Timex
2028
It’s worth noting that this has been done by systems going back to say least 1978.
Two of my favorite old school symbolic systems were Doug Lenat’s “Automated Mathematician” and “Eurisko”.
I remember reading about AM, an just being blown away that it was developed in the 70’s. Now, Lenat’s original paper kind of overstated what it was doing, but it was still interesting. Eurisko was similarly very cool, and actually broke a strategy gaming tournament by developing strategies no human had thought of, and which were just completely dominant compared to human players. Lenat had to retire Eurisko because the tournament heads said that if Eurisko won again (after they revised the rules significantly, and Eurisko dominated again), they would end the tournament.
But seriously, what those systems were able to pull off, given the absurd limitations in processing per 3 at the time, is amazing.
One thing that is interesting to see in AI today, is that some of the “old school” AI concepts are finding new utility when paired with the sub symbolic statistical machine learning systems that help ground the symbolic systems, plus the fact that computational power is so immense now. Especially when it comes to improving the explainablity of some of the sub symbolic systems that are pretty opaque.
AWS260
2030
Looks like it was a tournament of this Traveller module.
RichVR
2031
I had that. Started, but never finished, a squadron. :)
New gigantic bacteria found.
What I find fascinating is many copies of it’s full DNA found all over the cell, most likely for localized protein and enzyme production because trying to get stuff to the nucleus and back would be too difficult in a cell that’s so long.
On it’s way to evolving internal organs!
Good news. However I can’t find any information on the cost of lactated ringer solution vs. normal saline.
AWS260
2036
The lactated ringer solution I get for my cat is like twelve bucks/bag. Presumably the approved-for-humans version is more than that.
I posted this in the video thread, but prob should have posted here.
Nautilus Live deep see rover is working around the atoll I spent a few years working at back in the 90s. They’re super deep so not a ton of fish but sponges and sea cucumbers a plenty! Anyway, they’re livestreaming dives for another week or so. Even the crew banter is kinda cool.
jpinard
2039
I’m curious if this can be scaled up?
This is kind of crazy. I’m not sure if it shows Science is awesome, but it’s all I ever heard about depression, and it’s apparently not true.
This is NOT science being awesome. Hundreds of drug trials for Alzheimers, indeed most research, may be chasing a fraud.
An overview:
For some reason I’m not surprised. And I’d bet $100 Biogen knew that as well, and needed to get their drug approved before someone caught on to what a fraud the amyloid plaque was to the incidence and treatment of Alzheimer’s.
Or, another way to put it, it IS showing why science, as an epistemology, is awesome. Scientific methods allowed folks to uncover this fraud, and pointed out errors in previous research. That’s corrigibility in action.
I mean, yes, that too. Discounting decades of time lost, billions of dollars lost, and the affected patients.
True, but that’s less to do with science and more to do with assholes!
MikeJ
2046
It would be interesting if this sort of investigation was routine for all papers that achieve such a high profile.
Perhaps once you have N citations, you get a polite knock at the door…
