DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF
By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane
YOUR BRAIN IS A LOT MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU THINK
- New scientific research has discovered that the brain can hold 10-times the amount of information than it was thought to be capable of doing. Here are some key facts:
- This research done by a team of scientists, from The Salk Institute and University of California San Diego, is being called breakthrough
- They found the brain can hold at least a petabyte of information - that's the equivalent of 500 billion DVDs
- That's 10-times more information than previously thought
- The scientists created a new technique that enabled them to determine how much information synapses can store
- Information is transmitted across the brain by electrical signals from neuron to neuron via the tiny space where the 2 cells meet called the synapse
- Our brain has more than 100 trillion synapses
- The power of our brain is staggering
- This new research promises to lead to better understanding of memory decline from aging and illness and much more.
NEW SCIENCE: MIT CREATES AI CHATBOT THAT LETS YOU CHAT WITH YOUR FUTURE SELF
- Scientists have created the future you that can give sage life advice to the current you. Here's what we know:
- MIT scientists have created an AI-powered chatbot that simulates a 60-year-old version of you
- 334 volunteers were used in the trials
- One result was that the volunteers felt more connected with their future selves
- The process:
- The volunteers answered a series of questions about their past, current life and where they want to be in their future life
- The volunteers provided a current personal photo
- The volunteers' answers were fed into Open AI's Chat-3.5, which generated synthetic memories
- An example: one young volunteer told AI that she wanted to be a biology teacher. When she asked her 60-year-old self: "What was the most rewarding moment of my career?" AI responded: "When you helped a struggling student turn bad grades around and pass biology".
- One wonders if your older self doesn't much care for your know-it-all, wise cracking younger self. And when you ask your older self: "What was the most rewarding, shining moment of my career?" Your older self pauses and sarcastically answers: "We're still waiting for it."
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