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Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Today's the pub day of my first book, Are We Ready for Mars?, coauthored with Mark Shelhamer! We're already in the top 20 for bestselling books on Mars on Amazon. Pretty neat! If you ever wondered what it might take to help astronauts thrive on the way there—and how that all might benefit us on Earth—this book is for you!
amazon.com/Ready-Mars-Johns-…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Man never thought I’d be an author one day but here I am, holding a book with my name on it. Had been a bit bummed today—the last year has been hard if I’m being honest—but having copies of my book arrive brightened the mood. It’s OK to feel a bit accomplished for a moment right?
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
I love this.
If you live anywhere in the dark blue areas, you are closer to outer space--defined by the Kármán line--than you are to the nearest seashore.
(source: u/Many-Excitement3246 via Reddit)
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Researchers are investigating using synthetic diamonds to help cool AI data center chips; De Beers-owned Element Six has long used diamonds in satellite chips (@settostun / New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/10/08/scien…
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Amos Zeeberg retweeted
AI Needs Enormous #ComputingPower.
Could #Light -Based #Chips Help?
quantamagazine.org/ai-needs-… #fintech #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #GenerativeAI #GenAI #BigData #chipmaker @settostun @QuantaMagazine
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Delighted to announce the upcoming release of my new book this fall, a culmination of my life and work to date:
us.macmillan.com/books/97803…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
To learn more flexibly, a new machine learning model selectively forgets what it already knows. @settostun reports: quantamagazine.org/how-selec…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
The "Ship of Theseus" article has been edited 1792 times since it was created in July of 2003. At present, 0% of the phrases in the original article (seen below) remain.
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Effortlessly enhancing an image may be commonplace in crime and science fiction, but researchers are still brainstorming ways around the tradeoff in accuracy that comes with using AI systems to improve photos. @settostun reports:
quantamagazine.org/the-ai-to…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Great @settostun profile of @ipvideo and how they've helped expose the dangers of surveillance tech. Got to team up with them on our investigation into Huawei's minority-detecting "Uyghur alarm" AI. They're the real deal
wired.com/story/surveillance…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
NEW: @WIRED magazine profiled @ipvideo's work exposing the widespread usage of 'Uyghur alarms' by PRC surveillance companies, in one of the most disturbing deployments of AI to date wired.com/story/surveillance… by @settostun
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
$8 a month might put off bots trying to sell pills and bitcoins, but if you're a state actor trying to influence elections, it's an absolute bargain.
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
After living in both Japan and the United States, writer @settostun was surprised to notice all the differences between health care systems. In the piece, Zeeberg examines how culture fuels health care issues—and solutions. Featuring @davidmatsumoto openmindmag.org/articles/how…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Good news!!: We can become the first generation that achieves a world in which forests expand - ourworldindata.org/global-fo…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Ahem ...
I think they call this a little personal news.
I'm teaming up with the hard-hitting, super-smart journalist who is @MikeGrunwald to do a podcast on the climate impact of food.
We're launching @ClimavoresPod on June 21, and it's gonna be fun.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Justice is not particularly blind. For example, when the Louisiana State University football team loses in an upset, it causes judges in Louisiana to add 1,296 days of punishment to juvenile defendants, including 136 extra days of jail time, just because judges are in a bad mood.
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
SCOOP: White House Correspondents Association rebuffed offers to install, for free, devices to clean air at Saturday dinner.
Party planners worry devices will interfere with gala.
“The reasoning is not clear to me,” said one covid expert.
With @farhip. washingtonpost.com/health/20…
Amos Zeeberg retweeted
Many of you have asked about our brave @AP team in Mariupol. This is the story of how they covered a city under siege, and how they escaped.
apnews.com/article/russia-uk…
