6 dead and no trace of the target Details of the "Los Angeles" battle against "bodies that mock us"

On the night between February 24 and 25, 1942, American anti-aircraft missiles opened fire in the skies of Los Angeles against hostile targets, which resulted in the killing of 6 civilians and the injury of several homes.

The American counter-artillery fired nearly 1,500 rounds in that "battle" towards the flying objects that were classified as hostile, but no plane was shot down, and no fragments of bombs that might have been dropped from the air were found, while several houses in the city were hit. Significant damage was found to have been caused by American counter-artillery fire. It turned out that the six people were killed by the shrapnel of the artillery shells themselves, and because of accidents and heart attacks, complications of the heated battle.

The American eastern coasts were living in a state of anticipation after the Japanese attack on the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, and the heavy losses caused by it on December 7, 1941, as well as the attacks the next day that managed to destroy most of the American Air Force in the Philippines, and later the devastating Japanese attacks on Hong Kong, Wake Island, Guam, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bali, Timor, Singapore, Dutch East Indies, and Burma.

In those days, rumors spread among Japanese-Americans of impending attacks on the American mainland, and as a result, the US Department of War announced a state of high alert in the Coast Defense Forces in California from Seattle to San Diego from February 7 to March 15, 1942.

The American anti-air artillery, numbering 8,000 in Los Angeles alone, was stationed day and night in anticipation of a heavy Japanese strike expected for several weeks with 37 mm anti-air cannons.

On the night of February 25, at 2:15 am, the US military spotted unidentified flying objects approaching the city sky, residents woke up to the sound of air defense sirens, and Los Angeles sank into darkness after the electricity was cut off, and the sky lit up, while the elderly, men and women, as well as Children to shelters, and less than an hour later, American counter-artillery fire.

6 dead, no trace of the target. Battle details

Several hours later, US Navy spokesman General Frank Knox denied that any attack had taken place, explaining the heavy anti-aircraft fire, that it was due to a false alarm caused by nervous exhaustion!

After several days, the official version changed, and the US War Department announced that the city was indeed "attacked by 15 Japanese planes whose mission was to test the effectiveness of air defense systems and at the same time undermine the morale of the Americans, but the brave defenders of Los Angeles, soldiers of air defense batteries Thirty-seventh, they fired 1,400 shells, drove away the enemy, and inflicted heavy losses on it.

Journalists at the time asked sarcastically what the army meant by the losses, and why was it unable to show anything the Japanese had shot down?

After that, different interpretations of that heated battle followed, including that the air targets were balloons to monitor the weather, or balloons for the army with the intention of testing new radars, then the Americans returned to the starting point, saying that what happened was the effect of false alarms and nervous stress!

Decades later, in the 1980s, a document revolving around that incident appeared in the American media, dated 05/03/1942, addressed to US President Franklin Roosevelt.

That document stated, "In connection with the air raid on Los Angeles on February 24, 1942. The belonging of the objects that attacked the city cannot be established to the state. Experts believe that the objects were of extraterrestrial origin."

On the part of the witnesses, Ralph Blum, who was 9 years old at the time, stated that he saw a cigar-shaped object that was hit by several rounds of counter-artillery, but the strange object did not cause any damage.

Another witness, Peter Jenkins, said he counted 25 silver "V"s in the sky that flew over his head toward Long Beach.

As for the officer in the US Navy, Carl Sis, he stated that the searchlights detected a group of 9 silver planes, and that artillery shells were fired in their direction.

The counter-artillerymen also left their impressions of that mysterious battle in the skies over Los Angeles, noting that these "UFOs seemed to be mocking us, they were flying over our guns. We fired non-stop, they were hit several times that's for sure, but they didn't cause her no harm."

After 81 years have passed, there are no accounts left of the "Battle of Los Angeles", except for those that confirm that it was against flying saucers and unidentified flying objects, supposedly from another world, from outside the Earth.

Source: RT

For decades, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) has aimed to create computers with the capabilities of a human mind.

Now, a new study proposes a "new frontier" of computing called "organic intelligence" (OI) that could go beyond the learning capabilities of any machine.

OI uses organelles - tiny lab-grown tissues that look like full-grown organs - as a form of "biological hardware" and may be a smarter alternative to silicon chips in artificial intelligence.

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore believe that a "biocomputer" powered by a vital organ composed of millions of human brain cells could be developed during our lifetime.

