Mishmash #14 | 🪟 WindowSwap | 🤖 Turing Test | 🌎 Earth's Biomass
Happy Monday!
📺 We are back to the regular program this week so let's jump into the next version of the Monday Mishmash!
🪟 WindowSwap
🌏 WindowSwap is a neat site I stumbled upon last week, that is a community-built project where you can submit a video of your "window view" and explore other people's view from all around the world.
🏝 Beautifully said by the project creators, "WindowSwap is a place on the internet where people from around the world share the view from their windows to help someone else relax, focus, meditate and travel without moving."
Since my home office looks out to a bunch of ongoing construction, this site provides a nice getaway while I work.
🤖 Turing Test
I've lately been listening to talks on AI and what future industries will look like with its ever-growing influence.
One thing I have noticed during many of these discussions is a reference to the Turing Test. After some research, this test stands as one of the key indicators of whether or not AI can achieve indistinguishable human behavior.
🤯 Also, this test was first published by Alan Turing in the 1950s.
Here's how the test works:
In this test, there are two subjects: a computer (A) and a human (B), and a third person (C) who is the interrogator. For the computer to pass the Turning test, the interrogator needs to determine through a series of written questions that the computer (A) is a human and the human (B) is a computer.
This AI examination later gave rise to new tests from Gary Marcus and the Lovelace 2.0 Test examining AI creativity.
📝 On a separate note, Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, came out recently with an interesting opinion piece going into what the future may look like with AI and how we should adjust socioeconomically.
🌎 Earth's Biomass
This research article explores the biomass distribution on Earth. Some fascinating takeaways from this research:
- 🌱 Plants are the overwhelming majority of Earth's biomass composition
- 🤯 Humans make up less biomass than all viruses on the Earth
- 🦠 The second-largest biomass is bacteria
🤔 This week's quote
"Education is all a matter of building bridges." - Ralph Ellison
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