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Simulation theory: Are we living in a simulated universe? Some scientists say 'yes'

A new research paper reframes the simulation hypothesis, asking whether reality could be simulated and what science can test.

The Brain’s Strange Way of Computing Could Explain Consciousness

Consciousness may emerge not from code, but from the way living brains physically compute.

A tug-of-war explains a decades-old question about how bacteria swim

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...
MIT Technology Review

LLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But what’s a parameter?

Think back to middle school algebra, like 2 a + b. Those letters are parameters: Assign them values and you get a result. In ...
Wall Street Journal

All That Cheap Chinese Stuff Is Now Europe’s Problem

LONDON—President Trump’s crackdown on Chinese imports in the U.S. has redirected a tsunami of cheap stuff into Europe. Some of it is pooled in Xue Er’s backyard. A stay-at-home mom in her 40s who ...
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Nvidia says Tesla’s self-driving is starting to feel uncomfortably human, passes a real-world Turing test

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving v14 is being hailed by AI experts as a breakthrough in embodied intelligence, after Nvidia’s ...