0.46, 20,190)
- Sales representatives of services (0.46, 1,142,020)
- Writers and authors (0.45, 49,450)
- Customer service representatives (0.44, 2,858,710)
- CNC (computer numerical control) tool programmers: (0.44, 28,030)
- Telephone operators (0.42, 4,600)
- Ticket agents and travel clerks (0.41, 119,270)
- Broadcast announcers and radio DJs (0.41, 25,070)
Least vulnerable:
- Dredge operators (0.00, 940)
- Bridge and lock tenders (0.00, 3,460)
- Water treatment plant and system operators (0.00, 120,710)
- Foundry mold and coremakers (0.00, 11,780)
- Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators (0.00, 18,770)
- Pile driver operators (0.00, 3,010)
- Floor sanders and finishers (0.00, 5,070)
- Orderlies (0.00, 48,710)
- Motorboat operators (0.00, 2,710)
- Logging equipment operators (0.01, 23,720)
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
Friday, July 25, 2025
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Monday, July 21, 2025
Saturday, July 19, 2025
OpenAI Just Won Gold on the 2025 International Math Olympiad — BIGGEST AI NEWS ALL YEAR!
Math is the basis of every science. Solve math and you can accomplish almost anything.
A Realistic Scenario of AI Takeover
This is an interesting perspective. A very plausible benign AI apocalypse that doesn’t even require actual AGI:
Friday, July 18, 2025
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Monday, July 14, 2025
AI may not be nearly as advanced as we think
From the perspective of those who don’t think AI will become conscious anytime soon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtHuXwxBcFA&feature=youtu.be
and
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
How AI Takeover Could Happen In 2 Years: A Scenario
This is the scariest but still plausible future of AI:
Monday, July 7, 2025
China’s Groundbreaking Diabetes Breakthrough—And the Global Backlash
This could be either a technology or political post, but I think the technology part is more important so here you go:
https://engineerine.com/chinas-groundbreaking-diabetes-breakthroug/
Sunday, July 6, 2025
AI helps develop ‘clean magnet’ that could spur green energy production
This is important because China, I think, produces the world majority of rare earth magnets.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-magnet-rare-earth-mineral-clean-energy-b2565041.html
Saturday, July 5, 2025
Friday, July 4, 2025
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Scientists Find an “Off Switch” for Cholesterol – And It Could Save Millions
“By shutting this “off switch,” immune cells called macrophages regain their ability to soak up cholesterol, potentially stopping heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and more before they start. The team also fingered nitric oxide synthase as an accomplice, hinting at a two-pronged drug strategy that could revolutionize treatment for millions.”
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-find-an-off-switch-for-cholesterol-and-it-could-save-millions/
Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors
It uses all the top tier US models as a team of medical experts. This should get released soon!
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-medical-superintelligence-diagnosis/
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Saturday, June 28, 2025
The Dream of an AI Scientist Is Closer Than Ever
More important still, though, is using AI to improve AI, which is already starting to happen.
https://singularityhub.com/2025/06/26/the-dream-of-an-ai-scientist-is-closer-than-ever/
Friday, June 27, 2025
Space Emerges From Time? Groundbreaking Theory Upends Einstein
Fascinating potential rewrite of physics:
https://scitechdaily.com/space-emerges-from-time-groundbreaking-theory-upends-einstein/
Time would be analogous to a spiderweb (“timeweb”). We travel along the strands radiating from the center (the Big Bang). The perpendicular supporting strands are junctures where you can leave your strand and move over to a different strand, thus allowing you to travel into a different future. You could potentially return to your original strand via another perpendicular strand, or travel to a different timeline by taking a different perpendicular strand, but every timeline you traveled to would be the same date (although if the Earth of a different timeline was near a high-mass object, like a neutron star or black hole, relativistic effects could decouple the sync!).
Alas, according to Sabine, it’s all bollocks: https://youtu.be/LWzK6nITCK0?si=FP2JH3ImQOiPR7VZ
This Anti-Aging Drug Rivals Calorie Cutting for Longer Life, Study Finds
But how to get it…and for a reasonable price?
https://scitechdaily.com/this-anti-aging-drug-rivals-calorie-cutting-for-longer-life-study-finds/
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Monday, June 23, 2025
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
World’s First Hybrid Betavoltaic Cell Promises Decades of Power Without Charging
I suspect it’s very low power, though.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Friday, June 13, 2025
What If the Big Bang Wasn’t the Beginning? Research Suggests It May Have Taken Place Inside a Black Hole
A very interesting solution to the origin of our universe:
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Sam Altman's STUNNING Post "We Are Close to Building Superintelligence"
The technological singularity predictions of a few decades ago no longer sound like science fiction, as they are within our grasp right on time:
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Saturday, June 7, 2025
New Material Supercharges Solar Panel Power & Lifespan
“While operating for weeks in the Saudi desert, solar cells with this material adhered to them were 9.4 oC cooler than those without the new material. They also showed an increased power output of more than 12% and an increased lifespan of more than 200% while reducing their cost of generating electricity by nearly 20%.”
https://scitechdaily.com/new-material-supercharges-solar-panel-power-lifespan/
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Monday, June 2, 2025
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Thursday, May 29, 2025
AI 2027: A Realistic Scenario of AI Takeover
Wow. This is the most detailed description of the future of AI that I have yet seen, including both utopian and dystopian possibilities:
Sunday, May 25, 2025
Saturday, May 24, 2025
AI Video Just Went TOO FAR... NIGHTMARE FUEL (VEO 3)
Truly life-like AI video with audio narration and other sounds all generated with simple prompts is here:
https://youtu.be/caXrIUtl2s0?si=U7yjHidccPXXlwxZ
Truly amazing.
Although I have noticed a slight tell: over-articulation of the mouth.
Friday, May 23, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Saturday, May 17, 2025
Google’s AlphaEvolve is absolutely SAVAGE
This is a really good description of how evolutionary principles are being used to create scientific and technological breakthroughs and allow AI to self improve.
Who would have thought my evolution degree would be more useful in creating the technological singularity than a programming degree? ;-)
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Alzheimer’s Risk May Begin Before 30, New Study Warns
“Additionally, we learned that certain Alzheimer’s risk factors—such as cardiovascular health, ATN (amyloid, tau, neurodegeneration), and immune biomarkers—are present and related to cognition in individuals in their forties and even earlier.”
So where do we get these tests?
https://scitechdaily.com/alzheimers-risk-may-begin-before-30-new-study-warns/
Scientists Discover Hidden Cause of Alzheimer’s Hiding in Plain Sight
"Researchers found the PHGDH gene directly causes Alzheimer’s and discovered a drug-like molecule, NCT-503, that may help treat the disease early by targeting the gene’s hidden function."
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-hidden-cause-of-alzheimers-hiding-in-plain-sight/
Blocking This One Protein Restores Aging Brains
https://scitechdaily.com/blocking-this-one-protein-restores-aging-brains/
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Terminator, here we come: https://www.techspot.com/news/102769-darpa-unleashes-20-foot-autonomous-robo-tank-glowing.html
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