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On Tuesday, Meta AI announced the development of Cicero, which it claims is the first AI to achieve human-level performance in the strategic board game Diplomacy. It’s a notable achievement because the game requires deep interpersonal negotiation skills, which implies that Cicero has obtained a certain mastery of language necessary to win the game.

Even before Deep Blue beat Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, board games were a useful measure of AI achievement. In 2015, another barrier fell when AlphaGo defeated Go master Lee Sedol. Both of those games follow a relatively clear set of analytical rules (although Go’s rules are typically simplified for computer AI).

It’s based on microsensations that together create an immersive experience.

What if you could actually feel all the sensations of a video game? That’s what the OWO haptic shirt displayed at this year’s Electronics Consumer Show (CES) 2023 allows you to do.

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Clip taken from my conversation with Professor Michael Levin. Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C96Hq8kDORU&ab_channel=Thinginitself.

Podcast.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0dUBLTl6qzOfA0xMndLFzq.
Google: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5yZWR…FhMw%3D%3D
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thing-in-it-self/id1616881426
Amazon: https://music.amazon.ca/podcasts/9c6c08b2-e975-47d6-a897…in-it-self.

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Minor tweaks could expand its scope of applications to other conditions, such as autism.

Researchers used virtual reality (VR) games to diagnose attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) through differences in eye movements, according to a press release published by Aalto University. This method could potentially be utilized as a basis for ADHD treatment and, with minor tweaks, to assess other conditions like autism.

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This short film was made in 24 hours using ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

No image was captured, drawn or modeled.
No text was written or recorded.
No music was written or performed.

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The Linac Coherent Light Source II X-ray laser will be so fast and bright that it will allow people to create movies of atoms moving inside molecules.

From the forthcoming album “Metropolis: Live at the Roxy Theatre.” Recorded live at the Roxy Theatre, Owen Sound, on December 15th 2012 in front of a theatrical audience.

Music composed and performed by the Silent Film Ensemble.

The next generation of video game characters could be powered by AI, making them more engaging and challenging.

2023: amateur movies, TV, books, & games.

2030: all above, and more, at professional level quality.

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