Ermagerd Fermi Paradox!

The generally accepted classifications of civilisations are I, II, and III. Type I can exploit all resources of their planet. There’s a problem right there, because that’s what we’re doing right now and it’s going to Great Filter us all in a few more decades… Seriously, the first thing a civilisation has to do if … Read more

Puppy dog AIML and autonomous vehicle AIML…

Recently seen is another application of AI – the nimble robodoggie. Improving on Little Dog’s already impressive performances, another robot dog in development has learnt to walk from videos of other dogs walking and moving. The videos were analysed by an AI program and made into a basic instruction set for the dog-in-development. Said robopuppy … Read more

OHai Corona 9

The impact of AI. And isolating. You’re probably going to see some big changes here. Why would I leave things like tracking the virus’ progress to manual methods? It’s easy enough for AI to track these things like the famous flu detector site. (Except that they charge for more meaningful AI curated data, and there … Read more

You Mean THIS Universe?

It’s now been established that what we considered to be universal constants aren’t constant and change as you measure them further away. (https://www.sciencealert.com/new-tests-suggest-the-fundamental-forces-of-nature-aren-t-constant-across-the-universe) Initially it was thought that the speed at which the Universe is expanding, is fastest right here around us, and the further away you measure that speed, the slower that rate of … Read more