AI & RoboticsNews

Today’s AI is ‘alchemy,’ not science — what that means and why that matters | The AI Beat

September 19, 2023
A New York Times article this morning, titled “How to Tell if Your AI Is Conscious,” says that in a new report, “scientists offer a list of measurable qualities” based on a “brand-new” science of consciousness.  The article immediately jumped out at me, as it was published just a few days after I had a long chat with Thomas Krendl Gilbert, a machine ethicist who, among other things…
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CryptoNews

Users on Ethereum's Decentralized Polymarket Speculate on Biden's Impeachment – Bitcoin News

September 19, 2023
After the Republican House of Representatives speaker, Kevin McCarthy, directed the House to open an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, bettors on the cryptocurrency-powered Polymarket platform have started placing bets on whether Biden will be impeached by two specific dates. Currently, bettors are wagering against impeachment on or before two specific dates: September 30, 2023, and December 31…
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CryptoNews

Latam Insights: Crypto Adoption Booms in Latam Nations, Milei Bashes Socialism – Bitcoin News

September 19, 2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico are present in Chainalysis’ 2023 Global Crypto Adoption Index; Argentine presidential candidate Javier Milei blames socialism for Argentina’s economic decline, and Bull Bitcoin expands to Costa Rica. Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico…
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DefenseNews

US Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon fielding delayed to year’s end

September 18, 2023
WASHINGTON —The U.S. Army will miss its goal to field the Dark Eagle Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon during the government’s fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, but is still aiming to deliver the capability by the end of the calendar year, according to the service’s acquisition chief. The delay is due to the cancellation of a critical test of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, Assistant Secretary of…
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