Results for “Deep Blue”

…t’s results suggest that apes are associated with the socio-cultural, racial category “Black.” These findings reveal a deep seated, dehumanized representation that is readily triggered even in highly educated people. But perhaps they are less disturbing then we might imagine. no...

…ecific knowledge of the complex internal structure and physical dynamics of rubber. Thermodynamic theory, which makes deep conceptual connections between quantitatively measurable primitives such as heat, hotness and work and the invisible in the form of derived ideas such as...

…receivers of emotionally significant information arising from their insides and the world. They are the canaries in the deep mines of human experience. Not the usual one lively-eye, one sober-eye, binocular difference of most of us, both their eyes sparkle, their feeling antennae...

…ons to 2035 assume that rising shale gas production will offset declines in almost every other gas category (see p. 7). Deep sea gas reserves are a potential positive, but marginal costs may be an issue. As for shale gas exploration and radium (naturally occurring and surfaced in...

…istinct possibility) and almost all the resources— atoms and free energy—to sustain civilization in the long run are in deep space. Eric Drexler, the inventor of nanotechnology, has recently been popularizing the 74 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016294

…omputers and the Internet. He would be happy that the early neural nets in which he played a role have spawned powerful deep-learning systems that exhibit the perceptual ability he demanded of them—although he might not be impressed that one of the most prominent examples of such...

…s, from somewhere within ourselves. In the important decisions of personal life, we should be governed, I think, by the deep inner needs of our nature.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015992

…me was that this century is special: it’s the first when one species, ours, has the planet’s future in its hands. We’re deep in an era that’s called the anthropocene. We have huge powers for good. We could trigger the transition from biological to electronic intelligences. But, o...

…t’s the fix-all, and you artfully create a constant distraction that prevents you from seeing just how pointless it is. Deep down, you know it’s all an illusion, but with everyone participating in the same game of make-believe, it’s easy to forget. The problem is more than money...

…, we should make sure it’s what Al-safety pioneer Eliezer Yudkowsky has termed “friendly AI’—AI whose goals are in some deep sense beneficial. The moral question of what these goals should be is just as urgent as the technical questions about goal alignment. For example, what so...

…to the very limits of endurance. On one series of exercises, we were limited to a single canteen of water as we trekked deep into the Negev Desert. It was gruelling, designed to push us to the very limits of endurance. I remember the first time Errol set eyes on me after I joined...

…ffice. He cut straight to the chase wanting to know “Are you on drugs anymore?” There was a moment’s pause as | took a deep breath and told him the entire truth. “I got really depressed for awhile and coped with my emotions by blanketing them with mind-altering substances. Just...

…phy — plays a significant role in determining how nations will behave. If that theory is true, then there ought to be a deep continuity in a nation's foreign policy. Israel is a laboratory for this theory, since it has existed in three different manifestations in roughly the same...

…t, I was out to piss him off so I didn’t remove my shirt. I put on my headphones and before I knew it had fallen into a deep slumber from my self-made therapeutic cocktail, the only way I knew how to cope with the emotional turmoil on the inside. Desperate to hear his voice I ca...

… Internet solicitation can be considered interstate commerce, so can telephone solicitation, permitting them to begin a deep dive investigation into Epstein’s friends, many of whom receive subpoenas and are threatened with prosecution. It’s all quite in the eye of the beholder:...