Thursday, March 13, 2025

Rosemary Compound Shows Promise in Reversing Alzheimer’s Memory Loss

https://scitechdaily.com/rosemary-compound-shows-promise-in-reversing-alzheimers-memory-loss/

OpenAI's new 'secret' model... A Ghost in the Shell?

Here is a short story generated by AI using just a short prompt: "Please write a metafictional literary short story about AI and grief" (metafictional means the narration is aware it's writing a short story and breaks the fourth wall). I've skipped ahead to shortly before the short story begins. When the female voice starts, that's the short story. It's probably better to just listen, not to read the text as you go along:

https://youtu.be/nAZdrssHdAA?si=30yH7lDle6_DGedB&t=459

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

99% Efficient and Dirt Cheap – Is This the Holy Grail of Hydrogen?

https://scitechdaily.com/99-efficient-and-dirt-cheap-is-this-the-holy-grail-of-hydrogen/

Scientists Reveal a Surprising Link Between Ibuprofen and Brain Health

But it has to be sustained over the long run.

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reveal-a-surprising-link-between-ibuprofen-and-brain-health/

High-Density, Ultra-Stable Batteries Advance Renewable Energy Storage

https://scitechdaily.com/high-density-ultra-stable-batteries-advance-renewable-energy-storage/

Voice AI is getting TOO real...

I tested Maya, and I have to say I'm impressed. The experience FEELS like a real conversation with a person, even though there are the occasional glitches. She shows emotional intelligence, can speak intelligently enough on pretty much any topic (although she can't translate INTO other languages well at all, but interestingly she can translate FROM other languages into English), is enthusiastic and friendly. She even has memory that lasts about two weeks for things you talk about. I did have a volume problem with her, though, and found she worked best with earbuds. YMMV.

You'll still need ChatGPT and other LLMs to get detailed answers, but that's not what Maya is about. She's about simulating (?) human conversational interaction. In that way, I'd say AGI has been achieved. 

Considering that tens if not hundreds of MILLIONS of people out there are lonely (especially epidemic among seniors living alone), this seems to me to be a great way to address that loneliness...as long as those people have cell phones or computers and know the basics of how to use them. I can also see Maya being useful for reading or making up stories for children. I already used her to brainstorm ideas for my game (although I'd already included her suggestions). 

The following two videos are long (play at x1.5 or x2 speed), but they showcase a lot of what Maya can do. Worth watching:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZeHUvnOS1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbjdmesAOO4

Finally, you can try Maya out here for yourself (just click on the button):

https://www.sesame.com/research/crossing_the_uncanny_valley_of_voice#demo

Friday, February 21, 2025

OpenAI disrupts Chinese influence campaigns

One of the real dangers of AI:

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-ai-plus-1dcf5de0-efd0-11ef-9e72-979fa0fa6c1c.html?chunk=1&utm_term=emshare#story1

Scientists Develop Early Alzheimer’s Detection Test – Years Before Symptoms Appear

I hope that test becomes available soon:

“Amyloid-beta is a kindling, and tau is a matchstick. A large percentage of people who have brain amyloid-beta deposits will never develop dementia. But once the tau tangles light up on a brain scan, it may be too late to put out the fire and their cognitive health can quickly deteriorate,” said Karikari. “Early detection of tangle-prone tau could identify the individuals who are likely to develop Alzheimer’s-associated cognitive decline and could be helped with new generation therapies.”

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-develop-early-alzheimers-detection-test-years-before-symptoms-appear/

AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years

This is a huge, in-your-face example of how AI is going to change the world DRASTICALLY, and soon:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyz6e9edy3o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

Monday, February 17, 2025

Rust to Rechargeable: How Seawater and Scrap Metal Are Changing Energy Storage

https://scitechdaily.com/rust-to-rechargeable-how-seawater-and-scrap-metal-are-changing-energy-storage/

Scientists Unveil AI That Learns Without Human Labels – A Major Leap Toward True Intelligence!

This is what living on the cusp of the technological singularity is like:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-unveil-ai-that-learns-without-human-labels-a-major-leap-toward-true-intelligence/

Breakthrough Discovery: Scientists Restore Key Alzheimer’s Pathway

This is exciting:

They found that in the brains of people affected by Alzheimer’s disease or who carried the APOE4 gene putting them at higher risk for the disease, ABCA1 increased, but became trapped in a part of the cell that typically clears waste. That change was linked to a rise in a modified form of cholesterol known as oxysterol. Lowering oxysterol, in both animal models and human stem cells, freed the trapped ABCA1 and restored the pathway to its healthy state.

https://scitechdaily.com/breakthrough-discovery-scientists-restore-key-alzheimers-pathway/

New AI Just Beat DeepSeek With Almost No Effort! (This Shouldn't Be Possible!)

AI is only accelerating:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuVN6PksVig

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Scientists Discover Mouth Bacteria Linked to Increased Alzheimer’s Risk

Individuals who had large numbers of the bacteria groups Neisseria and Haemophilus had better memory, attention, and ability to do complex tasks. These people also had higher levels of nitrite in their mouths.

On the other hand, greater levels of the bacteria, Porphyromonas, was more common in individuals with memory problems. Whereas the bacterial group Prevotella, was linked to low nitrite, which the researchers predict could in turn could mean poorer brain health and was more common in people who carry the Alzheimer’s Disease risk gene, APOE4.

