Standard lithium-ion batteries, like the ones in everything from your cell phone to your plug-in electric vehicle, have electrodes that contain intercalation compounds. They are capable of charging…

I’m starting a local chapter of Giving What We Can here in the Bay Area to help build the local effective altruism movement. Come to Berkeley for a…

Joshua Tenebaum’s early research on concept learning might be useful for FAI development. His PhD thesis A Bayesian Framework for Concept Learning contains an approach to locating concepts that…

Interesting new weight-loss drug — first one approved by the FDA since 1999. The placebo controlled, cross-over design on Belviq’s studies look excellent. I totally believe this stuff…

Anyone have other good ethical meats to recommend? See on www.slate.com

It all started a couple of years ago when IBM’s Watson, the computer voted most likely to destroy us when the technological Singularity strikes, was given access to…

Story starts out: “As a culture, we don’t have a lot of warm fuzzy feelings when we contemplate a future in which artificially intelligent machines are a reality. Our…

Stephen LaConte, an assistant professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, says brain-computer interfaces now enable us to eavesdrop on previously undetectable mental activities. Researchers find a…

Learn to sing with instant visual feedback. A complete voice and ear training program for singers of all levels from absolute beginner to advanced. Many people have asked…

On October 15th from 4:30-5:30pm, MIRI workshop participant Paul Christiano will give a technical talk at the Harvard University Science Center, room 507, as part of the Logic at…

Documentary filmmaker James Barrat has written an engaging new book about the risks inherent in what is sure to be the most transformative technology of them all: machine superintelligence. Best…