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Today, AI systems can create stunning art & beat humans at chess & Go. But they can't do things a 3-year-old can do. Why?
We're launching @genintelligent & open sourcing our research environment, Avalon, so as a community we can answer these questions: generallyintelligent.com/lau…
For all you science enthusiasts and dog lovers: Loyal (where I work) is launching the worlds largest epigenetic study of aging in dogs! See loyalfordogs.com/x-thousand/… to get involved and/or message me for more info.
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Check out our preprint on iGluSnFR3: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
Inspired by properties of endogenous glutamate receptors, we made an indicator that’s more sensitive and synapse-specific than previous generations.
Recording by @fltomaska and @m8ta, @HHMIJanelia
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My piece in this week’s issue of @newyorker – titled “Ghost Walls” in the print edition – may be the most important thing that I've worked on at the magazine since I began writing there in 2007. /1
newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
H-1B / work visa executive order will hobble science in the US & permanently damage US's reputation & ability to attract talent.
m.pnas.org/content/113/34/93… -- A. "stop taking scientific selfies" B. "the elders still cling to individuality". Which one?
A step toward competent protein engineering. Impressive. xitter.cf/DanielKeedy/status/765…
.@fraser_lab Predicting thermostability (or other aspects) of proteins with Bayesian learning & structure: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2327… #fljcnlt
All things in historical and social context -- crookedtimber.org/2016/08/02…
"call me bout everything you must be able to do anything for rent" xitter.cf/jamieabrew/status/7107…
Must bring this one back. soundcloud.com/laurent-garni… (some of the later tracks are repetitive, but the beginning is brilliant.)
This song will make tastycakes fly laterally out of your Sennheiser headphones: youtu.be/rwYOjvz8lwQ Simple, dericious.
We should control our cultural mores rationally, given knowledge of people & the world. We should not let them control us.
"The truth may set you free, or it may not, but either way you'll get a better idea of the cage you're in."
Buy a melon, eat a melon, wish i bought 2. Happiness comes in round packages with summer here. (but cheese like this is available anytime)