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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · 14d

The crew of Artemis II say they are ready to fly to the Moon "for all humanity". All four say they have been inspired by the Apollo Moon missions of the 1960s and early 1970s. 🧪https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg0kv8rq0xo

Artemis II: astronauts ready to go to Moon

Astronauts of Nasa's first crewed mission to the Moon for more than 50 years hope their journey inspires a new generation.

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Jul 23

Gaps in our knowledge of ancient Rome could be filled by AI. 🧪

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Jul 15

Animals react to secret sounds from plants according to new research. The discovery suggests that there has been a hitherto unkown natural world wide web exchanging infomration between plants and insects for millions of years. 🧪https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e4860n9rpo

Animals react to secret sounds from plants, say scientists

It opens up the possibility that an invisible ecosystem might exist between plants and animals.

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Jun 26

The Wellcome Trust is to fund a controversial project to create artificial human DNA 25 years after the human genome was completed. 🧪

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Jun 11

See a new video by @esa.int of the Sun's south pole tha thas never been seen before. It is a thing of beauty and will help scientists learn more about the processes that make our closest star cycle between raging storms and quieter periods. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Solar Orbiter spacecraft snaps first images of Sun's south pole

Never before seen pictures will help scientists learn how the Sun's activity changes from stormy to quiet periods

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Jun 8

The Trump-Musk row has fuelled the biggest crisis ever' at @NASA. The science budget has been cut by half and the agency’s focus is now to send astronauts to the Moon before the Chinese and to plant a US flag on Mars.🧪.

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · May 26

No-one knows exactly how LLMs work. That's worrying Prof ‪@mpshanahan.bsky.social‬ tells BBC News: "Having a better understanding of how they work will enable us to steer them in the direction we want and to ensure that they are safe."🧪
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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · May 26

Prof ‪@lenoreblum.bsky.social tells @BBCNews "AI consciousness is inevitable."
Her husband Manuel says they will be the "next stage in humanity's evolution. They are our progeny and will be on Earth and maybe on other planets when we are no longer around”.

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · May 26

1/ Great perspective by @pallabg.bsky.social on the prospects for 'conscious AI' - featuring @davidchalmers.bsky.social, Murray Shanahan, @lenoreblum.bsky.social Manuel Blum, Brett Kagan, & me among others. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The people who think AI might become conscious

With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · May 26

3/ @pallabg.bsky.social's piece refers to our "Dreamachine" experiments at @SussexUni. It's worth clarifying that there are not the same as the public Dreamahine programme. I was the lead scientist for the latter, but it was led by Collective Act dreamachine.world

Dreamachine | A new, one-of-a-kind immersive experience

Dreamachine is an experience like no other. Join us on a magical journey through music and light to experience a colourful world unfolding behind your closed eyes, created by your own brain and comple...

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Hachi @hachi19.bsky.social · May 26

How about we come to a consensus on what the term "conscious" means First?

I have a feeling we're about to have some very serious, very ill-informed conversations about things we cannot comprehend, much less relate to in any meaningful way.

Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · May 26

Are AI systems on the verge of becoming conscious? If so, what should we do?🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The people who believe that AI might become conscious

With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient

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Political Pat @politicalpat.bsky.social · May 26

The problem is defining "conscious" and "sentient." Understanding language through pattern recognition, accessing memory w/o considering context/aging relevance, and learning normal human behavior still omits pain/pleasure, risk/reward, and regret. AI mimics conscious behavior but doesn't fear death

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Political Pat @politicalpat.bsky.social · May 26

It's a good article - but the answer is in the opening paragraph. The author experiences organic fear - AI can't.

I can make AI mimic fear and pain with appropriate responses based on variable sensors, but it doesn't care if I send it into an endless loop, hallucination hell, or turn it off.

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · May 26

Prof Manuel Blum tells BBC News “Conscious robots are our progeny. Down the road, machines like these will be entities that will be on Earth and maybe on other planets when we are no longer around". 🧪
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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · May 26

Could so brain cells grown in a lab, called organoids, become conscious? Brett Kagan of Cortical Labs tells BBCNews that it’s possible, but wannabe organoid overlords could easily be defeated by pouring bleach on them.🧪

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Dr Robin George Andrews @squigglyvolcano.bsky.social · May 25

Lovely to be paired up with the legendary @pallabg.bsky.social!

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · May 26

Are AI systems on the verge of becoming conscious? If so, what should we do?🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The people who believe that AI might become conscious

With a leap in the evolution of large language models, some leading thinkers are questioning whether AI might become sentient

www.bbc.co.uk

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · May 20

Scientists in a US-led project, DUNE, are ready to build their underground detector to catch up with a Japanese experiment, Hyper-K, in a race to discover why our Universe exists. 🧪

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Apr 23

Watch the launch of a mission to grow food in space to cut astronauts' food bills on @BBCNews youtu.be/9RCh1cUFf4Q?... via @YouTube 🧪

Mission to grow food in space to cut astronauts' eating bill | BBC News

YouTube video by BBC News

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Apr 22

A mission to boldly grow food from cells in space has been launched today to make astronaut grub not only cheaper, but tastier too! 🧪. Mission to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trial to boldly grow food in space labs blasts off

The mission will explore new ways of reducing the cost of feeding an astronaut.

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Apr 18

Astronomers have found hints of a gas that might be produced by living organisms in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a faraway star. Watch the BBC News report. #K2-18b 🧪 youtube.com/watch?v=HjWw...

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Janeway @katejaneway35.bsky.social · Apr 17

I love physics and cosmology but sometimes their experts think a little too grandly of their quests. It's a big question if we're alone or not, but what about ground breaking work in our understanding of the human brain, which might be the only example of the cosmos knowing itself?

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Martyn @martynslater.bsky.social · Apr 17

Absolutely extremely rare however given the vast size of the universe, I can't find an appropriate adjective to convey the size, it will have happened else where. However given that communication is impractical, just one message could take many human lifetimes to receive, we may find proof tricky.

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Martyn @martynslater.bsky.social · Apr 17

Not sure it's the biggest question. Given the number of planets it's a certain yes. Of course proving it is a very big deal though only a matter of time.

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Pallab Ghosh @pallabg.bsky.social · Apr 17

What is the lilklihood of finding life on other worlds and what will it do to teh human psyche? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The truth about life on other planets and what it means for Earth

Could discoveries of alien life ever change the human psyche in how we view ourselves and each other?

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