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Nvidia’s Autonomous Car Computer Makes 24 Trillion AI Operations A Second
Nvidia has announced its first in-car artificial intelligence supercomputer at CES. It sounds like it should turn any vehicle into a computational powerhouse, capable of performing 24 trillion deep-learning operations every single second.
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Gene-Editing, Aliens, And More: Experts Identify The Most Exciting Science Of 2016
Each year, Edge.org editor John Brockman poses a provocative question to a select group of thinkers. For this year’s instalment, nearly 200 brainy contributors were asked: “What do you consider the most recent scientific news?” Here’s what they had to say.
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It Took Less Than A Year For The Plot Of Ex Machina To Become A Reality
Mark Zuckerberg just announced that his “personal challenge” for the new year is to build an artificial intelligence to help him around the house. Sound familiar? It’s basically the (horrifying) premise of Ex Machina.
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First Successful Gene-Editing In Live Mammals Brings Us Closer To Human Treatments
For the first time ever, scientists have used the CRISPR gene-editing tool to successfully treat a genetic muscle disorder in a living adult mammal. It’s a promising medical breakthrough that could soon lead to human therapies.