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And should we — abolish death? Neuroscientist and author Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston will be speaking at Bush House, King’s College London, on Tues 3rd December, in an event that London Futurists is happy to draw to the attention of all members and friends.


In this event organised by King’s College London, neuroscientist and author Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston will be speaking about his new book The Future Loves You, which explores how brain preservation techniques might preserve us forever.

Ariel will be in discussion with historians, literary scholars, ethicists, and futurists, including Richard Ashcroft, Steve Connor, Caitjan Gainty, Catriona Byers, and Fay Bound Alberti.

This DFI Centre for Technology and the Body event will be held on 3 December at 6pm-8.30pm at Bush House, Lecture Room 2.

Researchers are developing atomically precise memristors for advanced neuromorphic computing systems.

The University of Kansas and University of Houston, backed by $1.8 million from the National Science Foundation’s Future of Semiconductor program (FuSe2), are collaborating to develop atomically tunable memory resistors, known as “memristors.” These advanced components are designed for brain-inspired computing applications and will support workforce development in the semiconductor industry.

Launched in 2023, the FuSe2 program addresses key challenges in semiconductor research and development, with industry partners including Micron, Intel, and Samsung.

A release today of the Department of Defense annual report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) comes one day after a witness-based Congressional hearing on the topic.

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena is required by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022, as amended by the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2023.

“Analyzing and understanding the potential threats posed by UAP is an ongoing collaborative effort involving many departments and agencies,” said a DoD statement.

In a podcast on Monday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei warned that a future with human-level AIs is not far away. In fact, it might happen as soon as 2026.

The podcast was hosted by AI influencer Lex Fridman where Amodei was invited for an interview that went on for 5 hours. A lot of interesting topics were discussed, starting from Anthropic’s upcoming project to the timeline for superintelligent models and so on.

Note: Human-level AIs basically refer to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) which many companies like OpenAI are already working on. AGI is a new state in which an AI model will be as competent as a human in every field.

Africa’s Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macroeconomic outlook for the region. Each issue also includes a section focusing upon a topic that represents a particular development challenge for the continent.

Neuron al behavior can be controlled by probing and modulating subcellular regions of the cells; however, developing an interface that can morph into the extreme curvatures of neurites is a major challenge. Here, the authors develop a wireless platform made of an azobenzene polymer that undergoes on-demand light-induced folding with an ultra-low curvature radius and wraps various morphologies of neuronal processes in vitro.

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