Conscious

As artificial intelligence grows, so will our understanding of consciousness and what it means to be humanPhoto by Ramón Salinero on UnsplashOn June 11, Google engineer Blake Lemoine released a transcript of his conversation with LaMDA. LaMDA is Google’s machine-learning model that mimics human speech and thought, and Lemoine believed it was sentient.While the consensus remains that LaMDA has a way to go before attaining sentience, there is a lot that we can learn from it.Exploring how AI models think could be the key to…

General anesthesia is a marvelous thing, knocking us out and blocking our sense of pain in a matter of seconds before surgery.But in rare cases, some people are responsive to their surrounds under general anesthesia, yet they cannot remember what happened afterwards.  This is called 'connected consciousness', and now the largest study of its kind to date on the phenomenon suggests that it's more common than first thought, affecting 1 in 10 young adults, and women more than men.The findings highlight the need to better…

After playing the role of Marvel superhero Iron Man for more than a decade, Hollywood actor Robert Downey Jr is stepping into the role of a writer. The 57-year-old actor will be releasing his first book titled: Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite At A Time. As the title suggests, Robert will be advocating environmentally sustainable food choices through his book.According to a report by Deadline, the actor has teamed with bestselling environmental author Thomas Kostigen for his next project. The report added…