Emerging Humanity

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  22 hours ago

  Switzerland is installing solar panels in train tracks

  TechSpot - Kishalaya Kundu

  What just happened? Swiss startup Sun-Ways is installing solar panels on railway tracks in Switzerland. The panels are reportedly being rolled out …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  May 10

  Machines of mind: The case for an AI-powered productivity boom

  brookings.edu - Martin Neil Baily, Erik Brynjolfsson, Anton Korinek

  By Martin Neil Baily, Erik Brynjolfsson, Anton KorinekLarge language models such as ChatGPT are emerging as powerful tools that not only make workers …

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  Christos Kritikos

  Apr 3

  Can AI Help Locate Low-Cost Cancer Treatments? These Funders Want to Find Out | Inside Philanthropy

  insidephilanthropy.com - Paul Karon

  We can't have too many ways to fight cancer. Here’s who’s funding a nonprofit startup using AI to repurpose generic drugs that could mean the …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  5 days ago

  The world is finally spending more on solar than oil production

  MIT Technology Review - Casey Crownhart

  The International Energy Agency just released its annual investment report. Here’s where the money is going. Money makes the world go round. And when …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  May 30

  Would Large Language Models Be Better If They Weren’t So Large?

  The New York Times - Oliver Whang

  When it comes to artificial intelligence chatbots, bigger is typically better. Large language models like ChatGPT and Bard, which generate conversational, original text, improve as they are fed more data. Every day, bloggers take to the internet to explain how the latest advances — an app that …

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  Christos Kritikos

  

  5 days ago

  Get Ready for 3D-Printed Organs and a Knife That ‘Smells’ Tumors

  WIRED - Joao Medeiros

  Hospitals are evolving at warp speed, and autonomous surgical robots are just the beginning. To doctors and nurses working 75 years ago, when the UK’s …