Boston Dynamics (now owned by Hyundai) has revealed its electric version of its Atlas robot. These robot videos always look impressive, but at the very least we know that we are seeing the best t...
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/new-generation-of-electric-robots/
Evolution deniers (I know there is a spectrum, but generally speaking) are terrible scientists and logicians. The obvious reason is because they are committing the primary mortal sin of pseudosci...
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/evolution-and-copy-paste-errors/
Generative AI applications seem to be on the steep part of the development curve – not only is the technology getting better, but people are finding more and more uses for it. It’s a new powe...
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/using-ai-to-create-virtual-environments/
Over the weekend when I was in Dallas for the eclipse, I ran into a local businessman who works in the energy sector, mainly involved in new solar projects. This is not surprising as Texas is sec...
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/reconductoring-our-electrical-grid/
I am currently in Dallas Texas waiting to see, hopefully, the 2024 total solar eclipse. This would be my first total eclipse, and everything I have heard indicates that it is an incredible experi...
On a recent SGU live streaming discussion someone in the chat asked – aren’t frivolous AI applications just toys without any useful output? The question was meant to downplay recent advances ...
I have not written before about Havana Syndrome, mostly because I have not been able to come to any strong conclusions about it. In 2016 there was a cluster of strange neurological symptoms among...
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/what-to-make-of-havana-syndrome/
I don’t think I know anyone personally who doesn’t have strong opinions about music – which genres they like, and how the quality of music may have changed over time. My own sense is that m...
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/is-music-getting-simpler/
In 1974 Robert Nozick published the book, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, in which he posed the following thought experiment: If you could be plugged into an “experience machine” (what we would l...
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/the-experience-machine-thought-experiment/
On March 16 surgeons transplanted a kidney taken from a pig into a human recipient, Rick Slayman. So far the transplant is a success, but of course the real test will be how well the kidney funct...
http://theness.com/neurologicablog/man-gets-pig-kidney-transplant/