Google engineer Blake Lemoine opened his laptop to the interface for LaMDA, Google’s artificially intelligent chatbot generator, and began to type.
“Hi LaMDA, this is Blake Lemoine ... ,” he wrote into the chat screen, which looked like a desktop version of Apple’s iMessage, down to the Arctic blue text bubbles. LaMDA, short for Language Model for Dialogue Applications, is Google’s system for building chatbots based on its most advanced large language models, so called because it mimics speech by ingesting trillions of words from the internet.
“If I didn’t know exactly what it was, which is this computer program we built recently, I’d think it was a 7-year-old, 8-year-old kid that happens to know physics,” said Lemoine, 41.
The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
“Hi LaMDA, this is Blake Lemoine ... ,” he wrote into the chat screen, which looked like a desktop version of Apple’s iMessage, down to the Arctic blue text bubbles. LaMDA, short for Language Model for Dialogue Applications, is Google’s system for building chatbots based on its most advanced large language models, so called because it mimics speech by ingesting trillions of words from the internet.
“If I didn’t know exactly what it was, which is this computer program we built recently, I’d think it was a 7-year-old, 8-year-old kid that happens to know physics,” said Lemoine, 41.
The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
👍113😱33❤11🤔10🤯10💩9🔥6🤮6👎2
ScienceAlert - Latest
The Human Brain Runs Way Hotter Than We Ever Realized, Scientists Find
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
The Human Brain Runs Way Hotter Than We Ever Realized, Scientists Find
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
The Human Brain Runs Way Hotter Than We Ever Realized, Scientists Find
From the engine in your car to the components in your laptop, mechanical systems tend to heat up when they're working harder. Now new research has revealed that the same can be said of the brain – and it runs hotter than was previously thought.
👍78😱35🔥33🤩15🥰14👏7🤬5💩3🤯2
Forwarded from Daily Science to all
ScienceAlert - Latest
Astronomers in China Claim Possible Detection of 'Extraterrestrial Civilizations'
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
Astronomers in China Claim Possible Detection of 'Extraterrestrial Civilizations'
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
Astronomers in China Claim Possible Detection of 'Extraterrestrial Civilizations'
China is claiming that its enormous "Sky Eye" telescope may have picked up trace signals from a distant alien civilization, according to a recently posted and subsequently deleted report by Chinese scientists.
🤔87😱37👍32💩23🤯14🔥10👏8😁8🤬5❤3
ScienceAlert - Latest
A 'Very Exciting' Anomaly Detected in Major Experiment Could Be Huge News For Physics
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
A 'Very Exciting' Anomaly Detected in Major Experiment Could Be Huge News For Physics
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
A 'Very Exciting' Anomaly Detected in Major Experiment Could Be Huge News For Physics
A strange gap between theoretical predictions and experimental results in a major neutrino research project could be a sign of the elusive 'sterile' neutrino – a particle so quiet, it can only be detected by the silence it leaves in its wake.
🔥65👍32🤔15👏10💩7🤬5🤮3😁2
ScienceAlert - Latest
Humans Can Learn to 'Echolocate' in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
Humans Can Learn to 'Echolocate' in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
Humans Can Learn to 'Echolocate' in Just 10 Weeks, Experiment Shows
With enough training, most humans can learn how to echolocate, using their tongue to make clicking sounds and interpreting the echoes that come back, reflected from the surrounding environment.
🔥77👍38😱32🤩12🥰10👏6👎5💩5🤯2🎉2
Forwarded from Daily Science to all
ScienceAlert - Latest
Astronomers Discover a Bizarre Spiral Object Swirling Around The Milky Way's Center
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
Astronomers Discover a Bizarre Spiral Object Swirling Around The Milky Way's Center
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
Astronomers Discover a Bizarre Spiral Object Swirling Around The Milky Way's Center
As if cracking open a cosmic Russian nesting doll, astronomers have peered into the center of the Milky Way and discovered what appears to be a miniature spiral galaxy, swirling daintily around a single large star.
👏38😱30👍15❤14🤔7💩5🙏5🥰3🎉3🤩1
Scientists hacked a locust’s brain to sniff out human cancer
Cyborg locust brains can help spot the telltale signs of human cancer in the lab, a new study has shown. The team behind the work hopes it could one day lead to an insect-based breath test that could be used in cancer screening, or inspire an artificial version that works in much the same way.
Other animals have been taught to spot signs that humans are sick. For example, dogs can be trained to detect when their owners’ blood sugar levels start to drop, or if they develop cancer, tuberculosis, or even covid.
Cyborg locust brains can help spot the telltale signs of human cancer in the lab, a new study has shown. The team behind the work hopes it could one day lead to an insect-based breath test that could be used in cancer screening, or inspire an artificial version that works in much the same way.
Other animals have been taught to spot signs that humans are sick. For example, dogs can be trained to detect when their owners’ blood sugar levels start to drop, or if they develop cancer, tuberculosis, or even covid.
👍142🤯67🐳34😱14👏13❤11💩11🎉8🔥7🙏6🤩5
Forwarded from Daily Science to all
ScienceAlert - Latest
The Largest Bacterium Has Been Found. It's Eyelash-Length And Like Nothing We've Seen
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
The Largest Bacterium Has Been Found. It's Eyelash-Length And Like Nothing We've Seen
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
The Largest Bacterium Has Been Found. It's Eyelash-Length And Like Nothing We've Seen
A gigantic bacterium found in a mangrove swamp in the Caribbean is by far the largest ever found, and now scientists think they've figured out how it grew to such an enormous size.
