The article reflects on Bob Dylan’s profound influence over the past century, highlighting his early career from 1961 to 1965 and the accolades he’s received, including the Nobel Prize for Literature. It also discusses the biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’, which portrays his formative relationships and struggles, illustrating his journey from folk to rock music.
Multiple AI engines were tasked with composing a Cello and Orchestra Concerto in the style of Beethoven. Each engine provided outlines emphasizing typical movements: an energetic first movement, a lyrical second, and a lively finale, highlighting Beethoven’s thematic development, orchestration, and emotional contrasts. Software recommendations were also included for composition.
Rufin VanRullen discusses advancing AI’s architecture to mirror the human mind through the Global Workspace Theory. With a PhD in Cognitive Science and extensive research on neural processes, he emphasizes rhythmic aspects of visual perception. Brian Greene, a physicist specializing in string theory, hosts this insightful conversation on consciousness and AI development.
According to Yuval Hahari, it may not be in the immediate future, but it may be in ten years, as can be seen in the video below. So, we asked the two most popular AI engines, Google’s Gemini and ChatGPT, if it would be possible, …
There is much talk about populism, democracy, conservatives, neoliberals, progressives, independents, no labels, republicans, autocrats, libertarians, authoritarians, totalitarians, infallible Iman, anarchists, supreme leaders, tyranny, and many other schisms. Monarchical regimes are fading away and constrained in their ability to govern, remaining as symbolic figures, except …
Eric Ralls, earth.com Staff writer In 1610, Galileo Galilei, renowned as the pioneer of modern astronomy, first laid eyes on Saturn’s magnificent rings. His initial observations through an early, rudimentary telescope led him to describe these celestial features as resembling “ears.” Now, centuries later, the …
George Downs Air-taxi startup Volocopter announced that it hopes to carry passengers with its VoloCity aircraft during the Paris Olympics. But will the company get its aircraft certified in time? I explore the company’s plans at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and take a look …
Google’s Artificial Intelligence model, Bard, released an update and invited some users to test its new features. So, based on the Carnegie Corporation’s concern about Political Polarization in the U.S., which is the new focus of significant research*, we asked Bard what the causes of …
Harvard Medical School Loss of Epigenetic Information Can Drive Aging, Restoration Can Reverse It A 13-year international study in mice demonstrates that loss of epigenetic information, which influences how DNA is organized and regulated, can drive aging independently of changes to the genetic code itself. …
The blood-dining insect’s neural circuitry for sniffing out its chosen prey is far more complicated and sophisticated than previously thought. Leslie B. Vosshall* More than a decade ago, Leslie Vosshall, then a relatively new Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, decided to switch from studying innocuous …