📌 TOPINDIATOURS Hot ai: Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI Terbaru 202

As generative AI seeps into virtually every aspect of our daily lives through jobs, entertainment, and even food, you gotta wonder: is anyone not on board with the AI takeover?

Apparently not. Former McKinsey analyst turned Dartmouth University professor Scott Anthony told Fortune that one of the feelings he’s seeing more and more among college students isn’t excitement for the AI future, but utter terror.

“One of the things that really surprises me consistently is how scared our students are of using it,” Anthony said of large language models (LLMs). The fear isn’t just over typical academic issues like cheating, he told Fortune, but about losing their critical thinking skills to the machine — they’re “scared full stop.”

“There’s something about AI where people, I think, worry that they’ll lose their humanity if they lean too much into it,” Anthony explained. “History teaches me very clearly that in the middle of a change like this, it’s very messy.”

The Dartmouth prof contrasted his student’s anxieties to those of his fellow tenured professors, who are typically eager to try out the latest LLM software. It’s not hard to see why this is the case — with a cushy gig at one of the nation’s elite universities, Dartmouth faculty are free from the economic horror story that is the AI boom. For students entering today’s job market, the future looks far less secure.

But even beyond career viability, students’ anxieties that AI use could make them dumber aren’t unfounded. One headline-inducing study from MIT earlier this summer split participants into three groups to compete tasks like writing essays: one which used LLMs, one which used common search engines, and one “brain only group.”

Compared to the other groups, the researchers found that the LLM group had an easier time writing their essays, though this “came at a cognitive cost, diminishing users’ inclination to critically evaluate the LLM’s output or ‘opinions,’” the paper explained. Basically, the group using AI gravitated toward an echo chamber moderated by AI, not by their own brains.

On top of that, participants in the brain-only group reported “higher satisfaction” with their essays, and “demonstrated higher brain connectivity” than the others.

In other words, it seems Gen Z has a right to be scared.

More on AI: AI Sends School Into Lockdown After It Mistook a Student’s Clarinet for a Gun

The post Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI appeared first on Futurism.

🔗 Sumber: futurism.com

📌 TOPINDIATOURS Hot ai: Russia plans rotating space station with artificial gravit

While the International Space Station (ISS) prepares for a watery grave in 2030, Russia is looking up — and spinning.

The Russian state rocket company, Energia, has officially secured a patent for a giant, rotating space architect, according to Space.com. 

It is designed to solve the single greatest threat to deep-space travel: the slow decay of the human body in zero gravity.

By mimicking the mechanics of a high-tech carnival centrifuge, the proposed spacecraft would generate “artificial gravity,” providing the physical load necessary to protect astronauts’ bodies during a long-term stay. 

Although there are currently no resources or timelines attached, the design stakes Russia’s claim in a new space race.

Patent for artificial gravity

Space is a biological challenge for humans. Gravity is the glue that holds us together; without it, our muscles lose their purpose and bones lose strength.

Currently, astronauts on the International Space Station need to exercise for hours every day to maintain the strength to walk when they return home. 

Artificial gravity is a potential game-changer for deep-space exploration, offering a vital lifeline for crews facing the physical rigors of long-haul interplanetary travel or extended orbital stays.

Russia’s design aims to provide a permanent solution by simulating 0.5g, or half (50 percent) of Earth’s gravity.

The patent describes a massive, modular rotating structure that looks less like a traditional tube and more like a high-speed fan.

It illustrates a “notional space station” built around a central spine that balances stationary and spinning parts, using airtight, flexible joints to link the habitats to the rotating hub.

Reportedly, habitable modules are attached radially, extending outward like spokes on a wheel.

To achieve 0.5g, the station’s living quarters would extend 131 feet (40 meters) from the center, spinning at five revolutions per minute to pin astronauts to the floor with centrifugal force.

Engineering hurdle remains

Building it won’t be easy. The station is so large that it would require a fleet of rocket launches and complex assembly in orbit.

Safety is also a major concern. The patent notes a significant docking dilemma. 

Trying to park a transport ship at a station that is constantly spinning is like trying to jump onto a moving merry-go-round. One wrong move could lead to a catastrophic collision.

Russia isn’t alone in this spinning dream. The American firm Vast is also racing to build commercial artificial gravity stations, and NASA has toyed with similar “Nautilus-X” concepts for decades.

While the company hasn’t committed a single ruble or a set date to this specific project, the patent serves as a high-stakes signal of intent to build.

It surfaces just as ISS enters its final act, with NASA preparing to steer the 450-ton lab into a fiery, controlled atmospheric reentry by 2030.

For Russia, which plans to depart the ISS by 2028, this design represents a move away from aging international cooperation and toward a solo, high-tech future in deep space.

Meanwhile, Roscosmos is also working on its Russian Orbital Space Station (ROSS). Reports indicate that, instead of launching a new fleet, the space agency may detach and repurpose its aging ISS segments.

The country intends to detach its newest components — such as the Nauka multipurpose lab and the Prichal node — just before the ISS is deorbited in 2030. 

This move will prevent Russia from burning up its tech investment in the ISS.

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com