They illustrate their point with a thought experiment. Imagine two English-speaking people stranded on neighboring deserted islands. There is an underwater cable that lets them send text messages to each other. Now imagine that an octopus, which knows nothing about English but is a whiz at stati...
A heavy plastic liner keeps the leachate from escaping , while pipes running through the landfill remove the leachate . Sometimes the leachate is treated at the landfill site. Often , though , it's sent through the sewer system to the cl...
Environmental impact.The data centers and network infrastructures that underpin the operations of AI models consume large amounts of energy and water. Consequently, training and running AI models has asignificant impact on the climate. AI's carbon footprint is especially concerning for large generative...
Should the cars be programmed to avoid hitting a child running across the road, even if that will put their passengers at risk? What about making a sudden turn to avoid a dog? What if the only risk is damage to the car itself, not to the passengers? Perhaps there will be lessons to...
f we just take the time to observe it, nature provides us with a fascinating spectacle. Earth is the planet of life.如果我们肯花时间去观察，会发现大自然为我们提供了一个迷人的奇观。地球是一个满是生命的星球。Running, crawling or flying, life abounds everywhere. But for all this beautiful ...
Our homes need energy too, for cooking, heating, making hot water, and running all the appliances and gadgets that make our lives comfortable.Though a small amount of our energy is renewable (things like solar power, wind power, and tidal power will theoretically never run out), most comes...
A heavy plastic liner keeps the leachate from escaping , while pipes running through the landfill remove the leachate . Sometimes the leachate is treated at the landfill site. Often , though , it's sent through the sewer system to the...
As you close in on O% you’re running on empty — then you’re out of gas. Depth of Discharge (DoD) measures a battery’s state of charge in reverse. The formula is DoD = 1 – SoC. In other words, if you only have 10% of the battery’s total storage capacity left, the DoD...
Running aground means hitting the boat’s hull against the bottom of a waterway. It happens if you pilot your vessel in shallow waters. The water is not deep enough to keep your watercraft afloat. If you run your boat aground, it gets stuck in the sandy bottom or whatever geological featu...
One prominent image that recurs from Genesis to Revelation is that of living water. In the Middle East, water is scarce and precious.