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How do you solve a problem like out-of-control AI? - MIT Technology Review

Last week Google revealed it is going all in on generative AI. At its annual I/O conference, the company announced it plans to embed AI tools into virtually all of its products, from Google Docs to coding and online search. (Read my story here.)

Google’s approach is to introduce these new functions into its products gradually. But it will most likely be just a matter of time before things start to go awry. The company has not solved any of the common problems with these AI models. They still make stuff up. They are still easy to manipulate to break their own rules. They are still vulnerable to attacks. There is very little stopping them from being used as tools for disinformation, scams, and spam.

Because these sorts of AI tools are relatively new, they still operate in a largely regulation-free zone. But that doesn’t feel sustainable. Calls for regulation are growing louder as the post-ChatGPT euphoria is wearing off, and regulators are starting to ask tough questions about the technology.

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Celebrating the ‘father of the lithium-ion battery’ - Research Features

John B Goodenough, widely regarded as the ‘father of the lithium-ion battery’, recently died at the age of 100. Goodenough is credited with developing the rechargeable, lightweight battery – found in almost all our portable electronic devices, from smartphones and tablets to power drills.

In 1966, The Ford Motor Company developed a sodium-sulphur battery that could run an automobile for up to 82 miles. The battery was eventually considered unsuitable since it was too expensive and operated at 350oC, and Ford cancelled the project. The battery, on the other hand, piqued the curiosity of physicist John Goodenough, who had been invited to observe the experiment. ‘That invention came from someone discovering fast sodium-ion transport in a ceramic,’ he commented. Goodenough realised, ‘I know how to do it better.’

Goodenough’s visionary research sparked a battery revolution, propelling smaller devices and greener energy solutions.

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What Psychedelics Can Teach Us About Play - Time

We are in the midst of a new psychedelic renaissance. Drugs like MDMA and psilocybin are being ushered into mainstream medicine, promoted as miracle cures for a host of psychiatric woes. But as psychedelics come to be seen as treatments for various types of psychological suffering, we are overlooking one of their most precious offerings: the potential for play.

"Neuroplasticity" is the word many mental health professionals are now using to describe the positive effect of psychedelics; a process in which the brain sort of loosens up, becoming flexible and open to learning (Children’s brains, for instance, are highly plastic.) Plasticity is why researchers believe psychedelics show promise in helping individuals who are suffering from psychological complaints related to obsessiveness, ruminations, and habits—what professionals diagnose as “depression,” “anxiety,” and “addiction.” And it’s one reason psychedelics help people in general, moving them from a sense of repetitiveness in their lives to a more expansive, awakened encounter with the world.

Neuroplasticity primarily focuses on cognition, emphasizing the role of thinking. But that’s where the idea of a more flexible brain misses the most interesting and most human element in psychedelics: Experience, not just thinking, has always been the central way psychonauts talk about the effects of these medicines, especially in regard to mystical experiences: When we “open the doors of perception,” we’re not just thinking differently, we’re experiencing differently; encountering the world in a new or altered way through our thoughts, yes, but just as importantly, through our feelings, perceptions, intuition and gut instincts.

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