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Mike Woolley

Mike Woolley

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Video game players can reportedly control their dreams better than other people, as during game-play they develop skills for taking control of fantasy situations.
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Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

- Arthur Schopenhauer
On this day
1512: The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo, is exhibited to the public for the first time.
1512: Michelangelo's magnificent ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel are unveiled to the public for the first time, attracting widespread admiration. Painted between 1508 and 1512 under the commission of Pope Julius II, the vast masterpiece depicts scenes from the Book of Genesis, including the iconic Creation of Adam, in which God reaches out to touch Adam's finger. Despite Michelangelo considering himself primarily a sculptor rather than a painter, the work becomes one of the greatest achievements of the Italian Renaissance and remains one of the world's most celebrated works of art.
1520: Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovers and navigates the strait that now bears his name, finding a passage through the treacherous waterways south of mainland South America connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Leading a Spanish expedition in search of a westward route to the Spice Islands, Magellan's fleet spends weeks navigating the narrow, stormy channels before emerging into the Pacific, which he named for its relatively calm waters. The voyage becomes a crucial milestone in the first recorded circumnavigation of the Earth, although Magellan himself is killed in the Philippines in 1521 before the expedition returns to Spain.
2008: Satoshi Nakamoto publishes "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System".
2016: The number of people globally using mobile devices to access the internet overtakes those using desktop computers for the first time.
2023: The first AI Safety Summit takes place in the United Kingdom, bringing together governments, technology companies and researchers to discuss the risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence. 28 countries signing a "world first agreement" on how to manage the riskiest forms of artificial intelligence. The summit marks a significant step towards global AI governance, putting issues such as safety testing, transparency and the prevention of catastrophic misuse firmly on the international agenda.
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