KurzweilAI.net Daily Newsletter 10 agosto de 2010

Tuesday August 10, 2010 Daily edition   News and Blog Headlines Brain is organized like the Internet: USC neuroscientists Stephen Hawking's Warning: Abandon Earth—Or Face Extinction The First Church of Robotics Why SIRT1 in your brain may keep you smart Carboncopies–Realistic Routes to Substrate-Independent Minds Latest News Brain is organized like the Internet: USC neuroscientists August 10, 2010 A study by USC scientists of the brain connections in a small area of the rat brain showed them as patterns of circular loops, suggesting that at least in this part of the rat brain, the wiring diagram looks like a distributed network, rather than a hierarchy, the traditional view. "We started in one place and … more… Stephen Hawking's Warning: Abandon Earth—Or Face Extinction August 10, 2010 "Our only chance of long term survival is not to remain inward looking on planet Earth, but to spread out into space," Stephen Hawking said in an interview Friday with Big Think. "We have made remarkable progress in the last hundred years. But if we want to continue beyond the next hundred years, our future … more… The First Church of Robotics August 10, 2010   Source Link: New York Times "By allowing artificial intelligence to reshape our concept of personhood, we are leaving ourselves open to the flipside: we think of people more and more as computers, just as we think of computers as people," says author and computer scientist Jeron Lanier. "The constant stream of stories about AI suggests that machines are becoming smart … more… New BLOG POSTS Why SIRT1 in your brain may keep you smart August 10, 2010 by David Despain   Picture a scene in the ancient wild: a time when drought and famine has taken the land, food is scant and predators are near, and staying alive depends on being active, alert, and quick-witted — and asking, "Where did I find those nuts last year, and where was that water hole?" A protein called SIRT1 in … more… Carboncopies–Realistic Routes to Substrate-Independent Minds August 9, 2010 by Randal Koene   What might brains and minds look like in the future? It can be difficult to manage and organize ideas from many highly specialized fields of expertise that must necessarily converge to answer this intriguing question. Not only must one consider the areas of brain imaging, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology, but also artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, biotechnology, … more… New EVENTS DEMO Fall 2010 Dates: Sep 13 — 15, 2010 Location: Silicon Valley, California more... GoingGreen Silicon Valley 2010 Dates: Sep 13 — 15, 2010 Location: San Francisco, California more... OnHollywood 2010 Dates: Sep 27 — 29, 2010 Location: Los Angeles, California more... International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies Dates: Oct 19 — 20, 2010 Location: Lugano, Switzerland more... ACM Symposium on Software Visualization Dates: Oct 25 — 26, 2010 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah more... VIEW Conference 2010 Dates: Oct 26 — 29, 2010 Location: Turin, Italy more...