Other things I enjoyed this week...! Mind Controlled Cursor? The Art of Performance Capture - Making of Next-Gen Digital Humans!
#FeelGoodFriday! This Innovative Technology Harvests Water from Cooling Towers! 99 percent efficiency? That gives me hope! Every 'droplet' counts after all! To #SustainableTechnologies!
DeepCube is a neural network that has taught itself to solve a Rubik's Cube. Google's DeepMind can build a 3D environment, from viewpoints it hasn't seen before. The breakthrough: Both algorithms achieved the expected outputs but unexpectedly, without any human guidance! Awesome. Researchers want to develop AI models like the above that can understand an environment as we do and apply the learnings in new scenarios encountered- by itself, eliminating the need for any human help. Ex: Autonomous cars being able to move around on its own. These algorithms have only been tested in simple simulation environments, not in the complex real world. So, how far off we are from that Future when AI can outthink humans and surpass our intelligence? My brain hurts.
Good news, we are still the #ComedyChampions! AI hasn't topped us... Yet! Can an AI tell a Joke? It did come up with creative answers though. I liked this one. Lol. And it's getting better!
#Neuroscience #Today_I_Learned! Our brain continually adjusts and reorganizes by creating new neural connections or strengthening old bonds with other neurons. When some connections strengthen, neuroscientists have now found that neighboring neurons weaken themselves (based on the actions of a protein, called 'Arc') to avoid being overwhelmed with inputs and, hence a balance is achieved. This synaptic strengthening and weakening in neurons allows our brain to be flexible (#NeuroPlasticity-Stanford) and adjust for injuries or respond to new situations. "This fundamental rule helps explain how learning and memory might work at the individual neuron level because it shows how a neuron adjusts to the repeated simulation of another." MIT scientists discover fundamental rule of brain plasticity. Awesome.
