JAWS Pinball
‘I woke up with a migraine and my doctor said I should avoid sunlight’ […] AI chatbots have already been shown to out-perform humans in some challenging social situations, while, to the best of our present knowledge, not suffering from social anxiety in a human-comparable form. We thus have reason to believe that there is strong potential in their excuse-creation capabilities.
A Google search takes about 10 times less energy than a ChatGPT query, according to a 2024 analysis from Goldman Sachs — although that may change as Google makes AI responses a bigger part of search. […] Using AI doesn’t just mean going to a chatbot and typing in a question. You’re also using AI every time an algorithm organizes your social media feed, recommends a song or filters your spam email. [Washington Post]
Dreams have been a source of inspiration and creativity for millennia. Yet, demonstrating that REM-sleep dreaming promotes creative thinking has been challenging. Existing evidence does not provide strong support for this link. […] Here, we aimed to engineer dreams by reactivating memories in people who frequently lucid-dream (i.e., realize they’re dreaming while still asleep). […] Results provide strong support for the conclusion that the specific content of REM-sleep lucid dreams can boost creativity that aids problem-solving.
inflammation, when it functions normally, is a natural and helpful response by the body to protect us. It’s the alarm sounded when we are infected with a virus, and what helps bones heal in the days and weeks after breaking an ankle. It’s only when it sticks around for too long — or appears when there’s no threat — that inflammation can become harmful. […] Over time, chronic inflammation can result in irreversible damage to tissue. [NY Times]
No sea creature inspires terror – rightly or wrongly – as much as the white shark does. […] But there’s something even the great white fears. […] From 2017, scientists have documented that the sharks have made themselves extremely scarce off the coast of South Africa, where they usually congregate. Initially, the strange disappearance was blamed on human activity, such as overfishing. But, in 2022, research confirmed in detail the true culprit: a pair of orcas (Orcinus orca), nicknamed Port and Starboard.
a behind the scenes look at the making of JAWS Pinball [video]
