# s-ai: A.I. Benjamin: "you'll sell your blood to live" ...

<< In a future with mass unemployment, young people are forced to sell blood >>

<< This is the opening line of a short film entered in this year's Sci-Fi London Film Challenge. It's dark, enigmatic, contemporary…and written by a computer >>

<< I think I can see the feathers when they release their hearts >>. Benjamin.

<< Benjamin,  is  a  long  short-term  memory  (LSTM)  neural  network  that  runs  on the  very  powerful  computers  at  NYU's  high-performance  computing  lab >>

Jason Dorrier. An AI Wrote This Short Film—and It’s Surprisingly Entertaining. Jun  10, 2016.

http://singularityhub.com/2016/06/10/an-ai-wrote-this-short-film-and-its-surprisingly-entertaining-2/

# s-ai: singularity is near, by Ray

<< Today we're beginning to reach a tipping point >>.  Ray Kurzweil 

Greg Satell. 3 reasons to believe the singularity is near.  Forbes, June 3, 2016

http://www.kurzweilai.net/forbes-3-reasons-to-believe-the-singularity-is-near

http://www.digitaltonto.com/2016/3-reasons-to-believe-the-singularity-is-near/

# s-game-behav: a naturalistic window to trace strategic deception behavioural patterns

<< online poker can be utilized to investigate the psychology of deception and Machiavellianism >>

Jussi Palomaki, Jeff Yan, Michael Laakasuo.  Machiavelli as a poker mate — A naturalistic behavioural study on strategic deception.  Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 98, August 2016, Pages 266-271, ISSN 0191-8869.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.089

<< the card betting game can be used as a novel way to better understand the psychology of strategic deception. Before now, the trait has rarely been studied in natural settings outside laboratories >>

http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=164548&CultureCode=en

# s-brain: the sense of rhythm

<< the  sense  of  rhythm  –  also  known  as  the  beat  –  is  so  fundamental to  humans  that  we  recognise  patterns  in  music  even  without  paying  any  attention  or receiving  any  training >>

F.L.  Bouwer. What  Do  We  Need  to  Hear  a  Beat?  The  Influence  of  Attention,  Musical  Abilities,  and Accents  on  the  Perception  of  Metrical  Rhythm.  (Thesis). Wednesday,  8  June  at  11:00. University  of  Amsterdam,   Wednesday  8  June, Aula,  Singel  411, Amsterdam.

http://www.uva.nl/en/news-events/news/uva-news/content/press-releases/2016/05/brain-picks-up-the-beat-of-music-automatically.html

Brain picks up the beat of music automatically. ScienceDaily, May 26, 2016

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160526125017.htm

# s-epidem: number crunch 263,211

<< The  number  of  extra  deaths  from  cancer  during  the  financial  crisis  of  2008–10  in  countries  that  are  members of  the  Organisation  for  Economic  Co-operation  and  Development.  Countries  with  universal  health-care systems  seemed  to  be  protected  from  this  impact >>

http://www.nature.com/news/the-week-in-science-27-may-2-june-2016-1.20003

<< Unemployment increases  are  associated  with  rises  in  cancer  mortality >>

<< We  estimate  that  the  2008–10  economic  crisis  was  associated with  about  260  000  excess  cancer-related  deaths  in  the  Organisation  for  Economic  Co-operation  and  Development  alone >>

Mahiben Maruthappu, Johnathan  Watkins, et al. Economic  downturns,  universal  health  coverage,  and  cancer  mortality  in  high-income  and  middle-income  countries,  1990–2010:  a  longitudinal  analysis. The Lancet, Published  Online:  25  May  2016. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)00577-8

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00577-8/abstract

# s-age: an epigenetic approach to lengthen telomeres in mice

<< CNIO  scientists  have  created  mice  with  telomeres  that  are  longer  than  those  of  the  unmodified  species,  show  fewer signs  of  molecular  ageing  and  a  have  a  lower  incidence  of  cancer. Avoiding  genetic  manipulation  to  lengthen  telomeres  offers  a  new  way  to  delay  the  ageing  process  without  altering the  genes. Hyper-long  telomeres  do  not  cause  long-term  deleterious  effects  in  mice >>

<< This  new  technique  based  on  epigenetic  changes  (..) avoids  the  manipulation  of  genes  in  order  to  delay  molecular  ageing >>

Mice  with  hyper-long  telomeres  without  altering  the  genes. Madrid,  2  June,  2016

http://www.cnio.es/ing/publicaciones/mice-with-hyper-long-telomeres-without-altering-the-genes

Elisa  Varela,  Miguel  A.  Muñoz-Lorente, et al. Generation  of  mice  with  longer  and  better  preserved telomeres  in  the  absence  of  genetic  manipulations. Nature  Communications   7,   Article  number:  11739   doi:10.1038/ncomms11739, 02  June  2016

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11739

# n-trade-bots: culled around 60.000, the begin ...

<< Kunshan,  in  Jiangsu  province,  undergoes  makeover  as  600 companies  look  to  trim  their  headcount >>

Rise  of  the  robots:  60,000  workers culled  from  just  one  factory  as China’s  struggling  electronics  hub turns  to  artificial  intelligence. South China Morning Post, 21  May,  2016,  9:50pm

http://m.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/1949918/rise-robots-60000-workers-culled-just-one-factory-chinas

<< Economists  have  issued  dire  warnings  about  how  automation  will  affect  the  job  market,  with  one report,  from  consultants  Deloitte  in  partnership  with  Oxford  University,  suggesting  that  35%  of jobs  were  at  risk  over  the  next  20  years. Former  McDonald's  chief  executive  Ed  Rensi  recently  told  the US's  Fox  Business  programme minimum-wage  increase  to  $15  an  hour  would  make  companies  consider  robot  workers. "It's  cheaper  to  buy  a  $35,000  robotic  arm  than  it  is  to  hire  an  employee  who  is  inefficient, making  $15  an  hour  bagging  French  fries"  he  said >>

Jane  Wakefield. Foxconn  replaces  '60,000  factory  workers with  robots. Technology  reporter, 25  May  2016

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36376966

FonT: tempo addietro avevo letto (e sentito) diverse opinioni che escludevano senz'altro l'uso di bot nella produzione industriale in Asia in generale e in Cina in particolare ... costo del lavoro basso, percio' uso di automazione industriale "assolutamente" non conveniente ...