The Download: fixing the internet, and detecting AI consciousness

Historical past is wealthy with examples of individuals making an attempt to breathe life into inanimate objects, and of individuals promoting hacks and methods as “magic.” However this very human need to consider in consciousness in machines has by no means matched up with actuality. 

Creating consciousness in synthetic intelligence methods is a dream for a lot of technologists. Massive language fashions are the most recent instance of our quest for intelligent machines, and a few individuals (contentiously) declare to have seen glimmers of consciousness in conversations with them.

AI methods don’t have brains, so it’s unimaginable to make use of conventional strategies of measuring mind exercise for indicators of life. However neuroscientists have varied totally different theories about what consciousness in AI methods would possibly appear like. Read the full story.

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2023 Local weather Tech Firms to Watch: Gogoro and its battery pack community

Gogoro is type of a reverse Tesla. The corporate, which makes electrical scooters to create a marketplace for its battery-swapping community, and batteries for third-party autos, has constructed a community of charging stations to assist it promote automobiles. 

Gogoro now has almost 13,000 good battery swapping stations at 3,000 areas within the 9 international locations the place it operates. What’s extra, its cloud-connected, AI-managed stations can inform the state of each battery within the system, anticipate demand from clients, and optimize charging occasions for off-peak hours, when vitality is cheaper. Read the full story, and browse the rest of the list of Climate Tech Companies to Watch.