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Postby Galloism » Fri May 29, 2020 10:54 pm

Thepeopl wrote:Artificial brains need sleep...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/techno ... need-sleep

That’s really neat. Also explains why behavior goes off the rails after a few days with no sleep.
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Postby Drew Durrnil » Fri May 29, 2020 10:57 pm

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Postby Biotopia » Fri May 29, 2020 11:08 pm

My boyfriend and I got outrageously drunk on old spirits last night and watched Looking while making out on the couch. It was a lot of fun.
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Postby Thepeopl » Fri May 29, 2020 11:11 pm

Galloism wrote:
Thepeopl wrote:Artificial brains need sleep...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/techno ... need-sleep

That’s really neat. Also explains why behavior goes off the rails after a few days with no sleep.

Yes, they "hallucinate" just like we do after sleep deprivation.
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Postby Free Northwest Sovereign » Sat May 30, 2020 12:59 am

Thepeopl wrote:Artificial brains need sleep...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/techno ... need-sleep

The AI is becoming less and less like us every day.
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Postby Nobel Hobos 2 » Sat May 30, 2020 5:15 am

Free Northwest Sovereign wrote:
Thepeopl wrote:Artificial brains need sleep...

https://www.discovermagazine.com/techno ... need-sleep

The AI is becoming less and less like us every day.


I sleep at least 10 hours a night. And it's not self-indulgence. If I only get 8 hours I need 12 the next day.

That sucks you say? Nah, I love sleeping. :)

Watkins recalled that "almost in desperation," they tried having the simulation essentially undergo deep sleep. They exposed it to cycles of oscillating noise, roughly corresponding to the slow brain waves seen in deep sleep, which restored the simulation to stability. The researchers suggest this simulation of slow-wave sleep may help "prevent neurons from hallucinating the features they're looking for in random noise," Watkins said.


Not just sleep! Maybe giving them a wave like REM-sleep would make them dream ...
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Postby Heloin » Sat May 30, 2020 7:48 am

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Postby Thepeopl » Sat May 30, 2020 7:52 am

Nobel Hobos 2 wrote:
Free Northwest Sovereign wrote:The AI is becoming less and less like us every day.


I sleep at least 10 hours a night. And it's not self-indulgence. If I only get 8 hours I need 12 the next day.

That sucks you say? Nah, I love sleeping. :)

Watkins recalled that "almost in desperation," they tried having the simulation essentially undergo deep sleep. They exposed it to cycles of oscillating noise, roughly corresponding to the slow brain waves seen in deep sleep, which restored the simulation to stability. The researchers suggest this simulation of slow-wave sleep may help "prevent neurons from hallucinating the features they're looking for in random noise," Watkins said.


Not just sleep! Maybe giving them a wave like REM-sleep would make them dream ...

https://images.app.goo.gl/xBDAQqiJeYT7DyZEA
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Postby An Alan Smithee Nation » Sat May 30, 2020 7:55 am

A local criminal got jailed, his name is Mr Oliver Le Butt Seal.
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Postby Thepeopl » Sat May 30, 2020 7:57 am

An Alan Smithee Nation wrote:A local criminal got jailed, his name is Mr Oliver Le Butt Seal.

Obviously a pseudonym!
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Postby Chan Island » Sat May 30, 2020 9:23 am

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Avoid last year's summer Marblympics then. Oceanics... did not have a good time let's put it like that.

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Postby Thepeopl » Sun May 31, 2020 12:02 am

It's time to eat yakult... or not, too early to tell but:
https://neurosciencenews.com/gut-mucus-brain-16475/
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Postby Thepeopl » Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:59 am

Soon, perhaps, we'll have medical shrooms!
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Postby Kermit T Frog » Tue Jun 02, 2020 6:15 pm

The play 42nd street is on my local PBS now.

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Postby Mandicoria » Wed Jun 03, 2020 12:12 am

my cats had kittens

have one of my cats giving a shocked look because you don't get to see the babies
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Postby Reploid Productions » Wed Jun 03, 2020 5:32 pm

In these trying times, sometimes we just need silly animal videos.

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Postby San Lumen » Wed Jun 03, 2020 5:55 pm

And here is what Hyena's sound like when they laugh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQaSRKP8Dho
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Postby Thepeopl » Thu Jun 04, 2020 6:55 am

New species found!

http://www.sci-news.com/biology/three-t ... 08497.html
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Postby Thepeopl » Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:05 am

https://www.boredpanda.com/bird-feeder- ... stdrossel/

Amazing photos!
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Postby San Lumen » Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:59 am


I love birds. Thanks for sharing
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Postby Thepeopl » Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:11 pm

San Lumen wrote:

I love birds. Thanks for sharing

You are welcome.

Animals are amazing.
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Postby San Lumen » Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:12 pm

Thepeopl wrote:
San Lumen wrote:I love birds. Thanks for sharing

You are welcome.

Animals are amazing.

I agree completely. I'd love to go into Ornithology
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Postby San Lumen » Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:42 pm

https://crafty.diply.com/131613/people- ... h-cat-beds

Turning retro TVs into cat beds is now a thing and it’s very cute
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Postby Kargintina the Third » Tue Jun 09, 2020 2:44 pm

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Postby Dominioan » Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:33 pm

San Lumen wrote:https://crafty.diply.com/131613/people-are-upcycling-retro-tvs-into-stylish-cat-beds

Turning retro TVs into cat beds is now a thing and it’s very cute

AAAAAAAAAAA it’s adorable!
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