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Researchers Give Computers Common
Sense
Ben Goertzel
10/18/2007
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Online virtual worlds have the
power to accelerate and catalyze the
development of artificial general
intelligence (AGI). As AGIs involved
in this metaverse become
progressively more intelligent from
their interaction with the social
network of human beings and reach
human-level intelligence (the
Singularity), they will already be
part of the human social network. If
we build them right and teach them
right, they will greet us with open
arms.
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NEWS
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New mathematical model predicts
more virulent microbes
PhysOrg.com Oct. 17, 2007
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As effective population size
increases and as immunodeficiency
increases due to the spread of HIV
infection and an aging population,
there will be more virulent
organisms, predicts a new
mathematical model devised by NYU
professor Martin J. Blaser, a
microbiologist renowned for his
study of H. pylori and a
mathematician, and Denise Kirschner
of...
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Toward world's smallest radio:
nano-sized detector turns radio
waves into music
PhysOrg.com October 17, 2007
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Researchers have developed the
world's first working radio system
to use a nano-sized detector made of
carbon nanotubes that receives radio
waves wirelessly and demodulates
them into sound signals. The study
demonstrates the feasibility of
making other radio components at the
nanoscale in the future and may
eventually lead to an itegrated...
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Experimental Technique Sorts DNA,
Cells, Molecules in a Split Second
PhysOrg.com October 17, 2007
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University of Rochester researchers
have patented a simple device just a
few millimeters across that can
separate microscopic objects such as
DNA or cells in a fraction of a
second --thousands of times faster
than conventional methods. They
induce an electrical field around
the droplet to be analyzed, and in
one-tenth of a second the droplet...
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Computer Scientists Inject Context
into Automated Image Annotation
KurzweilAI.net Oct. 18, 2007
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Computer scientists from UC San
Diego and UCLA have brought common
sense to an automated image labeling
system, using context to help
identify objects in photographs.
They are using the Google Labs tool
called Google Sets, which generates
lists of related items or objects
from just a few examples, providing
contextual information that improves...
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Designing Computer Software to
Predict the Unpredictable
KurzweilAI.net Oct. 18, 2007
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University of Arizona Professor
Jerzy Rozenblit has received a $2.2
million grant to design computer
software that will analyze volatile
political and military situations.
The Asymmetric Threat Response and
Analysis Project (ATRAP) is a
massively complex set of computer
algorithms that sift through
millions of pieces of data,
considering many...
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'Bionic' nerve to bring damanged
limbs and organs back to life
KurzweilAI.net Oct. 18, 2007
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University of Manchester
researchers have transformed fat
tissue stem cells into nerve cells,
and now plan to develop an
artificial nerve that will bring
damaged limbs and organs back to
life. University of Manchester news...
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Light-harvesting nanowire could
drive tiny devices
NewScientist.com news service Oct. 17, 2007
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A nanowire that harvests enough
electricity from light to power a
nanoscale circuit has been
demonstrated by Charles Lieber of
Harvard University. Image: Nature
The polycrystalline silicon nanowire
is the first example of a
self-contained nanoscale solar cell.
An individual nanowire can create
about 50 to 200 picowatts of
electricity from...
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Drug-resistant Staph Infection
Appears More Widespread Than
Previously Thought
JAMA & Archives October 16, 2007
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Infections caused by
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA) appear to be more
prevalent than previously believed,
affecting certain populations
disproportionately and are being
found more often outside of health
care settings, according to a study
in the October 17 issue of JAMA.
MRSA has become the most frequent
cause of skin...
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Google Says Its Health Platform Is
Due In Early 2008
Information Week October 17, 2007
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Google plans to bring its immense
data storage and organization
capacities to the field of medical
care and patient records,
incorporating personal medical
records, health care-related search
features, diet and exercise
regimens, a localized "find a
doctor" application, and other...
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