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The ‘alpha male’ myth, debunked
· Primatologist Frans de Waal inadvertently popularized the term ‘alpha male.’ Now, he’s debunking common stereotypes to explain what an ‘alpha male’ really is... · Shared by 505, including Pascal Sulser
Big Think
New AI translates 5,000-year-old cuneiform tablets instantly
6 min · · Translation isn’t simply a matter of swapping one word for a corresponding word in another language. A high-quality translation requires the translator to understand how both languages string thoughts… · Shared by 411, including Carla Gentry 🎶, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Simon Kuestenmacher, Joscha Bach, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Michael Shermer, Pascal Sulser, Peter van Sabben.eth, Kevin Kelly, Josep M. Ganyet, Warren Whitlock, Essaadi
Singularity Hub
Technology Over the Long Run: Zoom Out to See How Dramatically the World Can Change Within a Lifetime
4 min · · Bringing to mind how dramatically the world has changed can help us see how different the world could be in a few years or decades. · Shared by 204, including Marcus Borba, Nicolas Babin, John Hagel, Howard Getson, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Harold Sinnott, Pascal Sulser
museumofplay.org
The History of Play-Doh: Good, Clean Fun!
3 min · · Chances are if you mention Play-Doh, your listener will know exactly to what you mean. Not only does the name elicit a mental image of the product in a small yellow can with a colorful lid, but it… · Shared by 161, including Pascal Sulser
Fast Company
MoMA’s newest artist is an AI trained on 180,000 works, from Warhol to Pac-Man
· Unsupervised reaches new highs in what’s possible with AI, creating a breathing being that synthesizes 180,000 artworks from MoMA.
· Shared by 225, including Robert Scoble, Nathan Benaich, Oliver Raduner, Pascal Sulser, Stephanie A Kowalski
Tomas Pueyo
The Democracy of the Future
18+ min · · What do these have in common: Elon’s Twitter, ants, General von Moltke’s strategy, brains, AI, prediction markets, and Wikipedia? The answer shows the path to the future of democracy. · Shared by 736, including Thomas Pleil, Pascal Sulser, Ines Bieler, Albert Ràfols
The Verge
The lawsuit that could rewrite the rules of AI copyright
9 min · · Microsoft, GitHub, and OpenAI are being sued for allegedly violating copyright law by reproducing open-source code using AI. But the suit could have a huge impact on the wider world of artificial… · Shared by 270, including Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Yves Mulkers, AI, Dr Catherine Breslin, Fabio Chiusi, Albert Ràfols, Brian Ahier, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Marsha Collier, Stephanie A Kowalski, Pascal Sulser, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos
MIT Technology Review
Cars are still cars—even when they’re electric
3 min · · To tackle our climate challenges, we need smaller, safer EVs—and lots more transit options. · Shared by 47, including Pascal Sulser, Allison Arieff, Brent Toderian
reneweconomy.com.au
“Eureka moment” as Australian researchers make hydrogen storage breakthrough
2 min · · Deakin University researchers find a novel way to separate, store and transport huge amounts of gas safely that could be a eureka moment for green hydrogen. · Shared by 62, including Pascal Sulser, Tom Pick | #B2Bmarketing guy
Quanta Magazine
June Huh, High School Dropout, Wins the Fields Medal
20+ min · · June Huh wasn’t interested in mathematics until a chance encounter during his sixth year of college. Now his profound insights connecting combinatorics and geometry have led to math’s highest honor. · Shared by 1936, including Anne Helen Petersen, hardmaru, Mathew Ingram, John Nosta, Michael Clemens, Packy McCormick, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Austin Kleon, Pam Didner, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, John Cutler, Patricia Smith, Jason Stanley, Nathan Baschez 📧, Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan.J.Nyhan on 🧵🧵🧵), Daniel Cook (also on mastodon), Bilal Zuberi, dj patil, Noah Smith
The Pudding
We think this cool study we found is flawed. Help us reproduce it.
5 min · · Are 25 year olds really more random than 60 year olds? · Shared by 1314, including Nilan 🇱🇰 නිලාන්, David Smith, David Robinson, Simon C, Pascal Sulser, Colin Wright, Tactical Tech, Stef Walter
Longreads
Tomorrow Isn’t Over: A Reading List About Brighter Futures
9 min · · Hope may seem to be in short supply these days, but these stories dare to chart a course toward something better. · Shared by 455, including Christo Meid, Katja Evertz, Pascal Sulser, Ines Bieler
Vox
The long, strange history of anti-vaccination movements
15+ min · · Here’s what the past can tell us about the future of the pandemic. · Shared by 114, including Jennifer Ouellette, Barry Ritholtz, Pascal Sulser, Loralee Hutton
The Economist
Yuval Noah Harari argues that what’s at stake in Ukraine is the direction of human history
6 min · · Humanity’s greatest political achievement has been the decline of war. That is now in jeopardy · Shared by 67, including Jason Silva, Yuval Noah Harari, Steven Pinker, purecoach, Susan Su, Tim Ferriss, cam 🏴☠️, Pascal Sulser
WIRED
If AI Is Predicting Your Future, Are You Still Free?
3 min · · Part of being human is being able to defy the odds. Algorithmic prophecies undermine that. · Shared by 246, including Nige Roberts-Willson, justin caouette, Dorothea Baur (Dr.), Carissa Véliz, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Brian Ahier, Lauren Goode, Chris Isak, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Nicolas Babin, Pascal Sulser, Albert Ràfols, Backchannel, Tactical Tech, Bob E. Hayes, LARRY ELKAN
The Wall Street Journal
Live Question & Answer Event
· Artificial intelligence, a product of human ingenuity, is assisting us in countless tasks in the fields of data analytics and science, medicine, finance and more. But what happens when AI begins to… · Shared by 11, including Pascal Sulser