May 16

It can already be hard to tell whether a poster on social media is a person or a bot (though that’s partly because a…

It can already be hard to tell whether a poster on social media is a person or a bot (though that’s partly because a lot of people give what are effectively preprogrammed responses to certain topics, and aren’t very good at sentences). Should there be a requirement that an AI announce itself as such when making a voice call?

Originally shared by Singularity Hub

Google’s Duplex Raises the Question: Should Robots Sound Robotic? https://suhub.co/2L4AE0M

May 16

I found this interesting, not least because my grandmother (b.

I found this interesting, not least because my grandmother (b. 1901, 4 years after New Zealand women gained the right to vote) was very much involved in the surf lifesaving movement in New Zealand, and my mother (b. 1927) was a competitive swimmer.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/women-swimming-pioneers-suffrage?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=aaf0dc23d7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_05_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f36db9c480-aaf0dc23d7-63025685&ct=t(EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_5_15_2018)&mc_cid=aaf0dc23d7&mc_eid=dc8fe37556
May 15

The basis of this project is taking the multiple redundant codings for particular proteins and replacing them with a…

The basis of this project is taking the multiple redundant codings for particular proteins and replacing them with a single coding, thus defeating viral replication strategies.

I can’t help thinking that if something exists in multiple redundant forms, there must be some kind of advantage which we just don’t know about yet. But I suppose this project is one way of finding out what that is.

Originally shared by Singularity Hub

Scientists Kick Off Synthetic Biology Project to Make Virus-Resistant Super Cells https://suhub.co/2KqZTt2

May 14

Because it’s Peter Diamandis, this overhypes the positives, doesn’t mention the many challenges, and leaves out…

Because it’s Peter Diamandis, this overhypes the positives, doesn’t mention the many challenges, and leaves out cultural and psychological factors entirely. But it’s still an interesting summary of food technology currently in transition.

Originally shared by Peter H. Diamandis

Tech – Future of Food http://bit.ly/2IhWAaY

http://bit.ly/2IhWAaY

May 14

Carrie Vaughn (who is super smart and a very skilled writer) talks about the structure of Infinity War (with…

Carrie Vaughn (who is super smart and a very skilled writer) talks about the structure of Infinity War (with spoilers, naturally).

She sees it as three movies seamlessly welded together by their B plots.

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/16779737-infinity-war-and-structure?utm_medium=email&utm_source=author_blog_post_digest