Algorithmic Intelligence Quotient

I covered the Shane Legg talk on Algorithmic Intelligence Quotient back in 2010. I am revisiting it with a video of the talk and a paper on it. It is important because Shane Legg works in Deepmind and it is how they guided improvement in their algorithms. Measuring universal intelligence: Towards an anytime intelligence test” …

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Chematica combines seven million chemicals into a complete network of reactions

Northwestern University scientists have connected 250 years of organic chemical knowledge into one giant computer network — a chemical Google on steroids. This “immortal chemist” will never retire and take away its knowledge but instead will continue to learn, grow and share. A decade in the making, the software optimizes syntheses of drug molecules and …

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Hong Kong scientists make great strides in lunar mapping

Surveying experts of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have successfully developed methodologies for precise mapping of the Moon, after intensive analysis of the data captured by the Chinese lunar orbiter ChangE-1 and other lunar exploration missions. The primary objective was to develop the methodologies and techniques for mapping the Moon surface, which is much …

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Radiation and risks

Goatguy adjusted the scale of the EPA radiation chart. Original chart is below. EPA radiation facts The average person in the United States receives about 360 mrem every year whole body equivalent dose At low doses, such as what we receive every day from background radiation, the cells repair the damage rapidly. At higher doses …

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