Miscellaneous Links #45
AI MatterGen: A new paradigm of materials design with generative AI The Product Lifecycle of Human Labor: Will humans become an idle resource? You are an absolute moron for believing in the hype of “AI Agents”. 25 AI Predictions for 2025, from Marcus on AI AI Mistakes Are Very Different from Human Mistakes Game developers […]
AI
MatterGen: A new paradigm of materials design with generative AI
The Product Lifecycle of Human Labor: Will humans become an idle resource?
You are an absolute moron for believing in the hype of “AI Agents”.
25 AI Predictions for 2025, from Marcus on AI
AI Mistakes Are Very Different from Human Mistakes
Robotics
‘Not wasting time’: Local law enforcement to launch new ‘drone first responders’ program
Nasa’s Perseverance rover spots shocking ‘green spots’ on Mars
RIC Technology debuts robotic 3D printer that can print up to 3 stories high
CogSci
Predicting Human Brain States with Transformer
Tech
How Did REST Come To Mean The Opposite of REST?
What Went Wrong With Germany’s Insane Hover Transport?
Decentralized Syndication — The Missing Internet Protocol
Foldable Smartphones: New Devices, New Opportunities
Computer Cousins: The Atari ST and DOS PCs
Creative Computing Magazine Interviews Clive Sinclair (1980)
UI is hell: four-function calculators
Creating a highly-integrated open-source laptop from scratch.
Health
Eating soft plastic to lose weight
Why is asbestos so much more dangerous than other ‘sharp’ dusts like fibreglass?
More
Think all bees are vegetarians? Strange reasons some eat meat
Effects of the Quantum Vacuum at a Cosmic Scale and of Dark Energy
Star Trek’s Warp Drive Leads to New Physics
The Many Sackings of Rome — Eight Times the Eternal City Was Captured and Pillaged
Escape the walled garden and algorithm black boxes with RSS feeds
IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle