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A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless.

New AI-generated digital replicas of real experts expose an unnerving policy gray zone. Washington wants to fix it, but it’s not clear how.
Source: politico.com

The AI Hierarchy of Needs | Hacker Noon

Sometimes you come across something that someone has written which makes what was a whole complicated mess in your head very simple indeed. Monica Rogati has done that with AI using an analogy of Maslow's (in)famous hierarchy of needs. For AI it translates to something like collecting, storing, preparing,...
Source: hackernoon.com

New twist on marshmallow test: Kids depend on each other for self control

"New twist on marshmallow test: Kids depend on each other for self control: Simply placing kids in a cooperative environment boosts the ability to resist temptation. ... In the 1970s, the late psychologist Walter Mischel explored the importance of the ability to delay gratification as a child to one's...
Source: arstechnica.com

Genetic evidence suggests the Canaanites weren’t destroyed after all. Analysis of ancient DNA reveals that the Biblical

Genetic evidence suggests the Canaanites weren’t destroyed after all. Analysis of ancient DNA reveals that the Biblical account isn’t the whole story. "The Canaanites are famous as the bad guys of the Book of Joshua in the Tanakh, or the Hebrew Bible. First, God orders the Hebrews to destroy the...
Source: arstechnica.com

"Noel Edmonds is a game show host, famous for Britain’s version of Deal or No Deal. As far as I can tell, he has no medical

"Noel Edmonds is a game show host, famous for Britain’s version of Deal or No Deal. As far as I can tell, he has no medical or scientific qualifications at all. This unfortunately has not stopped him from using his celebrity status to offer dubious medical advice via his Twitter feed. Such is the world...
Source: sciencebasedmedicine.org

NASA Earth Observatory : : Modern international shipping meets the ancient world in the famous canal.

NASA Earth Observatory : : Modern international shipping meets the ancient world in the famous canal.
Source: nasa.gov