While previous studies have questioned whether biocomputers will cross the "ethical line", the team says organic organisms will be used in a safe and "morally responsible" way.

The new study was prepared by an international team of researchers led by Professor Thomas Hartung at Johns Hopkins University.

"We present a collaborative program to implement the vision of an interdisciplinary field of OI," they say in their paper published in the journal Frontiers in Science. This aims to establish OI as a form of true biological computing that harnesses brain organoids using bioscientific and engineering advances in an ethically responsible manner.

While AI aims to make computers more brain-like, OI's research will explore how a 3D culture of brain cells can be made more computer-like.

Although AI can process mathematical operations involving numbers and data faster than humans, brains are smarter at making complex logical decisions, such as telling a dog about a cat.

And developing systems that can implement such logical decisions will be where OI will excel - although the researchers stress that AI and OI can exist together in a "complementary" way. Just like neurons in our brains, OI systems use chemical and electrical signals to follow instructions and carry out tasks. OI can also be faster, more efficient, and more powerful than AI, while requiring only a fraction of the energy.

Organoids have already been used to study and treat cancers, heart problems, tissue transplants, neurological disorders, and much more.

Different cells in organoids correspond to different regions - for example, brain organoids have been used to examine cellular aspects of learning and memory.

They have neurons, synapses and other features that allow basic functions such as learning and remembering.

While most cell cultures are flat, the organelles have a three-dimensional structure, increasing their cell density by 1,000 times, meaning neurons can form more connections.

Professor Hartung began assembling brain cells into functional organoids in 2012 using cells from reprogrammed human skin samples.

Each contains about 50,000 cells, about the size of the nervous system of a fruit fly.

"For OI, we would need to increase that number to 10 million," Hartung said.

The research team envisions building a futuristic computer with brain organoids, connected to "real-world sensors and output devices".

The brain organoids will then be trained "using biofeedback, big data warehousing, and machine learning methods," the team explained.

And OI computers powering these "biological devices" could begin in the next decade to mitigate the power consumption requirements of supercomputing that are becoming increasingly unsustainable.

The hypothetical OI computer could be several times more powerful than Frontier, the world's fastest supercomputer while using less power.

"We're reaching the physical limits of silicon computers because we can't fit more transistors into a tiny chip," Hartung said. "But the brain is wired in a completely different way - it has about 100 billion neurons connected across more than 1,015 contact points. It's a huge difference." in power compared to our current technology."

The ethics of using artificial intelligence to do human work is well documented and even touched upon in popular culture.

But the use of human cells may be more controversial and raise questions.

Scientists have already warned that "the ethical line may have been crossed" when mini-brains were made from human tissue.

Critics said the organelles could feel or even experience pain, which meant that checks had to be done to prevent them from suffering.

Another potential problem is donors whose cells are used to create biocomputers without their consent, but the study authors claim to be aware of all ethical considerations.

"A key part of our vision is to develop OI in an ethical and socially responsible manner," said Hartung. For this reason, we've partnered with ethicists from the very beginning to establish the Solid Ethics approach.

All ethical issues will be assessed on an ongoing basis by teams made up of scientists, ethicists and generalists, as research develops.

Source: Daily Mail

Tesla shareholders are filing a class action against the company and its founder!

Tesla shareholders have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company and its founder, Elon Musk, accusing the company of misleading and deceiving its shareholders.

"The defendants made false or misleading statements... and overestimated the effectiveness, feasibility, and safety of automated driving systems and driving systems in general in Tesla cars," the lawsuit filed against the company said.

The text of the filed lawsuit referred to a number of media publications about Tesla car accidents, including accidents that caused the death of people, and reference was made to the investigations conducted by the US authorities about self-driving technologies for Tesla vehicles and a campaign to recall more than 362,000 electric vehicles produced by the company due to problems. in autonomous driving technologies in those vehicles.

Also, according to the text of the lawsuit, "the wrong actions and omission of those in charge of Tesla caused a decrease in the value of the company's shares, and due to the sharp decline in the market value of Tesla shares, its shareholders incurred large losses."

The plaintiffs, a group of individual shareholders and legal entities, purchased Tesla securities between 2019 and 2023, and are currently seeking damages from the company and its founder, Elon Musk.

It should be noted that Tesla had recently recalled more than 362,000 of its cars with a problem with the self-driving systems in those vehicles.

Source: Russian agencies