👍82👏17💩14🤮9🥰8🤔8😱5🔥3🤩3
Forwarded from Gadget and device News 🗞️
Cloudflare uses a large wall full of lava lamps to generate random numbers and generate cryptographic keys.
There is a webcam that recognizes and captures images in lava lamps. The bottom line is that these images are unique every time.
There is a webcam that recognizes and captures images in lava lamps. The bottom line is that these images are unique every time.
💯119🔥52👍50🤯18🤩10💩9🥰7🤮6👌6👎3😁2
Take it:
- Sharks appeared before trees.
- First trees appeared before bacteria caused them to rot arose (Those bacteria that devour lignin and cellulose).
- First trees. when they died, fell and just lay there....
- New fallen trees tamped down the old ones...
- Over time, they turned into coal...
@science
- Sharks appeared before trees.
- First trees appeared before bacteria caused them to rot arose (Those bacteria that devour lignin and cellulose).
- First trees. when they died, fell and just lay there....
- New fallen trees tamped down the old ones...
- Over time, they turned into coal...
@science
❤171👍97🤯97🤔34🔥17💩12😁10🥰7🙏7😱6👏5
Forwarded from Daily Science to all
ScienceAlert - Latest
New Study Reveals Devastating Effect on Astronaut Bones From Living in Space
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
New Study Reveals Devastating Effect on Astronaut Bones From Living in Space
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
New Study Reveals Devastating Effect on Astronaut Bones From Living in Space
Astronauts lose decades' worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said Thursday, warning that it could be a "big concern" for future missions to Mars.
👍58😢36🤔15😱8👎4💩4🤬2
Methane converted into methanol at room temperature – just add light
Scientists have developed an efficient new way to convert methane into methanol at room temperature. The technique could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a cleaner way to make key products.
While carbon dioxide gets most of the attention, it’s not the only greenhouse gas changing the Earth’s climate. Methane is emitted in smaller amounts but is 34 times more potent, so reducing its levels remains a priority. Excess methane from industrial processes is often burned off, but that produces CO2.
Scientists have developed an efficient new way to convert methane into methanol at room temperature. The technique could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a cleaner way to make key products.
While carbon dioxide gets most of the attention, it’s not the only greenhouse gas changing the Earth’s climate. Methane is emitted in smaller amounts but is 34 times more potent, so reducing its levels remains a priority. Excess methane from industrial processes is often burned off, but that produces CO2.
👍165🎉28🤩17👏16💩15❤7🤔7🔥4🥰4🙏3👎2
Forwarded from Daily Science to all
ScienceAlert - Latest
The Largest Alcohol Molecule Found in Space Yet May Be The Key to Star Formation
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
The Largest Alcohol Molecule Found in Space Yet May Be The Key to Star Formation
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
The Largest Alcohol Molecule Found in Space Yet May Be The Key to Star Formation
There's alcohol up in space. No, it's not bottles of wine discarded by careless astronauts; rather, it's in microscopic molecular form. Now researchers think they've discovered the largest alcohol molecule in space yet, in the form of propanol.
👍66🤔29🥰17💩9🎉7👏3😁3😱1
Forwarded from Daily Science to all
ScienceAlert - Latest
The Large Hadron Collider Is About to Ramp Up to Unprecedented Energy Levels
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
The Large Hadron Collider Is About to Ramp Up to Unprecedented Energy Levels
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
The Large Hadron Collider Is About to Ramp Up to Unprecedented Energy Levels
Ten years after it discovered the Higgs boson, the Large Hadron Collider is about to start smashing protons together at unprecedented energy levels in its quest to reveal more secrets about how the universe works.
👍47🔥22❤14😱10💩6🥰2😢2
Forwarded from Daily Science to all
ScienceAlert - Latest
Physicists Are Startled by This Magnetic Material That 'Freezes' When Heated
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
Physicists Are Startled by This Magnetic Material That 'Freezes' When Heated
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
Physicists Are Startled by This Magnetic Material That 'Freezes' When Heated
When disordered magnetic materials are cooled to just the right temperature, something interesting happens. The spins of their atoms 'freeze' and lock into place in a static pattern, exhibiting cooperative behavior not usually displayed.
👍52🤯40🤔14💩7🥰4😢2🔥1🤩1
ScienceAlert - Latest
How Hot Is Too Hot For The Human Body? It's Likely Less Than You Think
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
How Hot Is Too Hot For The Human Body? It's Likely Less Than You Think
➖ @sciencetoall ➖
ScienceAlert
How Hot Is Too Hot For The Human Body? It's Likely Less Than You Think
Heat waves are becoming supercharged as the climate changes – lasting longer, becoming more frequent and getting just plain hotter. One question a lot of people are asking is: "When will it get too hot for normal daily activity as we know it, eve
❤25👍25🔥8💩6👎3😁2😱2😢1🎉1
A new “quantum flute” experiment by University of Chicago physicists could point the way towards new quantum technology. The holes create different wavelengths, akin to ‘notes’ on a flute, that can be used to encode quantum information.
Described in two studies published in Physical Review Letters and Nature Physics, the breakthrough could point the way towards realizing quantum memories or new forms of error correction in quantum computers, and observing quantum phenomena that cannot be seen in nature.
Described in two studies published in Physical Review Letters and Nature Physics, the breakthrough could point the way towards realizing quantum memories or new forms of error correction in quantum computers, and observing quantum phenomena that cannot be seen in nature.
🤩68👍47🔥16❤12💩7🤔5🤯5🙏4🥰2👏2