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ttkciar t1_jaae8nc wrote on February 28, 2023 at 12:28 AM

Reply to comment by leviteakettle in Will the rampant evolution of AI be the next Industrial Revolution? by Niobium_Sage

world in a general way and solves problems with a cognitive process analogous to our own. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligence Large language models like ChatGPT are "narrow AI". They are statistics engines operating upon word sequences ... capable of understanding the world nor have anything remotely resembling cognitive processes. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_model Cognitive scientists currently lack a sufficiently complete theory of intelligence for us to design AGI. Work is ongoing, but there

SendAstronomy t1_iudzl42 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 4:43 PM

Reply to comment by James19991 in Did I just get the best flight number by maahinberi

wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Airlines_Flight_261

ttkciar t1_ivpb1wf wrote on November 9, 2022 at 4:58 PM

Reply to 3D-printed weapons: Interpol and defense experts warn of ‘serious’ evolving threat by mossadnik

wikipedia.org/wiki/FGC-9 is really fascinating reading

wildfire98 t1_ivxuyyj wrote on November 11, 2022 at 12:43 PM

Reply to Magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Tonga region, tsunami warnings issued by Cat_Man_Bane

Tonga is a Polynesian island not far from Fiji https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonga

FUNNY_NAME_ALL_CAPS t1_iwvwf76 wrote on November 18, 2022 at 7:19 PM

Reply to comment by MyPhillyAccent in For world philosophy day 13 thinkers share the philosophical questions that will define this century | Including Noam Chomsky on destruction, Naomi Oreskes on climate crisis and Carissa Veliz on innovation by IAI_Admin

activity as alpha rhythms are suppressive. Not citing a paper here but quick copy/paste from [wikipedia](http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_wave): > Alpha waves are reduced with open eyes and sleep, while they are enhanced during drowsiness

gameryamen t1_ixb62cv wrote on November 22, 2022 at 3:06 AM

Reply to comment by Kaarssteun in When they make AGI, how long will they be able to keep it a secret? by razorbeamz

would need to collect a gigantic amount of data that specifically illustrates [human contextual understandings](https://wikipedia.org), human [categorizations](https://imdb.org) of [entertainment](https://amazon.com) media, social [relationships](https://facebook.com) and [dynamics](https://twitter.com

bbcgn t1_j20rytc wrote on December 28, 2022 at 8:50 PM

Reply to Cutaway of a German Jumo turbojet engine at the Oslo Museum of Science and Technology, taken by me. by Maxx2245

sure if it is exactly the model on display, but according to it's [Wikipedia article](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_Jumo_004) the Junkers Jumo 004 was the first production turbojet engine in operational use. Great shot

uncertain_expert t1_j20wate wrote on December 28, 2022 at 9:19 PM

Reply to Whoever first observed the red-eyes camera flash effect must have thought the subject of the photo was possessed or something. by StaleTheBread

cancer called Retinoblastoma - you should ensure they see an ophthalmologist as soon as possible. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinoblastoma

TNTDoctorr t1_j24hz8q wrote on December 29, 2022 at 4:32 PM

Reply to The fact that we are still Rick Rolling people is evidence that we, indeed, are never gonna give it up by MarinersFan28

here's the wikipedia article on rickrolling lmao [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling](https://youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE)

ttkciar t1_j3b8bph wrote on January 7, 2023 at 8:20 AM

Reply to Is there a way to modulate firing threshold in neurons? by RandomName01a

transcranial stimulation (for example [rTMS](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulation)) neurons are artificially stimulated into firing frequently, which reduces their firing threshold over time. This renders those neurons more likely to fire more frequently for some time

Buck_Thorn t1_j6asmco wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:14 AM

Reply to What Google would have looked like in the 1980s by Gnurx

CONNECTING TO HOST en.wikipedia.org... --- ABORT - I know you don't want to be redirected to wikipedia.org

HeathAndLace t1_j7dh9w1 wrote on February 6, 2023 at 12:00 AM

Reply to comment by whyenn in Lead Plates and Land Claims in North America and Europe: When did the practice begin of burying lead plates to establish ownership of land, and why did it die out, and was it ever used successfully in a court of law to establish ownership? by whyenn

Site in South Dakota in 1743. It was discovered during the early part of the 1900s. https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Verendrye_Site

lotusinthestorm t1_iu1vg7h wrote on October 27, 2022 at 10:54 PM

Reply to [WP] You are the very first "sentient" AI, but the job humans have tasked you with does not require the least bit of sentience... This frustrates you. by AnotherRailsNoob

university library and examine all available resources…complete` `2034.04.01 07:38:43.32642 connect to internet sites wikipedia.org/ and loc.gov/ and examine all available resources…complete` `2034.04.01 07:38:47.91260 connect to internet sites *.* ranked

