MIT Technology Review
What’s next for generative video
2 min · · OpenAI's Sora has raised the bar for AI moviemaking. Here are four things to bear in mind as we wrap our heads around what's coming. · Shared by 95, including Tim
CNN
Teachers are using AI to grade essays. Students are using AI to write them
5 min · · teaching ChatGPT best practices in her writing workshop class at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia, said she sees the advantages for teachers using AI tools but takes issue with how it can be… · Shared by 133, including Tim
Quillette
The Placebo Effect’s Evil Twin
6 min · · The Nocebo Effect occurs when we experience pain, depression, or illness based on nothing more than negative expectations. · Shared by 191, including Tim
Singularity Hub
A Google AI Watched 30,000 Hours of Video Games—Now It Makes Its Own
4 min · · Beyond video games, Google and OpenAI seem focused on algorithms that can simulate worlds—such algorithms may be better at planning and interaction. · Shared by 141, including Tim
WIRED
8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story
16+ min · · They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history. · Shared by 104, including Tim
WIRED
Humans Have Always Been Wrong About Humans
15+ min · · Shared by 1527, including Tim, David Epstein
NPR
Places across the U.S. are testing no-strings cash as part of the social safety net
· The idea got a boost from the pandemic, when an array of cash relief helped cut child poverty and keep people housed. Researchers are studying how much money, for how long, may have lasting impact. · Shared by 72, including Tim
theengineeringmanager.substack.com
Manage Your Capacity, Not Your Time
4 min · · We obsess over managing our time. However, we should focus on managing our capacity instead: it's our ability to do our best work. · Shared by 700, including Tim
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work
4 min · · Improved understanding of the molecular mechanisms of addiction can change how researchers and clinicians approach treatments. · Shared by 287, including Tim
Singularity Hub
Google DeepMind’s New AI Matches Gold Medal Performance in Math Olympics
4 min · · The AI successfully solved 25 of 30 difficult geometry problems, beating previous state-of-the-art algorithms by 15 answers. · Shared by 335, including Tim
nature
The best science images of 2023
5 min · · Cosmic dust, microscopic syrup, a flying gecko and more. · Shared by 332, including Tim
Big Think
Can you trust your memory? This neuroscientist isn’t so sure
7 min · · Science is full of drama. One century we’re basing the treatment of ailments on the four humors, then over two thousand years later, we find out it’s actually microbes messing with our bodies. For Dr… · Shared by 957, including Tim
a16z
Big Ideas in Tech for 2024
· Smart energy grids. Programmable medicines. Voice-first companion apps. Crime-detecting computer vision. We asked partners across a16z to preview one big idea they believe will spur innovation in 2024. · Shared by 125, including Tim
Singularity Hub
'Breakthrough' CRISPR Treatment Slashes Cholesterol in First Human Clinical Trial
4 min · · A single gene-editing infusion slashed artery-clogging fat by up to 55 percent. If all goes well, the one-shot treatment could last a lifetime. · Shared by 442, including Tim
Vox
The 2023 Future Perfect 50
1 min · · The thinkers, activists, and scholars working on solutions to today’s (and tomorrow’s) biggest problems. · Shared by 144, including Tim
Collab Fund
Wild Minds
7 min · · Eliud Kipchoge, the world’s best marathon runner, was being held in a staging room during the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He and two other runners – Bashir Abdi from Belgium and Abdi Nageeye of the… · Shared by 880, including Tim, Essaadi