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In the black holes’ pull. Astronomers discover that magnetic fields in the vicinity of supermassive black holes can equal the force of gravity http://www.mpg.de/8256277/magnetic-fields_supermassive-black-holes

In the black holes’ pull Astronomers discover that magnetic fields in the vicinity of supermassive black holes http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609021814-34427457-in-the-black-holes-pull-astronomers-discover-that-magnetic-fields-in-the-vicinity-of-supermassive-black-holes-can-equal-the-force-of-gravity

At the heart of the antimatter mystery http://www.mpg.de/8242689/proton_magnetic_moment

“At the heart of the antimatter mystery” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609022248-34427457-at-the-heart-of-the-antimatter-mystery

Change of perspective in the electronic landscape http://www.mpg.de/8242301/bismuth_energy-distribution

“The conventional electronic model for metals is not valid for bismuth” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609022555-34427457-change-of-perspective-in-the-electronic-landscape-the-conventional-electronic-model-for-metals-is-not-valid-for-bismuth

Environmental change leaves its footprint in the epigenome http://www.mpg.de/8238267/environment-epigenome

Environmental change leaves its footprint in the epigenome http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609022848-34427457-environmental-change-leaves-its-footprint-in-the-epigenome-high-fat-diets-and-long-daylight-periods-alter-epigenetic-markers-in-wild-mice

Extortioners are only temporarily successful http://www.mpg.de/8234305/extortioners-social-conduct

A game theory experiment demonstrates that people only let themselves be extorted to http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609023239-34427457-extortioners-are-only-temporarily-successful-a-game-theory-experiment-demonstrates-that-people-only-let-themselves-be-extorted-to-a-limited-extent-t

The pirate in the microbe. Bacteria do not move entirely randomly as they scout the surface of host cells http://www.mpg.de/8233992/motion-bacteria-tug-of-war

The pirate in the microbe Bacteria do not move entirely randomly as they scout the surface of host cells http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609023539-34427457-the-pirate-in-the-microbe-bacteria-do-not-move-entirely-randomly-as-they-scout-the-surface-of-host-cells

Outgrowing emotional egocentricity. Max Planck researchers discover a region of the brain that enables children to overcome emotional self-centeredness as they mature

http://www.mpg.de/8229113/children-emotional-egocentricity

Gamma rays from the core of active galaxies. Observations show that outbursts occur in the nuclear regions of active galaxies http://www.mpg.de/8225053/blazar-gamma-rays

Gamma rays from the core of active galaxies www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609024028–34427457-gamma-rays-from-the-core-of-active-galaxies-observations-show-that-outbursts-occur-in-the-nuclear-regions-of-active-galaxies

Rosetta’s target comet is becoming active. The scientific imaging system OSIRIS on board ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft witnesses the awakening of the mission’s target comet http://www.mpg.de/8212484/churyumov_gerasimenko_dust-coma

“Rosetta’s target comet is becoming active The scientific imaging system OSIRIS ” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609024612-34427457-rosetta-s-target-comet-is-becoming-active-the-scientific-imaging-system-osiris-on-board-esa-s-rosetta

Birth of a star in double-quick time. Scientists observe the nurseries of massive stars in our galaxy http://www.mpg.de/8206852/star-birth-milkyway

Birth of a star in double-quick time Scientists observe the nurseries of massive stars in our galaxy http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609024910-34427457-birth-of-a-star-in-double-quick-time-scientists-observe-the-nurseries-of-massive-stars-in-our-galaxy

A new quantum memory on the horizon http://www.mpg.de/8202685/quantum-ion-crystal

A new quantum memory on the horizon http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609025137-34427457-a-new-quantum-memory-on-the-horizon

Endocrine disruptors impair human sperm function http://www.mpg.de/8201201/chemicals-fertility

Endocrine disruptors impair human sperm function Ultraviolet filters, preservatives, and …http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140609025350-34427457-endocrine-disruptors-impair-human-sperm-function-ultraviolet-filters-preservatives-and-plasticizers-may-be-responsible-for-fertility-problems

