All stories by Tristan
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Necromancy: Scientists built a robot that can hear through a dead locust's ear
A team of scientists from Tel-Aviv University have successfully given a robot the ability to hear sounds through the use ...
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Armored Brigade's latest DLC makes it a must-play for armchair generals
Publisher Slitherine and developer Veitikka Studios' excellent tactical-level strategy war game Armored Brigade recently got its third DLC and it's a serious game changer. Billed as a “Nation Pack” featuring playable forces from the Netherlands and Czechoslovakia, the impact ...
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New research indicates the whole universe could be a giant neural network
The core idea is deceptively simple: every observable phenomenon in the entire universe can be modeled by a neural network. And that means, by extension, the universe itself may be a neural network. Vitaly Vanchurin, a professor of physics at the University of Minnesota Duluth, ...
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A beginner's guide to AI: Ethics in artificial intelligence
Welcome to Neural’s beginner’s guide to AI. This long-running series should provide you with a very basic understanding of what AI is, what it can do, and how it works. In addition to the article you're currently reading, the guide contains articles on (in order published) neural ...
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Fantasy General II Evolution DLC review: Eat the rich, devour the defeated
Slitherine and Owned By Gravity's excellent turn-based tactical combat game Fantasy General II gets its most intriguing DLC yet in Evolution, scheduled to release tomorrow on 25 February. I've had my scaly claws on it for a couple of weeks and I've thoroughly enjoyed every second ...
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Stunning astronomical study indicates our galaxy may be teeming with life
The search for extraterrestrial life may not take us very far from home. Astronomers from the University of Copenhagen recently published an incredible study demonstrating there's a high likelihood the Milky Way is absolutely flooded with potentially life-bearing planets. Published ...
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Watch: Amazing NASA footage shows Perseverance rover setting down on Mars
NASA today released breathtaking new footage from the Perseverance rover's arrival on the surface of Mars. The Perseverance rover left for the red planet on 30 July 2020. After a mostly uneventful transit through space, it managed to touch down on the surface of Mars at 20:55 UTC ...
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IBM, Call for Code, and the Linux Foundation announce new open source projects to combat racism
The Linux Foundation last week announced it was hosting seven open source projects in partnership with IBM and David Clark ...
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Google fired Margaret Mitchell, its Ethical AI Team founder
Google has evidently fired the founder and co-lead of its Ethical AI team, Margaret Mitchell. This comes after weeks of ...
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Researchers propose 'ethically correct AI' for smart guns that locks out mass shooters
A trio of computer scientists from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York recently published research detailing ...
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Why developing AI to defeat us may be humanity's only hope
One glance at the state of things and it's evident humanity's evolved itself into a corner. On the one hand, we're smart ...
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I'm an Iraq War veteran and a hardcore wargamer. Here's what's wrong with 'Six Days In Fallujah'
I thought the controversial first-person survival/shooter game Six Days in Fallujah was dead over a decade ago. At the time, I felt its cancellation was good riddance to bad rubbish. But today I learned it's back on schedule for a 2021 release. My complete disdain for this title has ...
