What’s News For May 1st, 2022?
1. “How are objects represented in the human brain and in deep convolutional neural networks? We show that human visual cortex and dCNN models contain a texture-like representation of objects.” https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2115302119
2. Clean energy is buried at the bottom of abandoned oil wells https://www.vox.com/…/geothermal-energy-heat-oil-gas-wells
3. Can we deduce, from the equations of classical physics alone, that the rooster crow does not cause the sun to rise? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6slug9rjaIQ
4. The $7.6 Trillion Quest for Longer Life https://www.bloomberg.com/…/the-7-6-trillion-quest-for…
5. UK to get lots of “baseload” solar and wind from Morocco with 3800 km long subsea electricity cables! https://xlinks.co/morocco-uk-power-project/
6. NVIDIA’s Tiny New AI Transforms Photos Into Full 3D Scenes in Mere Seconds https://singularityhub.com/…/nvidias-tiny-new-ai…/
7. Replicating and extending the grabby aliens model https://www.lesswrong.com/…/replicating-and-extending…
8. Juergen Schmidhuber chats with Vladimir Putin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkuAFiDYsf0
9. MIT’s Low-Cost Fabrication Method for Thin Mirrors and Silicon Wafers Could Be a Game-Changer https://scitechdaily.com/mit-low-cost-fabrication-method…/
10. “It took rolling black-outs, a change in public consciousness, and my run for governor, but our six-year long effort to save Diablo Canyon nuclear plant in California has finally succeeded! Our victory should give hope to pro-nuclear people everywhere. If we can save nuclear power in California, the birthplace of the anti-nuclear movement, then we can save nuclear anywhere.” https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/…/we-saved…
11. “…the lifting of the Black Sea blockade is simply vital to Ukraine having a vibrant self-sustaining economy” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1520333220964933632.html
