New Nuclear Reactor, AI Social Biases, CARMEN Robot w/ Ralph Bond

Computer America

Show Notes 12 July 2024




Story 1: Bechtel breaks ground on $4B Bill Gates-backed nuclear reactor [My add on based on a Co-Pilot query – First nuclear reactor in US to use sodium instead of water for cooling]


Source: ConstructionDive.com Story by Matthew Thibault


Link: https://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-bill-gates-nuclear-reactor-natrium/719746/


See also: https://www.bechtel.com/projects/natrium-demonstration-project/


Story 2: Researchers develop new training technique that aims to make AI systems less socially biased


Source: Oregon State University Newsroom


Link: https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/researchers-develop-new-training-technique-aims-make-ai-systems-less-socially-biased


See also: https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content/CVPR2024/papers/Slyman_FairDeDup_Detecting_and_Mitigating_Vision-Language_Fairness_Disparities_in_Semantic_Dataset_CVPR_2024_paper.pdf


Story 3: Changing a Single Gene Gave Mice Supercharged Hearing


Source: ScienceAlert.com Story by Tessa Koumoundouros


Link: https://www.sciencealert.com/changing-a-single-gene-gave-mice-supercharged-hearing


Story 4: Meet CARMEN, a Robot That Helps People with Mild Cognitive Impairment


Source: UC San Diego Today Story by Ioana Patringenaru


Link: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/meet-carmen-a-robot-that-helps-people-with-mild-cognitive-impairment#When:15:00:00Z


See video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGKA32TlVXM



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