There is nothing about the Science of Complexity that you can teach the Germans. Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems http://www.mpg.de/154455/dyn_komplex_techn_systeme

Nanosats are go! Small satellites: iny satellites are changing the space business http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607205338-34427457-nanosats-are-go-small-satellites-taking-advantage-of-smartphones-and-other-consumer-technologies-tiny-satellites-are-changing-the-space-business

Harvard researchers find switch that causes mature liver cells to revert back to stem cell-like state http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607210737-34427457-harvard-researchers-find-switch-that-causes-mature-liver-cells-to-revert-back-to-stem-cell-like-state

These Are the Mining Robots That Will Colonize the Solar System http://io9.com/these-are-the-mining-robots-that-will-colonize-the-sola-1587143350/+AnnaleeNewitz

“Astronomers find new type of planet: The “Mega-Earth”” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140608005255-34427457-astronomers-find-new-type-of-planet-the-mega-earth

Heartbleed Redux: Another Gaping Wound in Web Encryption Uncovered http://www.wired.com/2014/06/heartbleed-redux-another-gaping-wound-in-ssl-uncovered/

Twitter’s in Trouble. Here’s How It Can Avoid Becoming the Next AOL http://www.wired.com/2014/06/is-twitter-morphing-into-the-next-aol/

Obama: Japanese Robots ‘Were a Little Scary’ http://www.roboticstrends.com/service_healthcare/article/obama_japanese_robots_were_a_little_scary

Sixth sense device allows gestures to control technology http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/7711/Sixth-sense-device-allows-gestures-to-control-technology.aspx

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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The Black Bible to Extreme Omniscient Womb-to-Tomb Risk Management as per the White Swan Treatise Synthesis!: The White Swan’s Beyond Eureka and Sputnik Moments: How To Fundamentally Cope With Risks
ASIN: B00KTCVFVW http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KTCVFVW

Improved supercapacitors for better batteries, electric vehicles http://www.kurzweilai.net/improved-supercapacitors-for-super-batteries-electric-vehicles

Wires that can store energy like batteries http://www.kurzweilai.net/wires-that-can-store-energy-like-batteries

“Improved supercapacitors for better batteries, electric vehicles” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606210602-34427457-improved-supercapacitors-for-better-batteries-electric-vehicles

Wires that can store energy like batteries http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606210759-34427457-wires-that-can-store-energy-like-batteries

NASA’s OPALS Beams Video from Space http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1efsA8PQmDA&feature=share

N.I.H. Seeks $4.5 Billion to Try to Crack How Brains Function http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606211355-34427457-n-i-h-seeks-4-5-billion-to-try-to-crack-the-code-of-how-brains-function

Ideal Invisibility Cloaks for Visible Light in Diffusive Media / Simple Setup Produces Surprising Results http://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2014_15233.php

Space Robot Performs Surgery on Itself http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606212724-34427457-space-robot-performs-surgery-on-itself

MIT Develops Wearable Robotic Arms Robotic arms could open a door while .… http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606212916-34427457-mit-develops-wearable-robotic-arms-robotic-arms-could-open-a-door-while-the-wearer-carries-shopping-bags-with-his-her-real-arms

Can virtual reality therapy help alleviate chronic pain? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606215441-34427457-can-virtual-reality-therapy-help-alleviate-chronic-pain

Earth Has a New Class of Rocks – Plastiglomerates http://www.21stcentech.com/earth-class-rocks-plastiglomerates/

This ‘connected car’ comes with gesture control and Wi-Fi — and it knows if you’re drunk http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/04/this-connected-car-comes-with-gesture-control-and-wifi-and-it-knows-if-youre-drunk/

The Hidden Winners Behind Apple Inc’s HomeKit http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606215142-34427457-the-hidden-winners-behind-apple-inc-s-homekit

The Chief Of Microsoft Research On Big Ideas, Failure, And Its New Skunkworks Group http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607004133-34427457-the-chief-of-microsoft-research-on-big-ideas-failure-and-its-new-skunkworks-group

