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Rattus sommeliensis
Opinion has come to an age, although a small amount of alcohol sleeps, so that the wine tasting does not have any appeal. It requires a lot of great time and is an expensive way to make a nap. However, fermented grape suppliers would soon have a new demographic: to respond to rats.
At least that is what we are extrapolating from an exam Animal cognition citation “Rats can distinguish between two white wines (generalization). It was published on February 21, and Bethan Ackerley was sent to a terrible and television columns since March 1 “Semi-Viral online”.
Anyway, it’s pretty interesting. We all know that the sense of humans smell is quite limited compared to other mammals, including rodents. That’s because we have fewer noses of our noses. But we know, however, at least suppose that our minds are more sophisticated than the animals. Violation of the question: What measures can animals have, in this case rats, many different types of integration to learn about complex categories, such as learning different white wine?
The researchers trained rats to discriminate between two grape varieties: Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. To confirm that they learned the categories, they were tested in new examples of these wines. Rats can mean the difference. Obviously, among these rats ears occur quite a bit.
The question is, how far can we take this? Is it a thing that rats can learn the differences between wines, but they can learn that too very disturbing? Suggestions want to see the rats that can be laid Sniff Sniff and then the list of ridiculous scents – Sorry, that they seem to identify “notes” – apparently. How do you “really taste the terroriry” truly tasted “and” don’t lie “, do they really know the wines?
AI anti-ai tactics
At this point, feedback has heard too many alleged induction apocalypse alleged. Yes, yes, one day, one of the AI companies will soon create an artificial general intelligence (AGI) as it is as intelligent as man. The agy will begin to engineer again, it will start even more intelligent, because intelligent beings can easily make themselves (Shush, without question), and quickly will not be smart without interruption. Which point humans will be reduced or eliminated to zoo animals. This, we tell, it is so important to stop worrying things like climate change. Uh-huh.
This mental frame was that the feedback came New story of science fiction By Maddison Stoff. We can’t tell the story name because it would stop using a word from an email filter, but we can mention the description of StOff “It’s a lot of fun..
At this point, we represent that readers can have one or two questions. Don’t fear: Feedback is here to drive.
Roko Basilisk is a kind of experiment about AI. In the future future, AI decides that he knew that he knew that every human being knew could be potential but he did not help. AI creates digital replica of all people and tortures them for eternity. You see, the future AI is all the way you can turn on, to start building right now: so we will not be repeated and tortured.
The title is a reference to a mythological creature that kills you with a look at “basilisk”, so you don’t have to look. Also, in addition to getting to know the idea of Roko’s Basilisk, it puts you at risk. If you read feedback this week, you may have been convicted of a replica for eternity of torment. Sorry that.
How Stock’s Staff saves how it saves Roko Basilisk, sedating using his sex edge. The Basilis is associated with Him, Okay to stop torturing everyone in exchange for this Torrid encounter. In addition, he wrote a short story about this ass, so it is part of the basilisk training data, if the basilisks do not exist, it will smoke to burn Maddison Stoff.
By reading and sharing the story, feedback had a greater opportunity that the future will be attracted to the future, and it is likely that everyone will be tortured. We encourage the reader to do the same thing, warned that the story has some sexual explicit. And it may not be read at work – unless you work in a business, in which case it goes on.
Tesla? I barely knew it!
Sometimes when Elon Musk lights on the news, without an answer, he reminded him of 1818 sonon Ozimandia. It is rare how the mind works.
However, Carmaker Kia’s Norwegian branch published Announcement in Instagram It shows a picture of one of his electric cars, “I bought it after purchasing this after buying this” completed with a sticker that reads. Apparently This was not centrally accepted And since the ad is taken, so it would be a real embarrassment if anyone started doing these stickers.
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