The Emerging #AI -Era Faces a Growing Threat from Directed Energy Weapons

Autonomous & AI-enabled systems rely on #Optical - #RadioFrequencySensors & #ComputerPower .

They face growing vulnerabilities from #DirectedEnergyLaser & #MicrowaveWeapons

scientificamerican.com/article/the-ar…

Space Strategic Stability:
Assessing US Concepts and Approaches

Six propositions related to stability:

(1) the incentives to employ offensive capabilities early in a conflict,

(2) the benefits of leveraging foreign and commercial systems,

(3) the utility of communications

Reaching #AbsoluteZero
for #QuantumComputing , now much quicker

Using a more efficient method than current approaches,

Researchers promise the coldest temperatures in the world at just a fraction of the cost and time.

livescience.com/technology/ele…

In International Relations:
Message Vs. Medium

Are warnings issued by world leaders taken equally seriously whether issued on social media or through formal statements?

#InternationalRelations

news.mit.edu/2024/internati…

Most grateful to all who contributed to the success of the 2024 GCSP Prize for Transformative Futures in Peace & Security

My special thanks to the esteemed Prize Jury:

·       Mr Alexander Barclay, State of Geneva, Delegate for digital policy
·       Ms Sophie Dubuis,

How to Do #StrategicPlanning
Like a #Futurist

'A framework that doesn’t rely on linear timelines or simply mark the passage of time as quarters or years.

Instead, use a time cone that measures certainty and charts actions'.

hbr.org/2019/07/how-to…

Tuscany, Italy 🇮🇹

GE’s SixthGen- #FighterEngine aces 4th round of Crucial Testing in US

#GE -Aerospace also has a second adaptive engine in development, the #XA102 , which completed a major design review in December.

interestingengineering.com/military/ge-fi…

Zero Debris Charter aims to boost international cooperation
On
Cleaning up Earth's #Space - #OrbitalJunk -Problem

#ESA & some of its member states have signed the non-binding #ZeroDebris Charter,

space.com/space-junk-zer…

Animated map shows the US population density. There is a lot of history condensed in this little map. Source: buff.ly/2EfK5Ma

What Does an AI Do When It Sees an Optical Illusion?

Experiments with #OpticalIlusions have revealed surprising similarities between #Human - #AI - #Perception

scientificamerican.com/article/optica…

New Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Targets Plexin-B1 Protein

Researchers discovered a novel way to potentially slow or halt Alzheimer's disease progression by targeting the plexin-B1 protein.

Their study reveals that reactive astrocytes and plexin-B1 are crucial in clearing amyloid

#OpaqueAI -Research tools,
Could undermine
#Trust and #Accuracy of #ScientificFindings

Thus, limiting their usefulness in solving #RealWorldChallenges says a new report released today by the #RoyalSociety .

The Royal Society

royalsociety.org/news/2024/05/a…

Most computer chips send information using electrons. Photonic chips like Passage, a chip built by the computing-hardware company Lightmatter, send information using energy-thrifty beams of light. quantamagazine.org/ai-needs-enorm…

Productivity: #Systems Vs. #People

Most people don’t work in isolation. So instead of prioritizing #IndividualProductivity ,
More organizations should prioritize productivity at the system level.

hbr.org/2021/01/produc…

Einstein's general theory of relativity predicted that so-called 'plunging regions' around black holes would accelerate matter into them at the speed of light. Now, X-ray observations of a remote black hole have proved him right.
livescience.com/space/black-ho…

China's Chang'e 6 mission gearing up for early June landing on #MoonFarSide

#Chang6 aims to bring back samples from the mysterious far side.

space.com/china-chang-e-…

AI-Index:
State of #AI in 13 Charts

In the new report, foundation models dominate, benchmarks fall, prices skyrocket, and on the global stage, the U.S. overshadows.

hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-index-…