The Chief Of Microsoft Research On Big Ideas, Failure, And Its New Skunkworks Group www.fastcoexist.com/3030164/the-chief-of-microsoft-research-on-big-ideas-failure-and-its-new-skunkworks-group

How to be agile with your big data http://ht.ly/xv8wb

Data science vs the hunch: What happens when the figures contradict your gut instinct? www.zdnet.com/data-science-vs-the-hunch-what-happens-when-the-figures-contradict-your-gut-instinct-7000030289/

How to be agile with your big data Agile methodology brings flexibility to the EDW and .…. http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607004703-34427457-how-to-be-agile-with-your-big-data-agile-methodology-brings-flexibility-to-the-edw-and-offers-ways-to-integrate-open-source-technologies-with-existin

Data science vs the hunch: What happens when the figures contradict your gut instinct? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607004831-34427457-data-science-vs-the-hunch-what-happens-when-the-figures-contradict-your-gut-instinct

Mathematicians Urge Colleagues To Refuse To Work For The NSA http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607005210-34427457-mathematicians-urge-colleagues-to-refuse-to-work-for-the-nsa

SEO And Other Web Marketing Techniques: Tools Or Tricks? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607005404-34427457-seo-and-other-web-marketing-techniques-tools-or-tricks

FORBES IS EXTREMELY WRONG: Five Reasons China Won’t Be A Big Threat To America’s Global Power http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140607010051-34427457-forbes-is-extremely-wrong-five-reasons-china-won-t-be-a-big-threat-to-america-s-global-power

Lifeboat Foundation Worldwide Ambassador White Swan Update and Published Amazon Author by Andres Agostini at www.amazon.com/author/agostini

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Imagine a future in which wireless electricity makes everyday products more convenient, reliable, and environmentally friendly. http://www.witricity.com/

Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system http://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2014-06-fasting-triggers-stem-cell-regeneration.html

Made to Order: Healthcare & The State of 3D Printing http://www.worrell.com/newmagazine/uncategorized/2014/made-to-order-healthcare-the-state-of-3d-printing

The Mission to Bring Google’s AI to the Rest of the World http://www.wired.com/2014/06/skymind-deep-learning/?utm_content=bufferaf39c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

UN says half of world’s forest species are at risk, calls for ‘urgent action’ http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/science/140603/un-says-half-worlds-forest-species-are-at-risk-calls-urgent-action

Traces of another world found on the Moon http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27688511

Doctors can now 3D-print blood vessels http://www.eutimes.net/2014/06/doctors-can-now-3d-print-blood-vessels/

Many people swear by the so-called spelunker’s illusion, in which they think they can see their own hands moving even in the total absence of light. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/synesthesia-helps-explain-mysterious-spelunkers-illusion/?WT.mc_id=SA_Facebook

Putin Planning To Release Evidence Exposing 9/11 As An Inside Job http://www.eutimes.net/2014/06/putin-planning-to-release-evidence-exposing-911-as-an-inside-job/

The Overt Future, Today! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606014208-34427457-the-overt-future-today

Simpletons relish Insurance-Mired Risk Unmanegement and they accuse the events to be a black swan. Faulty Blowout Preventer Contributed to Deadly BP Spill in Gulf of Mexico http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/faulty-blowout-preventer-contributed-to-deadly-bp-spill-in-gulf-of-mexico/

Ask Einstein why your Superpower is being beaten by Asians and Euro-Asians? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140606025253-34427457-ask-einstein-why-your-superpower-is-being-beaten-by-asians-and-euro-Asians

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One may be warm enough to have liquid water http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604213027-34427457-sciencedaily-your-source-for-the-latest-research-news-featured-research-from-universities-journals-and-other-organizations-astronomers-discover-tw

First fully 2D field-effect transistor – May lead to faster electronic devices http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604234810-34427457-first-fully-2d-field-effect-transistor-may-lead-to-faster-electronic-devices

