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Inherited Memory Helped My Flies Until the World Changed. Then a Blank Slate Beat Them.

Earlier in this series I killed a brain and the memory lived through it. Then I dropped that memory into a fresh brain, and the fresh brain woke up believing a life it never lived. Creepy. Useful.

  • Inherited memory helped flies survive for eleven generations.
  • Blank slate flies thrived when faced with unfamiliar world.
  • Memory-free flies outperformed inherited memory in familiar world.

China’s top priority should be wages, not AI

“Whoever wins with AI wins,” US President Donald Trump has declared, dismissing warnings about the risks of developing artificial intelligence too rapidly and citing rivalry with China. The technological competition is real.

China’s top priority should be wages, not AI

“Whoever wins with AI wins,” US President Donald Trump has declared, dismissing warnings about the risks of developing artificial intelligence too rapidly and citing rivalry with China. The technological competition is real.

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