It Was Only a Matter of Time: Scientists Found a Way to Reverse Signs of Aging

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It Was Only a Matter of Time: Scientists Found a Way to Reverse Signs of Aging

A new experiment looks into the possibility of replicating stem cell-like conditions through intermittent expressions of genes in order to reverse the signs of aging.
As a result, human skin cells in a dish looked and behaved young again, and mice with premature aging disease were rejuvenated with a 30% increase in lifespan.

Good news for the 1% and their heirs.

(Yes, that includes the Trumps).

It Was Only a Matter of Time: Scientists Found a Way to Reverse Signs of Aging

IEEE Just Published the First Draft Report on How to Make an ‘Ethically Aligned’ AI

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IEEE Just Published the First Draft Report on How to Make an ‘Ethically Aligned’ AI https://futurism.com/ieee-just-published-the-first-draft-report-on-how-to-make-an-ethically-aligned-ai/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=tumblr&utm_medium=futurismnews&utm_content=IEEE%20Just%20Published%20the%20First%20Draft%20Report%20on%20How%20to%20Make%20an%20%27Ethically%20Aligned%27%20AI

IEEE Just Published the First Draft Report on How to Make an ‘Ethically Aligned’ AI

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is convinced that AI/AS development should be “aligned to humans in terms of our moral values and ethical principles.”
They present their ideas in a 136-paged framework document called Ethically Aligned Design, which the institute hopes will guide the industry to build benevolent AI.

This looks wonkish and long but so very important.
This, along with climate change and rising inequality, is one of the most important things for the next 10-20 years.

IEEE Just Published the First Draft Report on How to Make an ‘Ethically Aligned’ AI

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The Extraordinary Spiral in LL Pegasi // NASA

What created the strange spiral structure on the left? No one is sure, although it is likely related to a star in a binary star system entering the planetary nebula phase, when its outer atmosphere is ejected. The huge spiral spans about a third of a light year across and, winding four or five complete turns, has a regularity that is without precedent. Given the expansion rate of the spiral gas, a new layer must appear about every 800 years, a close match to the time it takes for the two stars to orbit each other. The star system that created it is most commonly known as LL Pegasi, but also AFGL 3068. The unusual structure itself has been cataloged as IRAS 23166+1655. The featured image was taken in near-infrared light by the Hubble Space Telescope. Why the spiral glows is itself a mystery, with a leading hypothesis being illumination by light reflected from nearby stars.

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Automation and Robots Could Permanently Disrupt Capitalism

GOOD.

Anyone who read this will see how NOTHING good can come out of this.

We are looking at something entirely unprecedented, and if it is not carefully managed, we are looking at upheaval comparable to industrial revolution, which, as we know, gave us totalitarianism, two world wars, and nuclear weapons. (Though a few generations later it also gave us unprecedented prosperity and peace).

seeing what we do about it so far, however, it is not encouraging.