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Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in artificial intelligence, resigns from Google over ethical fears
Samantha Rice (90KG) Sets 3 World Records at 2023 Pioneer On The Beach
On April 10, 2023, Samantha Rice shared a comprehensive Instagram post recapping her first-place performance in the 90-kilogram weight class at the 2023 USA-UA Pioneer on the Beach. Rice captured three all-time raw World Records on her squat (267.5 kilograms/589.7 pounds), deadlift (280 kilograms/617.3 pounds), and total (702.5 kilograms/1,548.7 pounds). Rice wore a lifting belt for her top…
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‘Better Drugs, Better Health’: A Human Genome Pioneer Talks About the Future of Genetics
Twenty years ago, the Human Genome Project officially wrapped up. It was a feat of collaborative science that took 13 years—from 1990 to 2003—and involved researchers from around the globe.
Exxon Mobil studies potential mega-deal with Pioneer Natural Resources – WSJ
China’s Space Pioneer Becomes First Private Company to Reach Orbit During Debut Launch
Chinese company Space Pioneer established a pair of milestones this past Sunday, becoming the first startup to successfully reach orbit on its first attempt, and the first Chinese company to reach orbit with liquid rocket propulsion.
AI pioneer Cerebras opens up generative AI where OpenAI goes dark
Programming Pioneer Grady Booch on Functional Programming, Web3, and Conscious Machines
Here’s some of the highlights:
Q: Let me begin by asking something “of the moment.” There has been an almost cultural war between object-oriented programming and functional programming. What is your take on this?
Booch: I had the opportunity to conduct an oral history with John Backus — one of the pioneers of functional programming — in 2006 on behalf of the Computer History Museum. I asked John why functional programming didn’t enter the mainstream, and his answer was perfect: “Functional programming makes it easy to do hard things” he said, “but functional programming makes it very difficult to do easy things….”
Q: Would you talk a bit about cryptography and Web3?
Booch: Web3 is a flaming pile of feces orbiting a giant dripping hairball. Cryptocurrencies — ones not backed by the full faith and credit of stable nation states — have only a few meaningful use cases, particularly if you are a corrupt dictator of a nation with a broken economic system, or a fraud and scammer who wants to grow their wealth at the expense of greater fools. I was one of the original signatories of a letter to Congress in 2022 for a very good reason: these technologies are inherently dangerous, they are architecturally flawed, and they introduce an attack surface that threatens economies….
Q: What do you make of transhumanism?
Booch: It’s a nice word that has little utility for me other than as something people use to sell books and to write clickbait articles….
Q: Do you think we’ll ever see conscious machines? Or, perhaps, something that compels us to accept them as such?
Booch: My experience tells me that the mind is computable. Hence, yes, I have reason to believe that we will see synthetic minds. But not in my lifetime; or yours; or your children; or your children’s children. Remember, also, that this will likely happen incrementally, not with a bang, and as such, we will co-evolve with these new species.
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