War is unpredictable and militaries are often operating on subpar-quality data, which is why it is unlikely that AI will replace humans in war. In fact, this will increase the importance of human judgement. In war, AI will probably act as a support to human judgment through “prediction”. For example, militaries can use AI to sift through drone videos to point out enemy activity in the field, which can help commanders make more informed decisions about their next plan of action. Read full article here
Oddities
The Curious Case of the Ancient Brain
In 2008, archaeologists examining the University of York discovered something strange: the decapitated head of an Iron Age man and his very shrivelled but very much intact brain. How a centuries-old brain was preserved is still unknown, but research suggests that it could have been because of brain diseases like dementia. The Yorkshire man’s brain’s proteins were bunched up together, much like how dementia causes brain proteins to bunch up into plaques. This bunching up, or aggregation, could continue even after death, turning regions of the brain into hard masses. Read full article here
Merv
September 30, 2022
