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Sunday, 7 December 2014

TEXAS UNIVERSITY 100 BRAINS MISSING









www.utexas.edu/MISSING 100 BRAINS FROM TEXAS UNIVERSITY

The University of Texas at Austin is missing about 100 brains,about half of the specimens the
University had in a collection of brains preserved in jars of formaldehyde.

 One of the missing brains is belived to tower sniper Charles Whitman.

 "We think somebody may have taken the brains,but we don't know at all for sure,"psychology
Professor Tim  Schallert said.
 The Austin State Hospital had transferred the brain to the university about 28 years ago under
 a "temporary possession" agreement.

 Schallert said his psychology lab had room for only 100 brains,so the rest were moved to the
basement of the university's Animal Resources Center.

 The university said in a statement that it will investigate "that circumstance surrounding
this collection since it came here nearly 30 years ago" and that it's "committed to treating
the brain specimens with respect." It says the remaining brain specimens on campus are used
"as a teaching tool and carefully curated by faculty.

Saturday, 6 December 2014

Hawking says AI will kill Mankind












Hawking says AI will kill Mankind

Prodessor Stephen Hawking has said taht effort to create thinking machines pose a treate to
humans,BBC reported.

He said: "The developmentof full artificial intelligence could spell the end of human race."
 His warning came in responce to a question about a revamp of the tchnology he uses to communicate,
 which involves a basic for of AI.
 
The theoretical physicist,who has the motorneurone disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis(ALS), id
 using a new system developed by intel to speak.
 
Machin  learning  learning experts from the British company Swiftkey were also involved in its
 creation.Their technology,already employed as a smartphone keyboard app,learns how the professor
 think and suggest the words he might want to use next.