Hubble captures most comprehensive picture ever of the Universe http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604235234-34427457-hubble-captures-most-comprehensive-picture-ever-of-the-universe

A tool to make the Internet of Things safer, Really? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604235605-34427457-a-tool-to-make-the-internet-of-things-safer-really

“Electrical ‘mind control’ shown in primates for first time ‘Free choice’ in primates .…” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604235923-34427457-electrical-mind-control-shown-in-primates-for-first-time-free-choice-in-primates-can-be-altered-with-brain-stimulation

Why India Will be Superpower # 1 or #2 and the EU Superpower #6 or #7? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605004130-34427457-why-india-will-be-superpower-1-or-2-and-the-eu-superpower-6-or-7

Germany’s first waste-free supermarket about to open its doors http://www.gizmag.com/original-unverpackt-germany-waste-free-supermarket/32376/

Astronomers discover two new worlds orbiting ancient star next door: One may be warm enough to have liquid water http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140603194011.htm

Astronomers discover two new worlds orbiting ancient star next door: One may be warm enough to have liquid water http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605010249-34427457-astronomers-discover-two-new-worlds-orbiting-ancient-star-next-door-one-may-be-warm-enough-to-have-liquid-water

REALLY? Develop tool to make the Internet of Things safer http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605010524-34427457-really-develop-tool-to-make-the-internet-of-things-safer

“Antimatter atoms yield high-precision measurement If antihydrogen has an electric charge, it’s too small to measure — so far” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605010725-34427457-antimatter-atoms-yield-high-precision-measurement-if-antihydrogen-has-an-electric-charge-it-s-too-small-to-measure-so-far

The Most Important Technology Trend Of 2014 http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605011046-34427457-the-most-important-technology-trend-of-2014

Will China Follow the U.S. in National Carbon Cap? http://www.21stcentech.com/china-follow-u-s-national-carbon-cap/

The Future of Extreme Space-Age Risk Management, Today! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605035515-34427457-the-future-of-extreme-space-age-risk-management-today

The Most Important Technology Trend Of 2014
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605011046-34427457-the-most-important-technology-trend-of-2014?trk=mp-reader-card

The Next Giant Chinese City Will Float In The Ocean http://www.fastcoexist.com/3031143/the-next-giant-chinese-city-will-float-in-the-ocean?partner=newsletter

Ultimate White Swan Update http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140605040922-34427457-utimate-white-swan-update
How To Create A Culture of Innovation http://www.fastcompany.com/3031092/how-to-create-a-culture-of-innovation-in-the-workplace?utm_content=buffer4a3eb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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Self-assembling printable robotic components http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603202248-34427457-self-assembling-printable-robotic-components

Affordable precision 3D printing for pros http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603202709-34427457-affordable-precision-3d-printing-for-pros

“Climate Change Response is the Talk of the Day But Where’s the Action?” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603203637-34427457-climate-change-response-is-the-talk-of-the-day-but-where-s-the-action

Is 2014 the Year We Hit the Technology Tipping Point? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603204150-34427457-is-2014-the-year-we-hit-the-technology-tipping-point

Samsung and Artificial Intelligence. Get ready for the SuperCloud! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603205303-34427457-samsung-and-artificial-intelligence-get-ready-for-the-supercloud

Randomness Versus Pseudo-Randomness http://www.amazon.com/Randomness-Versus-Pseudo-Randomness-White-Swan-ebook/dp/B00KQOEZ0G/ref=sr_1_25?ie=UTF8&qid=1401830281&sr=8-25&keywords=andres+agostini

Haphazardness Vs. Pseudo-Haphazardness www.amazon.com/Haphazardness-Versus-Pseudo-Haphazardness-White-Swan-ebook/dp/B00KQOELS2/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1401830672&sr=8–27&keywords=andres+agostini

Recursiveness Versus Pseudo-recursiveness www.amazon.com/Recursiveness-Versus-Pseudo-recursiveness-White-Swan-ebook/dp/B00KQOEPTC/ref=sr_1_28?ie=UTF8&qid=1401830672&sr=8–28&keywords=andres+agostini

