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The Machine Plague
Artificial intelligence may be subtly polluting scientific discourse and impacting peer review processes.
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Securing the Internet with Lava Lamps
Cybersecurity attack vectors are emerging with great complexity and unpredictability. Cloudflare, a global Internet security provider, tackles this challenge through an unconventional strategy inspired by chaos theory - harnessing randomness from a wall of lava lamps.
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Beyond Quantum: Thermodynamic Computing
Thermodynamic computing, a concept that harnesses the power of random dynamics and probabilistic physics, is being touted as a more energy-efficient alternative to quantum computing.
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The 650-Word AI Prediction From 2021 Was Scarily Accurate
In August 2021, researcher Daniel Kokotajlo crafted a detailed speculative storyline chronicling how AI might progress. Many of Kokotajlo's predictions from 2021 have proven startlingly accurate in capturing real-world developments.
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Talking to Whales
Humanity has spent decades searching the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial life. However, we may be overlooking a potential form of intelligent life right here on Earth: whales and dolphins. Advances in artificial intelligence may finally allow us to decode the communication of these creatures.
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ChatGPT: A Hallucination or Revelation?
OpenAI's ChatGPT has captivated the world's attention with its ability to generate remarkably human-like text. However, behind the magic lies a more complex story of ChatGPT's reliability, capabilities, and the company behind it.