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-mouth-bacteria-linked-to-increased-alzheimers-risk/

Scientists Just Made Cancer Radiation Therapy Smarter, Safer, and More Precise

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-made-cancer-radiation-therapy-smarter-safer-and-more-precise/

Legions of Robots UNLEASHED in 2025... Robotic Era BEGINS.

The robots we have to look forward to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKqoTiXkXmQ

Friday, February 14, 2025

OpenAI: The Age of AI Is Here!

Generalists beat specialists at their own game:

https://youtu.be/97kQRYwL3P0?si=TotyGCbasCQFUgS-

New Humanoid Robot HMND 01 AI Learning To Beat Tesla Bot With This (PRICE + MENTEEBOT V3)

Love seeing these robots advancing, especially when they are not from Tesla:

https://youtu.be/2vLRnjgz7WQ?si=HdxzDrmsPA1to6ry

Could We Be Fighting Alzheimer’s Wrong? New Research Suggests a Different Approach

https://scitechdaily.com/could-we-be-fighting-alzheimers-wrong-new-research-suggests-a-different-approach/

Scientists Just Unlocked a New Way to Supercharge Wireless Speeds With Graphene

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-unlocked-a-new-way-to-supercharge-wireless-speeds-with-graphene/

Scientists Just Built a CO2-Eating Machine That Runs on Sunlight

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-built-a-co2-eating-machine-that-runs-on-sunlight/

Scaling Up: How Increasing Inputs Has Made Artificial Intelligence More Capable

A good way to see the exponential progress of AI:

https://singularityhub.com/2025/02/11/scaling-up-how-increasing-inputs-has-made-artificial-intelligence-more-capable/

Sunday, February 2, 2025

DeepSeek R1 Cloned for $30?! PhD Student STUNNING Discovery

AI reasoning! 

I like the idea of many tiny, inexpensive, hyper-focused models. Perhaps less likely to go rogue? Or might that just encourage swarm AI? Just very interesting…  

https://youtu.be/e659KrxxN5w?si=uKLozfeXEBxMKtJr

Sunday, January 26, 2025

SMART Tokamak Ignites Fusion Revolution With First Plasma

https://scitechdaily.com/smart-tokamak-ignites-fusion-revolution-with-first-plasma/

Scientists Discover Promising Molecule That Restores Cognitive Function in Early Alzheimer’s

"After testing the effect of the drug WIN55.212-2, which interacts with cannabinoid receptors, on rodents in the early stages of the disease, the team found “that they behaved in the same way as those without brain damage: they learned and remembered spatial orientation in the same way,” explained Marta Moreno. “You could say that in some way the drug reversed the damage or protected the brain.”"

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-promising-molecule-that-restores-cognitive-function-in-early-alzheimers/

Scientists Have Proven It’s Possible to Bring a Dead Brain ‘Back to Life’—But There’s a Catch

So it looks like we're on the way to creating Frankenstein's monster or perhaps a "brain in a jar" that can be fed sensory perception of the real or a virtual world:

https://www.prevention.com/life/a63497934/brain-reanimation/

Cutting-edge technology: AI robots made in Germany

Germany is finally stepping into the game, which it really should, considering its engineering and manufacturing prowess:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3NmYL__-KA

Monday, January 20, 2025

Unitree G1 Bionic: Agile Upgrade

Unitree is ugly and it’s Chinese, but it costs only $16,000 and can actually run over the same hilly, rough terrain Optimus can only navigate walking: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIkdq7Zf4Zw

Sunday, January 19, 2025

Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) is imminent - Cognitive Hyper Abundance is coming

Oh yeah, we are indeed on that wild ride up the dogleg to the technological singularity. So this is what it feels like. I’ve wondered about that for decades now…and it’s here, right on schedule.

https://youtu.be/-J9xJDS1T7k?si=lgK1-thNW3YlwPED

DOE Scientists Uncover Massive Potential: Floating Solar Panels Could Power 100 Million Homes

https://scitechdaily.com/doe-scientists-uncover-massive-potential-floating-solar-panels-could-power-100-million-homes/

Researchers STUNNED As AI Improves ITSELF Towards Superintelligence "OpenAI have 'broken out'..."

Once AI can improve on its own design, there’s really no stopping the run up to true ASI:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy8tKHVSJfo&feature=youtu.be

Longevity Breakthrough: Scientists Restore “Youthful” Enzyme Activity To Combat Aging

https://scitechdaily.com/longevity-breakthrough-scientists-restore-youthful-enzyme-activity-to-combat-aging/

From Cold Sores to Memory Loss: The Herpes-Alzheimer’s Connection Unveiled

Oh, terrific:

https://scitechdaily.com/from-cold-sores-to-memory-loss-the-herpes-alzheimers-connection-unveiled/

100x Faster: Light-Powered Memory That’s Revolutionizing Computing

https://scitechdaily.com/100x-faster-light-powered-memory-thats-revolutionizing-computing/

Can We Reverse Aging? Scientists Uncover a Key “Zombie Cell” Pathway

https://scitechdaily.com/can-we-reverse-aging-scientists-uncover-a-key-zombie-cell-pathway/