Nice:
https://scitechdaily.com/new-light-based-chip-supercharges-ai-efficiency-by-up-to-100x/
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.
Specifically with lymphoma. Well that sucks, since I’ve had two different forms and I still live with one. So why do I have a biological age a third of my chronological age?
https://scitechdaily.com/cancer-found-to-trigger-premature-aging-in-the-body/
These are some very useful tips to make ChatGPT5 much more effective:
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.”
“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.
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 : )."
I’d like them to hurry up and roll these out:
“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/
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:
Least vulnerable:
Math is the basis of every science. Solve math and you can accomplish almost anything.
This is an interesting perspective. A very plausible benign AI apocalypse that doesn’t even require actual AGI:
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
This is the scariest but still plausible future of AI:
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/
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
“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/
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/
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/
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
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/
I suspect it’s very low power, though.
A very interesting solution to the origin of our universe:
The technological singularity predictions of a few decades ago no longer sound like science fiction, as they are within our grasp right on time:
“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/
Wow. This is the most detailed description of the future of AI that I have yet seen, including both utopian and dystopian possibilities:
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.
Nice: https://scitechdaily.com/new-light-based-chip-supercharges-ai-efficiency-by-up-to-100x/