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Luck, Babel Fish, biological transistors, brain inspired chips, human brian computers, population correction, copyright, organoids and bio sensor bacteria.
Babel Fish!? Time to (re-)read “The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy” and consider how programmable biology will impact on your business.
The Art & Science of Luck
https://www.sahilbloom.com/newsletter/the-art-science-of-luck
Remove anti-luck and add pro-luck.
Meta’s “massively multilingual” AI model translates up to 100 languages, speech or text
Meta aims for a universal translator like “Babel Fish” from Hitchhiker’s Guide.
AI Can Now Design Proteins That Behave Like Biological ‘Transistors’
In a way, proteins act like biological transistors—on-off switches at the root of the body’s molecular “computer” determining how it reacts to external and internal forces and feedback
IBM reports analog AI chip patterned after human brain
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-08-ibm-analog-ai-chip-patterned.html?
Deep neural networks are generating much of the exciting progress stemming from generative AI. But their architecture relies on a configuration that is a virtual speedbump, ensuring the maximal efficiency can not be obtained.
Europe spent €600 million to recreate the human brain in a computer. How did it go?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02600-x?
The United States and Japan both launched brain projects around the same time as the HBP — the former will continue until 2026 and the latter is hoping to run for a total of 15 years. China’s brain project started in 2021, and Australia’s and South Korea’s projects have both entered their seventh year.
Population ecologist warns that humanity is on the verge of massive population correction
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-population-ecologist-humanity-verge-massive.html?
Back in 1947, ethologist John B. Calhoun, conducted some experiments involving rats in density experiments in outdoor pens—he gave each colony everything they needed to survive, except additional space—there were no predators.
AI-Generated Art Lacks Copyright Protection, D.C. Court Says
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/ai-generated-art-lacks-copyright-protection-d-c-court-rules
Artwork created by artificial intelligence isn’t eligible for copyright protection because it lacks human authorship
Tiny faux organs could crack the mystery of menstruation
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/18/1077537/menstruation-mystery/?
Researchers are using new tools akin to miniature organs to study a poorly understood—and frequently problematic—part of human physiology: menstruation
Biosensor bacteria would glow to flag bowel inflammation
https://www.futurity.org/biosensor-bacteria-gi-tract-2962532-2/
Probiotics engineered to sense and report signs of bowel inflammation could deliver firsthand knowledge of your system’s inner workings.
