Month: September 2024

How Ethereum Transactions Work (Explained Like You’re 5 Years Old)

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In this article, you’ll learn: Why Ethereum exist Ethereum’s ‘advantages’ over Bitcoin. How Ethereum transactions work. A young Russian programmer, Vitalik Buterin, who was an active participant in the Bitcoin community and co-founded Bitcoin Magazine, began to question the limitations of Bitcoin. He felt that Satoshi Nakamoto’s concept of self-executing code (smart contracts) was basic. … Read more

Ethereum Meets Distributed Validator Technology: A New Era for Resilient Financial Systems

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Innovation, adaptation, and many crises have shaped the financial system from the earliest forms of primitive exchange to currency creation. The 2008 financial crisis (Lehman Brothers) and the more recent one in March 2023 (Silicon Valley Bank) have exposed that despite the sophistication of the traditional financial system, , its architectural flaws stem from a … Read more

‘Hospital at home’ startup Doccla raises $46 million for its European expansion

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Hospitals around the world regularly face bed shortages — an issue that can get exacerbated to breaking point when a health scare or other large-scale disaster occurs. A startup called Doccla is bringing technology to bear address the issue: it’s building “virtual bed” tech to help doctors remotely manage patients who have either been discharged … Read more

How Does Human Memory Work?

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PKC iota/lambda, CaMKII, WWC1/KIBRA, PKMzeta n How do molecules organize to define one memory from another? Why does it appear like any sensory input searches for an interpretation fit or match, initially or finally? What makes any memory intelligent? Why can the memory of something become the basis for caution—or action—against something else? How do … Read more

How Conscious Turing Machine Robots Align with Other Theories of Consciousness

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:::info Authors: (1) Lenore Blum (lblum@cs.cmu.edu); (2) Manuel Blum (mblum@cs.cmu.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Brief Overview of CtmR, a Robot with a CTM Brain 2.1 Formal Definition of CtmR 2.2 Conscious Attention in CtmR 2.3 Conscious Awareness and the Feeling of Consciousness in CtmR 2.4 CtmR as a Framework for … Read more

Conscious Turing Machine Robots as a Framework for Artificial General Intelligence

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:::info Authors: (1) Lenore Blum (lblum@cs.cmu.edu); (2) Manuel Blum (mblum@cs.cmu.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Brief Overview of CtmR, a Robot with a CTM Brain 2.1 Formal Definition of CtmR 2.2 Conscious Attention in CtmR 2.3 Conscious Awareness and the Feeling of Consciousness in CtmR 2.4 CtmR as a Framework for … Read more

Conscious Awareness and the Feeling of Consciousness in Conscious Turing Machine Robots

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:::info Authors: (1) Lenore Blum (lblum@cs.cmu.edu); (2) Manuel Blum (mblum@cs.cmu.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Brief Overview of CtmR, a Robot with a CTM Brain 2.1 Formal Definition of CtmR 2.2 Conscious Attention in CtmR 2.3 Conscious Awareness and the Feeling of Consciousness in CtmR 2.4 CtmR as a Framework for … Read more

Conscious Attention in Conscious Turing Machine Robots

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:::info Authors: (1) Lenore Blum (lblum@cs.cmu.edu); (2) Manuel Blum (mblum@cs.cmu.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Brief Overview of CtmR, a Robot with a CTM Brain 2.1 Formal Definition of CtmR 2.2 Conscious Attention in CtmR 2.3 Conscious Awareness and the Feeling of Consciousness in CtmR 2.4 CtmR as a Framework for … Read more

Formal Definition of the Conscious Turing Machine Robot

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:::info Authors: (1) Lenore Blum (lblum@cs.cmu.edu); (2) Manuel Blum (mblum@cs.cmu.edu). ::: Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Brief Overview of CtmR, a Robot with a CTM Brain 2.1 Formal Definition of CtmR 2.2 Conscious Attention in CtmR 2.3 Conscious Awareness and the Feeling of Consciousness in CtmR 2.4 CtmR as a Framework for … Read more