how to stay on top of advances?

Submitted by [deleted] t3_znv6du in singularity

I often encounter people in comment sections and the like talking about some obscure "upcoming new x" and "upcoming new y".

How do y'all find out about these things? Where should I sign up to get a complete image of what technological projects are underway and coming soon, etc? I mean this for any field -- AI, longevity, fusion, etc.

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Readityesterday2 t1_j0je3s0 wrote

This sub and its siblings keep me posted. I also follow space

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TemetN t1_j0jgd3t wrote

Last Week in AI, multiple subs which post news articles, a collection of serious media sources (The Economist, IEEE Spectrum, etc), and the occasional poke around arXiv.

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HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_j0jekmz wrote

Eventually it’s going to be impossible to keep up with everything happening around us. I wouldn’t worry too much about keeping up with every little thing. Pretty soon you will have an AI that can give you all new information as a personal assistant.

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[deleted] OP t1_j0jepvu wrote

Absolutely right with the AI point...

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HeinrichTheWolf_17 t1_j0jf6jm wrote

Seriously, if ChatGPT could get internet access alongside an embedded app in your smartphone we’d have this right now practically. Although I believe OpenAI says giving it internet access right now is risky.

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Vaellyth t1_j0jc6w3 wrote

Magazines and forums / blogs, insider knowledge (i.e. working in or knowing someone who works in the field), and the like, probably. There are likely dozens of publications but one that's been around for a while and isn't trying to sell you anything will typically be most reliable.

Maybe try searching for 'leading "___" companies' (fill in the blank) and using the names of top results, or their websites, to search around for blogs or document archives.

NASA does release papers etc, and I believe CERN publishes things directly as well.

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[deleted] OP t1_j0je7ya wrote

Thank you -- any specific blogs/ forums?

Those forums /blogs must have gotten their info from somewhere -- where?

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Vaellyth t1_j0jt8q1 wrote

I don't have anything specific, but treat your search engine results like a rabbit hole, and you're bound to find something; even Yahoo or BuzzFeed articles have a source article which they're bound to cite, and which will probably be hosted alongside other similar publications.

There's also that "arxiv.org" (sp?) website which publishes research papers and experiments submitted by the scientists conducting active studies.

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TheSecretAgenda t1_j0ji6c3 wrote

You are in the right place.

Also

r/ArtificialInteligence

r/Futurology

r/technology

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