Links for 2021-08-28
Shared understanding of color among sighted and blind adults — “…congenitally blind and sighted individuals share in-depth understanding of object color. Blind and sighted people share similar intuitions about which objects will have consistent colors, make similar predictions for novel objects, and give similar explanations…” https://www.pnas.org/content/118/33/e2020192118
‘Neurograins’ Could Record Brain Activity From Thousands of Locations https://singularityhub.com/2021/08/23/neurograins-could-record-brain-activity-from-thousands-of-locations/
Facebook launches VR remote work app, calling it a step to the 'metaverse' https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-launches-vr-remote-work-app-calling-it-step-metaverse-2021-08-19/
Harvard’s eardrum-restoring PhonoGraft enters commercial development https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/harvards-eardrum-restoring-phonograft-enters-commercial-development/
AI Risk for Epistemic Minimalists https://www.alignmentforum.org/posts/8fpzBHt7e6n7Qjoo9/ai-risk-for-epistemic-minimalists
Wing approaches 100,000 drone deliveries two years after Logan, Australia launch https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/25/wing-approaches-100000-drone-deliveries-two-years-after-logan-australia-launch/?guccounter=1
BLOCK 3400000 (SF short story) https://apxhard.com/2021/08/20/block-3400000/
This video shows some fascinating footage of Soviet centrifuge rooms in which people lived for days to test artificial gravity: