The World Transformed

Computer Artists, Brain Hacks, and the Amazing Electric Bus


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Phil and Stephen review a grab-bag of news stories indicating that the future will be here sooner than we think.
It’s Getting Hard to Tell If a Painting Was Made by a Computer or a Human
In a randomized-controlled double-blind study, subjects were unable to distinguish the computer art from two sample sets of acclaimed work created by flesh-and blood artists (one culled from the canon of Abstract Expressionist paintings, the other from works shown at the 2016 edition of Art Basel in Hong Kong).
Electric bus sets record with 1,101-mile trip on a single charge
Think it was impressive when a Tesla club drove a Model S nearly 670 miles? It has nothing on what Proterra just managed. The startup just drove a Catalyst E2 Max electric bus a whopping 1,101.2 miles on a single charge. 
Quantum Computing Will Change Everything, and Sooner Than You Expect
Inside this box could be the future of carbon capture
DARPA Is Planning to Hack the Human Brain to Let Us “Upload” Skills
In March 2016, DARPA — the U.S. military’s “mad science” branch — announced their Targeted Neuroplasticity Training (TNT) program. The TNT program aims to explore various safe neurostimulation methods for activating synaptic plasticity, which is the brain’s ability to alter the connecting points between neurons...
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