Category: Science
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AI beyond LLMs
Large-Language Models are trained on text. These models understand the world by learning from our understanding of the world that has been expressed in textual form. This way even a blind ChatGPT knows something about color and their potential similarities without ever “seeing” color per se. Whenever something that ChatGPT generates makes sense the sense-making…
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MIT MediaLab research departments
The MIT MediaLab has an interesting structure in its research departments:
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Quorum sensing bacterial communication
Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry — and our understanding of ourselves.