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NASA’s Curiosity Reaches Mars Ridge Where Water Left Debris Pileup

September 19, 2023
Three billion years ago, amid one of the last wet periods on Mars, powerful debris flows carried mud and boulders down the side of a hulking mountain. The debris spread into a fan that was later eroded by wind into a towering ridge, preserving an intriguing record of the Red Planet’s watery past. Now, after three attempts, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has reached the ridge…
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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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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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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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