Computer Sciences

Why ChatGPT isn't conscious—but future AI systems might be

In June 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine made headlines by claiming the company's LaMDA chatbot had achieved sentience. The software had the conversational ability of a precocious seven-year-old, Lemoine said, and we should ...

Machine learning & AI

Scientists teach a neural network to recognize PC users' fatigue

A research team consisting of scientists from St Petersburg University, St Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and some other organizations have created a database of eye movement strategies ...

Engineering

Better control of heavy-lift crane vessels

Massive heavy-lift crane vessels, capable of hauling thousands of tons, navigate the rough waves and strong winds offshore to construct wind turbines and oil fields in the ocean. An international team of researchers has developed ...

Energy & Green Tech

Advancing the accurate tracking of energy poverty

IIASA researchers have developed a novel measurement framework to track energy poverty that better aligns with the services people lack rather than capturing the mere absence of physical connections to a source of electricity. ...

Internet

Online status indicators during a pandemic: do they work?

For the past few months, millions of Americans have been working from their homes in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. They're using platforms such as Slack, Discord, or Hangouts to communicate, and instead ...

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