No one really knows how the most advanced algorithms do what they do. That could be a problem. The system is so complicated that even the engineers who designed it may struggle to isolate the reason for any single action. And you can’t ask it: there is no obvious way to design such a system
Startup Neuralink aims to treat disabled and ultimately create a new language of ‘consensual telepathy’ https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-lays-out-plans-to-meld-brains-and-computers-1492738741
President-Elect Donald Trump over the weekend said his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who owns the iconic 666 Fifth Avenue building in New York City, will “broker a Middle East Peace Deal.” “You know what? Jared is such a good lad, he will secure an Israel deal which no one else has managed to get,” Trump told
Vladimir Putin says US is preparing to bomb Syrian capital and will blame devastation on Bashar-al Assad’s forces The Russian leader made the astonishing claim during a press conference with the Italian President Sergio Mattarella http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/vladimir-putin-says-preparing-bomb-10201886?service=responsive
Scientists are getting closer to building life from scratch and technology pioneers are taking notice, with record sums moving into a field that could deliver novel drugs, materials, chemicals and even perfumes. Despite ethical and safety concerns, investors are attracted by synthetic biology’s wide market potential and the plummeting cost of DNA synthesis, which is
