NEW STUDY REPORTS 1 IN 5 ADULTS DON'T WANT CHILDREN, AND THEY DON'T REGRET IT LATER

A study from Michigan State University has revealed that 1 in 5 Michigan adults don’t want children, according to Phys.org. The rate of child-free adults is relatively consistent across education levels, incomes and ages. The researchers noted that this means up to 60 million people in the U.S. could be child-free. And while the writer of this newsletter loves their kids more than anything, they also do not blame these adults one bit.

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ARE ROBOT WAITERS THE FUTURE? SOME RESTAURANTS THINK SO

The restaurant industry is increasingly turning to robot waiters to solve labor shortages, The Independent reports. While the technology is growing rapidly, experts say robots still have a long way to go before they can replace humans completely, and many restaurants have physical challenges they can't adapt to even if they could.

THE 8 CHATGPT PROMPTING TECHNIQUES YOU NEED TO LEARN

With companies paying upwards of $300,000 for AI Prompt Engineers, it’s probably smart to learn how to do it well. Luckily, writer and language model consultant Sam Ramaswami is here to help with some tips on how to succeed at prompt engineering. His 8 key techniques? Persona/role prompting, CoT (Chain of Thought) prompting, zero-shot-CoT prompting, few-shot (and few-shot-CoT) prompting, knowledge generation prompting, generated knowledge prompting, self-consistency, and, finally LtM (Least to Most) prompting.

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NOVEL RESEARCH ON HOW MICE PERCEIVE PLEASURE REVEALS A PROMISING PATH TO TREATING ADDICTION

Researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have found that neurons in the amygdala, which respond to cues in the brain's temporal lobes, can recognize gradations between positive and negative signals. According to Inverse, in an experiment involving mice, the researchers conditioned the animals to respond to different sound cues in return for different rewards or punishments. The researchers suggest that inhibiting these neurons in the amygdala may disrupt the learned connections between drug use and positive outcomes, thereby helping to treat or prevent drug addiction.