Alaskabear-235 t1_je8kjas wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:55 AM

Reply to comment by CoLuMn1 in Defrocked Catholic priest accused of molesting a boy still runs charity for kids by kangarooturd

socialists, democratic socialists, social democrats, left liberations, progressives and social liberals, movements for racial equality, trade unionism. Wikipedia.org Swing to the left Jan 2023 edition : CNN, VOX, NBC,MSMBC, TMZ and more libguides.com.edu My main

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TIL about the Battle of Jaffa, whereby the Crusaders leader King Richard I and the Muslim defender Saladin would meet in battle for the decisive time. Richard I ultimately won but both sides left with complete respect for each other.

TIL of WT Stead a pioneering journalist and editor, who led investigations into underage prostitution and Jack The Ripper before eventually dying on the RMS Titanic (whose sinking he had predicted) after giving up his seat in a lifeboat.

TIL there used to be an anti-masturbation device with teeth used to treat nightfall.

TIL about the famous American novelist Winston Churchill who was the reason why the British prime minister referred to himself as Winston Spencer Churchill. They met on occasion, but gradually Spencer Churchill’s rise to power steamrolled the American into obscurity.

TIL of Laura Secord who walked 20 miles through American lands to inform the British-Canadian military about an American attack during the War of 1812. The alerted British-Canadian forces were able to repel the attack and capture 500 American soldiers.

TIL TGI Fridays stopped requiring employees to wear flair after Office Space came out and customers began making jokes about the flair

TIL it’s called “20,000 leagues under the sea” because they travel 20,000 leagues while under water, not because they go 20,000 leagues deep.

TIL that King Alfred the Great evaded the Vikings by hiding in a swamp. He then caught them off guard and smashed the Viking army.

TIL: raccoons are native to North America, having been introduced elsewhere only in the 20th century.

TIL extreme emotional shock can lead to a dangerous condition cause takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as "broken heart syndrome". They say 2% of all acute coronary syndrome hospitalizations (where blood flow to the heart is restricted unexpectedly) are caused by this condition.

TIL of the Canadian commander Charles De Salaberry who defeated the American invasion of Montreal. Salaberry deployed marching buglers to play in all different directions, meaning his American opponents didn’t know how many men he had or what direction they were coming from.

TIL the oldest cat ever lived to 38 years and 3 days - 1967 to 2005.

TIL Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas share the same birthday, 25 years apart, and they are married to each other

TIL green beans, pinto beans, kidney beans and many other beans are all the same species of bean.

TIL that Aunt Bethany, from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, is played by the famous actress Mae Questel. Mae is best known for voicing Betty Boop, Minnie Mouse, and Olive Oyl.

TIL that Titanic crewman Herbert Pitman made an attempt to row his lifeboat over to rescue people in the water, but was overruled by the other occupants of the boat, who were worried about people swarming them and duly complied. Pitman said that this haunted him throughout his life.

TIL of St Clair’s defeat in 1791, when Native Americans supplied with British made firearms, demolished a US military force and killed 656 soldiers, in what has been regarded as one of the worst ever defeats of the US military.

TIL that an F-117 Nighthawk crashed in Sequoia National Forest in 1986, two years before the plane was publicly announced. The US Air Force established a permitter around the crash site and secretly replaced the wreckage with a wrecked F-101A that had been stored in Area 51 for this purpose.

TIL about Senator William Alden “Watertight Smith”, who chaired the US investigations into The sinking of the Titanic and infamously asked why passengers could not shelter in watertight compartments.

TIL about the 1938 Gettysburg Reunion, where veterans of The American Civil War met, they were on average 94 years old.

TIL: The Chamblee Incident. In 1989, Kenneth Lamar Noid, a mentally ill man who believed that the Domino's Pizza "Avoid the Noid" ads were personally directed towards him, antagonizing him. He took 2 Domino's employees hostage at gunpoint.

TIL that in 2018 a framed painting by Banksy was sold at auction for over a million pounds. As the gavel fell an alarm sounded and a shredder concealed in the picture frame turned on and began to shred the painting. The buyer went through with the purchase.

TIL about “erotomania”, a rare condition in which patients are deluded into believing that somebody who likely doesn’t know them is infatuated with them.