Fortuitousness Vs. Pseudo-fortuitousness www.amazon.com/Fortuitousness-Versus-Pseudo-fortuitousness-White-Swan-ebook/dp/B00KQOER9K/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1401830672&sr=8–29&keywords=andres+agostini

Mishaps Versus Pseudo-Mishaps http://www.amazon.com/Mishaps-Versus-Pseudo-Mishaps-White-Swan-ebook/dp/B00KQOETDE/ref=sr_1_30?ie=UTF8&qid=1401830672&sr=8-30&keywords=andres+agostini

“Disrupting Every Black and Gray Swan, Now!” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140603214954-34427457-disrupting-every-black-and-gray-swan-now

How Digital Currency Could End Corruption in Afghanistan http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604003753-34427457-how-digital-currency-could-end-corruption-in-afghanistan

Driverless Cars: Optional by 2024, Mandatory by 2044 http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604004743-34427457-driverless-cars-optional-by-2024-mandatory-by-2044

The E-Commerce Opportunity in Consumer Goods http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604022004-34427457-the-e-commerce-opportunity-in-consumer-goods

Mars Ahead? SpaceX Unveils Dragon V2 Capsule for Astronaut Trips http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604022820-34427457-mars-ahead-spacex-unveils-dragon-v2-capsule-for-astronaut-trips

Unstoppable Strong Artificial Intelligence: How Smart Houses And Big Data Will Change Real Estate Economics? http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604023602-34427457-unstoppable-strong-artificial-intelligence-how-smart-houses-and-big-data-will-change-real-estate-economics

“Another rude awakening for millennials” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604024135-34427457-another-rude-awakening-for-millennials

“How virtual reality could save your life during a disaster” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604024535-34427457-how-virtual-reality-could-save-your-life-during-a-disaster

“LA Optometrist Selling Google Glass Says Interest Is “Huge”” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604025350-34427457-la-optometrist-selling-google-glass-says-interest-is-huge

“China wakes up to its water crisis More than 70 per cent of China’s rivers and lakes” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604025908-34427457-china-wakes-up-to-its-water-crisis-more-than-70-per-cent-of-china-s-rivers-and-lakes

“Bitcoin Price Increase Slows to a Halt” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604030330-34427457-bitcoin-price-increase-slows-to-a-halt

Extreme Engineering Management www.amazon.com/Extreme-Engineering-Management-XEM-Proprietary-ebook/dp/B00KR0ZTB8/ref=sr_1_10?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1401853342&sr=1–10&keywords=andres+agostini

“The Black Book to Today’s Strong Artificial Intelligence” by @SciCzar on @LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604034917-34427457-the-black-book-to-today-s-strong-artificial-intelligence

If you don’t get the rate of techno-change, you self-replicating omnibot will spell it out for you! http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140604035841-34427457-if-you-don-t-get-the-rate-of-techno-change-you-self-replicating-omnibot-will-spell-it-out-for-you

Self-assembling printable robotic components http://www.kurzweilai.net/self-assembling-printable-robotic-components

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Raptor robot runs at 28.58 mph, faster than any human http://www.kurzweilai.net/kaist-raptor-robot-runs-at-28-58-mph-faster-than-any-human

Teleporting information achieved by TU Delft http://www.kurzweilai.net/teleporting-information-achieved-by-tu-delft

A wakeup call: what exactly should we do about near-Earth objects? http://www.kurzweilai.net/a-wakeup-call-what-exactly-should-we-do-about-near-earth-objects

Artificial Intelligence Is Now Telling Doctors How to Treat You http://www.wired.com/2014/06/ai-healthcare/?mbid=social_linkedin

Curved screens make our brains light up with pleasure http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229714.900-curved-screens-make-our-brains-light-up-with-pleasure.html#.U41gjSgbErg

World’s First Fully Organic Flexible OLED Will Wrap Around Your Wrist http://gizmodo.com/worlds-first-fully-organic-flexible-oled-will-wrap-roun-1584772596

