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Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | Official Announcement Trailer

Posted by Sean Brazell in entertainment, singularity

Jul 31
2015

This sequel to 2012‘s “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” (itself a reboot of the iconic original trilogy that debuted June 17, 2000, on the PC) looks to be yet another beautifully detailed, superbly written, and amazingly immersive look at both the promise and peril of the coming Technological Singularity.

Not to mention being a hell of a fun game to play!

HIGHLY recommended!

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Obama signs executive order to build first-ever exascale supercomputer

Posted by Shailesh Prasad in supercomputing

Jul 31
2015

While the US has plenty of representation in the current TOP500 list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, it lost the #1 slot to China’s Tianhe-2 several years ago. President Obama wants to fix that immediately.

Scientists Think They Know the Exact Year Computers Will Render the Human Brain Obsolete

Posted by Zoltan Istvan in computing, neuroscience, robotics/AI

Jul 31
2015

Fun article with lots of AI thoughts in it:

The future is here — and a little scary.

The Seasteading Institute announces 2015 Floating City Project – Architectural Design Contest winners

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in architecture, governance, innovationTagged design, Seasteading

Jul 31
2015

The Floating City Project – Architectural Design Contest held in the Spring of 2015 was organized in partnership with DeltaSync (Netherlands) and judged by an international panel of experts.

WHO: Trials show new Ebola vaccine is ‘highly effective’

Posted by Bryan Gatton in biotech/medical, health

Jul 31
2015

A newly developed vaccine against the deadly Ebola virus being trialled in Guinea is “highly effective,” the World Health Organization said Friday.

Can a baby have three biological parents?

Posted by Bryan Gatton in genetics, transhumanism

Jul 31
2015

The genetic material from two parents combines to form a child. Can we throw a third set of genes into the mix?

Cryonics Institute

Posted by Sean Brazell in life extension, singularity

Jul 30
2015

RIP = “Return If Possible” is an excellent meme for Singularity, Cryonics & Longevity enthusiasts. [NB: phrase/acronym attributed to India’s former President, late Dr.A P J Abdul Kalam;- (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015)].

Astronomers find star with three super-Earths

Posted by Sean Brazell in space

Jul 30
2015

Astronomers said Thursday they had found a planetary system with three super-Earths orbiting a bright, dwarf star — one of them likely a volcanic world of molten rock. The four-planet system had been hiding out in the M-shaped, northern hemisphere constellation Cassiopeia, “just” 21 light years from Earth, a team reported in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. Super-Earths have a mass higher than Earth’s but are lighter than gas giants like Neptune, Saturn or Jupiter. They can be made of gas, rock, or both.

#DrAPJAbdulKalam

Posted by Sean Brazell in futurism | 1 Comment on #DrAPJAbdulKalam

Jul 30
2015

#DrAPJAbdulKalam.

The unintended consequences of rationality — By Leah Burrows | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in economics, robotics/AI

Jul 30
2015

“The idea of rationality is a shared construct between AI and economics. When we frame questions in AI, we say: what are the objectives, what should be optimized and what do we know about the world we’re in? The AI/economics interface has become quite fertile because there is a shared language of utility, probability, and reasoning about others.”