For sure, I find it very useful for those purposes. But I think it says something significant so many people are using it for companionship.
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Researchers in Singapore say aging in the heart could be reversed thanks to new hybrid biomaterial
(www.medicalnewstoday.com)
This is a tentative result, it's only one patient, and large scale trials would be needed to confirm it. Still, if it is confirmed it's a significant breakthrough. HuidaGene is also working on treatments for Huntington's Disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD among other diseases. It's also working on various Ophthalmology related conditions.
I pretty sure that is the tariffs, this doesn't look like its replacing 20,000 just yet.
The big caveat here is that 'cured in lab tests' and a viable human treatment are two different things, and sadly the former doesn't always lead to the latter. Still, this points to what may work in the future. Just how much of our tissue could be replaced by brand new 3-d printed tissue?
We tend to focus on the many bad effects of AI, but its doing, and will do, plenty of good too.
There's a few different efforts like this. DeepMind have another one. I follow these types of developments as much as possible, because I think robotics is soon going to take off thanks to recent advances in AI.
Yeah they mention it can reduce stress on joints, for people with arthritis and other conditions this could be a lot more than a hiking toy.
I've no relationship with the company! In fairness, it does seem to work. I posted it as it seemed quite cool.
I disagree. There are definitely people who sincerely believe in AI 'consciousness'. Ironically, they are usually the first to throw about terms like 'woo woo' in any discussions about human consciousness.
When it gets to the point AI is self-recursively improving itself, is this a version of 'life' as we know it? Perhaps with humans as the ultimate parent? In a sense those AIs would be our descendents.
My problem with Big Tech leading these efforts, is that they are so often anti-human welfare, why would we trust them with the issue of anyone else's? Big Tech's desire to have zero regulation is an expression of how little concern they have for other humans. The ease with which all the Big Tech firms help the military slaughter tens of thousands of civilians is another. I can't help thinking they'll use any effort to elevate AI 'welfare', to harm the interests of inconvenient humans, which means most of us to them.
It often tends to be forgotten, but solar energy has a twin - renewable lunar energy - harnessing the power of the tides. Not everywhere in the world is suited to it. However, this company says there's enough of it to meet 10% of global electricity demand. Some places are especially well suited,, and they point out Alaska could get 100% of its electricity from tidal power.