DARPA Using Oculus in Plan X Cyberwar http://news.filehippo.com/2014/05/darpa-using-oculus-in-plan-x-cyberwar/

4 DARPA Projects That Could Be Bigger Than the Internet http://www.nationaljournal.com/defense/4-darpa-projects-that-could-be-bigger-than-the-internet-20140521

Top 10 FinTech Companies to Watch http://www.americanbanker.com/gallery/top-10-fintech-companies-to-watch-1063306-1.html

Tepid US recovery – it’s the middle class, stupid http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/753839f0-e75b-11e3-88be-00144feabdc0.html#axzz33YJBTTFP

What’s Still Needed to Make Google’s Autonomous Car Dream Come True? http://www.21stcentech.com/needed-googles-autonomous-car-dream-true/

The Truth About Building With Glass http://www.fastcodesign.com/3031286/on-the-willis-tower-the-truth-about-building-with-glass

What the future of work looks like http://fortune.com/2014/05/29/what-the-future-of-work-looks-like/

Wearable Computers Will Transform Language http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/portable-devices/wearable-computers-will-transform-language

Marc Andreessen on the Future of Technology and Automation, Robotics, and AI can Impact Government Service http://www.ctovision.com/2014/06/marc-andreessen-future-technology-implications-government-service-citizens/

Internet of Things – Smart Systems and Dumb Policy could be a Dangerous Combination in a Dynamic Global Arena http://www.c-pet.org/internet-of-things/

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The technological singularity requires the creation of an artificial superintelligence (ASI). But does that ASI need to be modelled on the human brain, or is it even necessary to be able to fully replicate the human brain and consciousness digitally in order to design an ASI ?

Animal brains and computers don’t work the same way. Brains are massively parallel three-dimensional networks, while computers still process information in a very linear fashion, although millions of times faster than brains. Microprocessors can perform amazing calculations, far exceeding the speed and efficiency of the human brain using completely different patterns to process information. The drawback is that traditional chips are not good at processing massively parallel data, solving complex problems, or recognizing patterns.

Newly developed neuromorphic chips are modelling the massively parallel way the brain processes information using, among others, neural networks. Neuromorphic computers should ideally use optical technology, which can potentially process trillions of simultaneous calculations, making it possible to simulate a whole human brain.

The Blue Brain Project and the Human Brain Project, funded by the European Union, the Swiss government and IBM, are two such attempts to build a full computer model of a functioning human brain using a biologically realistic model of neurons. The Human Brain Project aims to achieve a functional simulation of the human brain for 2016.

Neuromorphic chips make it possible for computers to process sensory data, detect and predict patterns, and learn from experience. This is a huge advance in artificial intelligence, a step closer to creating an artificial general intelligence (AGI), i.e. an AI that could successfully perform any intellectual task that a human being can.

Think of an AGI inside a humanoid robot, a machine that looks and behave like us, but with customizable skills and that can perform practically any task better than a real human. These robots could be self-aware and/or sentient, depending on how we choose to build them. Manufacturing robots wouldn’t need to be, but what about social robots living with us, taking care of the young, the sick or the elderly? Surely it would be nicer if they could converse with us as if they were conscious, sentient beings like us, a bit like the AI in Spike Jonze’s 2013 movie Her.

In a not too distant future, perhaps less than two decades, such robots could replace humans for practically any job, creating a society of abundance where humans can spend their time however they like. In this model, highly capable robots would run the economy for us. Food, energy and most consumer products would be free or very cheap, and people would receive a fixed monthly allowance from the government.

This all sounds very nice. But what about an AI that would be greatly surpass the brightest human minds ? An artificial superintelligence (ASI), or strong AI (SAI), with the ability to learn and improve on itself, and potentially becoming millions or billions of times more intelligent and capable than humans ? The creation of such an entity would theoretically lead to the mythical technological singularity.

Futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil believes that the singularity will happen some time around 2045. Among Kurzweil’s critics is Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, who believes that the singularity is still a long way off. Allen argues that for a real singularity-level computer intelligence to be built, the scientific understanding of how the human brain works will need to accelerate exponentially (like digital technologies), and that the process of original scientific discovery just doesn’t behave that way. He calls this issue the complexity brake.

Without interfering in the argument between Paul Allen and Ray Kurzweil (who replied convincingly here), the question I want to discuss is whether it is absolutely necessary to fully understand and replicate the way the human brain works to create an ASI.

GREAT INTELLIGENCE DOESN’T HAVE TO BE MODELLED ON THE HUMAN BRAIN

It is a natural for us to think that humans are the culmination of intelligence, simply because it is the case in the biological world on Earth. But that doesn’t mean that our brain is perfect or that other forms of higher intelligence cannot exist if they aren’t based on the same model.

If extraterrestrial beings with a greater intelligence than ours exist, it is virtually unthinkable that their brains be shaped and function like ours. The process of evolution is so random and complex that even if life were to be created again on a planet identical to Earth, it wouldn’t unfold the same way as it did for us, and consequently the species wouldn’t be the same. What if the Permian-Triassic extinction, or any other mass extinction event hadn’t occured ? We wouldn’t be there. But that doesn’t mean that other intelligent animals wouldn’t have evolved instead of us. Perhaps there would have been octopus-like creatures more intelligent than humans with a completely different brain structure.

It’s pure human vanity and short-sightedness to think that everything good and intelligent has to be modelled on us. That is the kind of thinking that led to the development of religions with anthropomorphized gods. Humble or unpretentious religions like animism or Buddhism either have no human-like deity or no god at all. More arrogant or self-righteous religions, be them polytheistic or monotheistic, have typically imagined gods as superhumans. We don’t want to make the same mistake with artificial superintelligence. Greater than human intelligence does not have to be an inflated version of human intelligence, nor should it be based on our biological brains.

The human brain is the fortuitious result of four billion years of evolution. Or rather, it is one tiny branch in the grand tree of evolution. Birds have much smaller brains than mammals and are generally considered stupid animals compared to most mammals. Yet, crows have reasoning skills that can exceed that of a preschooler. They display conscious, purposeful behaviour, a combined with a sense of initiative, elaborate problem solving abilities of their own, and can even use tools. All this with a brain the size of a fava-bean. A 2004 study from the departments of animal behavior and experimental psychology at the University of Cambridge claimed that crows were as clever as the great apes.

Clearly there is no need to replicate the intricacies of a human cortex to achieve consciousness and initiative. Intelligence does not depend only on brain size, the number of neurons, or cortex complexity, but also the brain-to-body mass ratio. That is why cattle, who have brains as big as chimpanzees, are stupider than ravens or mice.

But what about computers ? Computers are pure “brains”. They don’t have bodies. And indeed as computers get faster and more efficient, their size tend to decrease, not increase. This is yet another example of why we shouldn’t compare biological brains and computers.

As Ray Kurzweil explains in his reply to Paul Allen, learning about how the human brains works only serve to provide “biologically inspired methods that can accelerate work in AI, much of which has progressed without significant insight as to how the brain performs similar functions. […] The way that these massively redundant structures in the brain differentiate is through learning and experience. The current state of the art in AI does, however, enable systems to also learn from their own experience.” He then adds that IBM’s Watson learned most of its knowledge by reading on its own.

In conclusion, there is no rational reason to believe that an artificial superintelligence couldn’t come into being without being entirely modelled on the human brain, or any animal brain. A computer chip will never be the same as a biochemical neural network, and a machine will never feel emotions the same way as us (although they may feel emotions that are out of the range of human perception). But notwithstanding these differences, some computers can already acquire knowledge on their own, and will become increasingly good at it, even if they don’t learn exactly the same way as humans. Once given the chance to improve on themselves, intelligent machines could set in motion a non-biological evolution leading to greater than human intelligence, and eventually to the singularity.

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This article was originally published on Life 2.0.

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