https://scitechdaily.com/can-we-reverse-aging-scientists-uncover-a-key-zombie-cell-pathway/
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.
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Friday, March 14, 2025
Google Just Unveiled Gemini Robotics and It's Whole New Level of AI Robot Intelligence!
I will be quite surprised if we don’t have functioning generalized home robots available by the end of the year:
Thursday, March 13, 2025
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:
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025
LLM generates the ENTIRE output at once (world's first diffusion LLM)
LLMs can now more quickly generate text through diffusion, just like pictures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1rD3NhlIcE&feature=youtu.be
Thursday, March 6, 2025
The Secret to Human Intelligence? Scientists Uncover DNA That Supercharged Our Brains
So not only is Terminator coming true, but apparently Planet of the Apes is too….
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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/
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
Monday, March 3, 2025
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Friday, February 28, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Scientists Just Created Shape-Shifting Robots That Flow Like Liquid and Harden Like Steel
Liquid metal guy from Terminator 2?
Monday, February 24, 2025
This AI deepfake tool is WAY too real. Full body animation
With perfect video like this generated from only a photo, we must be less than a year from full length movies that rival anything out of Hollywood. Amazing. Quick Silver and Soulburner will be coming to you soon!
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Watch robots build houses at incredible speed. 3D printing meets AI.
3D printed houses do the work of several days in just one hour, and for hundreds of dollars instead of tens of thousands:
Saturday, February 22, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
Scientists Develop Early Alzheimer’s Detection Test – Years Before Symptoms Appear
“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.”
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:
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Monday, February 17, 2025
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:
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/
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/
Saturday, February 15, 2025
9 Things That AI and Robotics Will Destroy Forever! Office jobs, doctors, and more! GONE!
Shapiro’s predictions on the jobs and other common things today that will disappear in 5-20 years:
Friday, February 14, 2025
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:
Scaling Up: How Increasing Inputs Has Made Artificial Intelligence More Capable
A good way to see the exponential progress of AI:
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Scientists Found a Brain Switch That Could Turn Anxiety On and Off
Hopefully there’s a suitable supplement for that soon:
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-found-a-brain-switch-that-could-turn-anxiety-on-and-off/
Monday, February 10, 2025
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Fast Takeoff is HERE! - 11 Exponential Graphs that Prove It!
Ray Kurzweil’s 2003 book “The Singularity is Near” had numerous charts showing how the run-up to the technological singularity would result in off-the-charts exponential growth over a few short years in the mid-2020s. Well, we’re here…and that’s exactly what we’re seeing! Here are today’s charts, and they look little different:
Saturday, February 8, 2025
Figure 02 Claims MONUMENTAL Breakthrough! | OpenAi is OUT!
I’m really glad Tesla isn’t the only one in the robot game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13NWvS_uz9I&feature=youtu.be
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Monday, February 3, 2025
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…
Thursday, January 30, 2025
Transforming Longevity Research: AI Paves the Way for Personalized Anti-Aging Treatments
This is one of the big hopes for AI:
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Sunday, January 26, 2025
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.”"
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:
Saturday, January 25, 2025
I BOUGHT THE HUMANOID ROBOT OF THE FUTURE (It's scary)
Some dude bought one of the first commercially available humanoid robots. It’s just a taste of what is to come:
Friday, January 24, 2025
Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot Tech SHOCKS AI World, Training 1,000 New Robots By 2027
They’ll be here soon, and they’re advancing fast:
What Everyone Gets Wrong about AI
Sabine usually has interesting insights. She’s probably right about this being a race between billionaires, not countries:
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Donut Labs' game changing Electric Motors will Revolutionize the EV Industry
I love that this could convert any regular ICE vehicle into an EV:
China’s “Artificial Sun” Shatters Fusion Record With Over 17 Minutes of Plasma
Fusion power keeps inching closer. But I’d rather it be almost anyone but China:
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
AI Breakthrough in Nanotechnology Shatters Limits of Precision
And this was also predicted decades ago to occur around now, with either AI facilitating nanotechnology or nanotechnology facilitating AI. It appears the former is happening:
https://scitechdaily.com/ai-breakthrough-in-nanotechnology-shatters-limits-of-precision/
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:
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.
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
Friday, January 17, 2025
Record-Breaking Efficiency and Longevity: New Research Eliminates Major Weakness in Organic Solar Cells
24,700 hours is NOT 16 years, but 6. Not enough:
Saturday, January 11, 2025
Are Machines Truly Thinking? Modern AI Systems Have Finally Achieved Turing’s Vision
Indeed, the Turing test has definitely been passed:
Researchers STUNNED As A.I Improves ITSELF Towards Superintelligence (BEATS o1)
Another step that was predicted for the technological singularity!
Friday, January 10, 2025
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
AI’s Strange Chip Designs Are Faster, Smarter, and Game-Changing
This is exactly how the technological singularity is supposed to unfold!
https://scitechdaily.com/ais-strange-chip-designs-are-faster-smarter-and-game-changing/
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Monday, January 6, 2025
Sunday, January 5, 2025
Saturday, January 4, 2025
Thursday, January 2, 2025
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Scientists Built the Battery That Will Finally Unlock Massless Energy Storage
It just makes such a lot of sense:
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/
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http://www.sltrib.com/home/3898355-155/albuquerque-weighs-getting-more-solar-power
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"An experimental demonstration of a quantum calculation has shown that a single molecule can perform operations thousands of times fast...