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Enhanced 3D vision helped a four-legged robot navigate bumpy terrain
Posted on 3 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary: A novel model has been created by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, that teaches four-legged robots to see in three dimensions more clearly. The development made it possible for a robot to easily and autonomously navigate difficult terrain, including rocky ground, stairways, and paths with gaps.
The scientists will present their findings at the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), which will be held in Vancouver, Canada, from June...
AI discovers flora's hidden characteristics to aid save species
Posted on 4 July, 2023 by benyamin chahkandi
Summary:To research and mitigate the effects of climate change on flora, scientists from UNSW and the Sydney Botanic Gardens have trained AI to access data from millions of plant specimens maintained in herbaria around the world.
Associate Professor Will Cornwell, the study's principal author, adds that herbarium collections are incredible "time capsules of plant specimens." It's no longer feasible to go through items manually because the National Herbarium of New South Wales alone...
Psychologists have shown that GPT-3 has the same level of reasoning ability as a college student
Posted on 4 August, 2023 by Charlotte Lee
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Standardised test-like logic problems were no match for the artificial intelligence language model GPT-3, which performed as well as college students. The experiment's authors argue that their findings raise the question of whether the technology is emulating human thinking or employing a novel cognitive mechanism. To get an answer, you'd need to go inside the code that powers GPT-3 and other AI programmes.
UCLA psychologists have shown that the AI language model GPT-3...
Will AI Really Kill Us All? The Science Behind the Hype
Posted on 27 September, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi
Concerns that artificial intelligence might kill us all are blowing up right now following warnings from researchers and leaders at some of the world’s foremost AI companies. Speculation is rife over how legislators will act. Here’s what the fears are, who is expressing them, and what might happen next.
How Did the Latest Fears About AI Begin?
The latest wave of AI existential anxiety kicked off on 8 September, when researcher Jacob Coxon told the Wall Street Journal that he was...
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15 March, 2024Today In History
Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 4 October.
- 1st code of law for Plymouth Colony
- Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas 1st volunteer firemen
- Mexico becomes a republic
- Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time
- the dahlia is officially designated as SF city flower
- The comic strip Dick Tracy debuts
- Wrestling returns to Madison Sq Garden after 12 year lay off
- Indians beat Red Sox in 1st AL playoff game
- Brooklyn Dodgers only World Series victory beating Yankees
- USSR launches Sputnik I the 1st artificial earth satellite
- Leave It to Beaver debuts on CBS
- Transatlantic coml jet passenger service began
- USSR Luna 3 sent back 1st photos of Moon's far side
- Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit
- Whitey Ford's world series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends
- Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain (National Day)
- UN starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters
- Janis Joplin dies at 27
- Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns after racial 'joke'
- pier 39 opens in SF
- Yanks clinch AL East
- 21st Space Shuttle Mission - Atlantis 1 is launched
- James Jefferson of Winnipeg scores 2 TDs on interception returns without making an interception. (He scored on laterals.)