Technology

On Language And Intelligence

A revolution is taking place, but we seem to not yet realize it.  Paradigm shifting technologies often produce an abrupt transition when they get adopted. However, that transition is not easy to recognize early on: the effects of an exponential trend appea ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Apr 30 2023 - 1:51am

Bionic Pancreas For Type 1 Diabetes Gets FDA Clearance

A wearable, pocket-sized, automated insulin delivery device has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The company calls is the iLet Bionic Pancreas but it's obviously not bionic any more than String Theory is a scientific theory. ...

Article - News Staff - May 23 2023 - 1:12pm

Endoscopy Gets The Fantastic Voyage Treatment

A traditional endoscopy, while valuable for detecting high-risk lesions, is an expensive, invasive procedure. There are ingestible cameras but are not controlled by physicians, they are just swallowed and the body does the rest. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 1 2023 - 6:42pm

Probing The Brain Gut Connection

The brain and the digestive tract are in constant communication, relaying signals that help to control feeding, and the implication that this communication network may also influence our mental state- as if "hangry" is science any more than a chi ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2023 - 8:41am

ChatGPT Is The Great Equalizer For Those Born With Socioeconomic And Genetic Disadvantages

There is a lot of concern about the ability of ChatGPT to replace lower-skilled workers but it will probably make them better. In the 19th century a phrase went, "God man but Sam Colt made them equal" and ChatGPT could give those without inherent ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2023 - 7:49pm

Hidden Benefit To The ACA: It May Help Bring Science 2.0 To Pass

The Affordable Care Act and data portability is forcing health care providers, and the vendors who service them, to accelerate development of tools that can handle an expected deluge of data and information about patients, providers and outcomes. The volum ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2023 - 1:00pm

Can This AI Write Video Games?

Researchers at Imperial College have released a video game that was written in part by what they call an Artificial Intelligence (AI) "machine" named Angelina, which is a clever acronym for "A Novel Game-Evolving Labrat I've Named Angel ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 9 2024 - 10:29am

Beware the data thieves: paranoia meets reality

Could someone be stealing your unpublished data? It is more likely than you might think, especially if you ever travel to other countries. Before you dismiss this as paranoia, read on. When I was a graduate student at UCSD in La Jolla, CA, there were rumor ...

Blog Post - Paul Knoepfler - Jan 11 2024 - 2:03pm

Twitter As Harbinger Of The Second Dot Com Bubble

Remember when there were two well-funded start-ups competing to sell you dog food over the Internet?  And AOL could buy Time-Warner? The good old days of pretend Internet money may be back.  Despite having no revenue, Twitter is supposedly valued at $10 bi ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Feb 7 2024 - 10:15am

AI And The End Of Human Exceptionalism

Over the last two years, generative AI has smashed our ideas of what intelligence means, what AI can and cannot do, and of our place in the cosmos. A two-thousand year old journey from Aristotle to today, has culminated in a moment where human exceptional ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Feb 9 2024 - 6:59pm