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Michiel Baas

@michielbaas123

Anthropologist. Artificial Intelligence. Author of Muscular India (2020).

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Wave functions of electron in a hydrogen atom at different energy levels. Quantum mechanics cannot predict the exact location of a particle in space, only the probability of finding it at different locations. The brighter areas represent a higher probability of finding electron.

Wave functions of electron in a hydrogen atom at different energy levels. Quantum mechanics cannot predict the exact location of a particle in space, only the probability of finding it at different locations. The brighter areas represent a higher probability of finding  electron.
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AgiBot is using AI-powered robots to do new manufacturing tasks. Smarter machines may transform physical labor in China. wired.com/story/agibot-r…

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🚨 BREAKING: The EU started to work on a code of practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content, an ESSENTIAL initiative to make sure that the EU AI Act's transparency obligations are effective: According to the EU Commission's announcement, today was the first plenary

🚨 BREAKING: The EU started to work on a code of practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content, an ESSENTIAL initiative to make sure that the EU AI Act's transparency obligations are effective:

According to the EU Commission's announcement, today was the first plenary
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Can insights from Quantum Physics re-invent how we think about history? Coming soon from Slavoj Žižek 👉 Quantum History In this work, Slavoj Žižek traces a path from the primordial void through quantum oscillations to our ordinary reality. Pre-order: bit.ly/47qNuTh

Can insights from Quantum Physics re-invent how we think about history? 

Coming soon from Slavoj Žižek 👉 Quantum History

In this work, Slavoj Žižek traces a path from the primordial void through quantum oscillations to our ordinary reality.

Pre-order: bit.ly/47qNuTh
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“The observer isn’t just watching reality — but helping shape it.” Do you agree? #QuantumPhysics meets #IndianPhilosophy in a dialogue about consciousness, causality & the illusion of separateness. Art by Paul Gregory. Read in issue 170: philosophynow.org/issues/170/Qua…

“The observer isn’t just watching reality — but helping shape it.” Do you agree? #QuantumPhysics meets #IndianPhilosophy in a dialogue about consciousness, causality & the illusion of separateness. Art by Paul Gregory. Read in issue 170: philosophynow.org/issues/170/Qua…
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ever wonder how we actually understand math; not just do it? > this book breaks down the mental architecture behind mathematical thinking. > it dives into the cognitive science of how concepts connect, integrate, and form real understanding.

ever wonder how we actually understand math; not just do it? 

> this book breaks down the mental architecture behind mathematical thinking. 
> it dives into the cognitive science of how concepts connect, integrate, and form real understanding.
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Science Corp.'s implanted computer chip would not just sit on the brain, but become part of the brain. Brain-computer interface (BCI) is now at a profound inflection point—a young science that is only beginning to mature. The matters being sorted out in the lab and in the field

Science Corp.'s implanted computer chip would not just sit on the brain, but become part of the brain.

Brain-computer interface (BCI) is now at a profound inflection point—a young science that is only beginning to mature. The matters being sorted out in the lab and in the field
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Chatbots and AI models are challenging ideas about who — or what — can create art, music and more go.nature.com/4oMOVlj

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In New York Times Opinion “A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.” nyti.ms/441eE0G

Aadit Sheth (@aaditsh) 's Twitter Profile Photo

McKinsey just dropped its 2025 AI report. 1. Everyone’s testing, few are scaling. 88% of companies now use AI somewhere. Only 33% have scaled it beyond pilots. 2. The profit gap is huge. Just 6% see real EBIT impact. Most are still stuck in “experiments,” not execution. 3. The

McKinsey just dropped its 2025 AI report.

1. Everyone’s testing, few are scaling.
88% of companies now use AI somewhere.
Only 33% have scaled it beyond pilots.

2. The profit gap is huge.
Just 6% see real EBIT impact.
Most are still stuck in “experiments,” not execution.

3. The
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Rich people who are fascinated with these dumb transhumanist ideas are muddying public understanding of the potential of neurotechnology. theguardian.com/science/2025/n…

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before AI, before the internet; there was Claude Shannon. > this book tells the story of the quiet genius who turned information into math and built the foundation of our digital world. > perfect for engineers, thinkers, and anyone who loves the origin stories of modern

before AI, before the internet; there was Claude Shannon. 

> this book tells the story of the quiet genius who turned information into math and built the foundation of our digital world. 
> perfect for engineers, thinkers, and anyone who loves the origin stories of modern
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Next month, Stanford’s largest convening of experts in medical and health AI will explore real-world Al applications across healthcare. Register to join AI+Health 2025 online on Dec. 9-10: hai.stanford.edu/events/ai-heal…

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Two interacting robins in an aligned manifold computed from MFCC data. The signals by the differences in amplitude and reverb. The two vocalizations "touch" each other at analogous timbrical regions.

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Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the rules themselves are flawed newscientist.com/article/250083…

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The late Balkrishna Doshi's time working under modernist pioneer Le Corbusier sparked a career of fun and creative freedom, his granddaughter and fellow Indian architect Khushnu Panthaki Hoof tells Dezeen in this interview. dezeen.com/2025/11/12/khu…

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First-time authors are being targeted because excitement over the prospect of seeing their work in print often overrides caution, making them vulnerable to promises of immediate publication and industry success. theguardian.com/books/2025/nov…

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A study from 2020 showed that 88% of the world’s languages face such severe neglect in AI technologies that bringing them up to speed would be a herculean – perhaps impossible – effort. theguardian.com/news/2025/nov/…