Norway’s largest Viking Age coin hoard has been discovered: "Truly exceptional"
The metal detectors searching for coins in a field in eastern Norway still haven’t stopped beeping
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AI 'superlearners'David Silver gave the world its very first glimpse of superintelligence.
In 2016, an AI program he developed at Google DeepMind, AlphaGo, taught itself to play the famously difficult game of Go with a kind of mastery that went far beyond mimicry.
Silver has since founded his own company, Ineffable Intelligence, that aims to build more general forms of AI superintelligence. The company will do this, Silver says, by focusing on reinforcement learning, which involves AI models learning new capabilities through trial and error. The vision is to create “superlearners” that go beyond human intelligence in many domains.
This approach stands in contrast to how most AI companies plan to build superintelligence, by exploiting the coding and research capabilities of large-language models.rom Wired:
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Bloomscrolling--what's in bloom where you are?Shades of green in wtg's very shady garden. With a flower or two thrown in.
Hosta 'June' (foreground) with @adagiom 's favorite anemone invader:
Past prime, Virginia bluebells, anemones, and Hosta 'Golden Tiara':
Various hostas, plus a primrose that I don't recall the botanical name of:
Pulmonaria, more hostas and anemones, and a mushroom sculpture (present from my Mom, years ago - there are two others of different sizes in my yard):
Future gooseberry jam:
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Surgeon generalPresident Donald Trump said Thursday he’s nominating former Fox News Channel contributor and radiologist Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general after Dr. Casey Means’ path forward stalled in the Senate over questions about her experience and her stance on vaccines.
In a social media post, Trump said he would nominate Saphier, whom he called “a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer through their diagnosis and treatment.”
Saphier is a radiologist and director of breast imaging at Memorial Sloan Kettering Monmouth, according to her profile on the New York-based institution’s website. She has a doctor of medicine degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Barbados along with fellowships at the Mayo Clinic, the profile said.
The withdrawal came after tense exchanges between Means and lawmakers of both parties threw into question whether she could secure enough votes to advance out of the Senate health committee.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-surgeon-general-means-saphier-cebadfb452fb577b6cd5254e2e55d86b
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Father-daughter businessA Father and Daughter Forged More Than 200 Artworks by Warhol, Banksy, Picasso and Others—and Sold Them for $2 Million
The New Jersey residents, who face up to 20 years in prison, commissioned an artist in Poland to create the fakes. They got special penalties for forging paintings by Native American artists
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Carillon Bell TowerVery cool, @shirokuro ! Was that something on your bucket list??
There's a carillon at the Chicago Botanic Garden. I think they have concerts periodically during the summer months.
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Reshaping the snack aisleOr will Aldi shop for cleaner replacements?
They're already at it.
https://corporate.aldi.us/newsroom/news/aldi-eliminating-an-additional-44-ingredients
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