Links for 2021-08-31
"We built a plugin that helps you verify virtually any scientific claim on the internet" https://scite.ai/
In December 2020, a bunch of AI safety researchers at OpenAI left. In May 2021, they've announced the launch of Anthropic, a $124million Series And a research program. https://www.anthropic.com/news/announcement
China cuts amount of time minors can spend playing online video games: Under-18s will be allowed to play online games for one hour on Fridays, weekends and holidays https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/30/china-cuts-amount-of-time-minors-can-spend-playing-video-games
China to study assembly mechanics of kilometer-level extra-large spacecraft https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202108/1232426.shtml
Avi Loeb’s Galileo Project Will Search for Evidence of Alien Visitation https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/avi-loebs-galileo-project-will-search-for-evidence-of-alien-visitation/
What will happen when we finally meet "Grabby Aliens"-- or the Aliens that have travelled to other planets and explored them? Podcast with Robin Hanson https://www.withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/ufos-and-space-aliens/
In a first, scientists capture a 'quantum tug' between neighboring water molecules https://phys.org/news/2021-08-scientists-capture-quantum-neighboring-molecules.html
Scientists develop brain organoids with complex neural activity https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/brain-organoids-complex-neural-activity
The Dream of Carbon Air Capture Edges Toward Reality https://e360.yale.edu/features/the-dream-of-co2-air-capture-edges-toward-reality
Jocko Willink's message if he were President during Afghanistan Crisis