Links for 2021-12-01
An artificial neural network that responds to written words like our brain's word form area https://www.pnas.org/content/118/46/e2104779118.abstract?etoc
Science fiction short story about a failed utopia https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/H4kadKrC2xLK24udn/the-maker-of-mind
“MIRI is offering $200,000 to build a dataset of authors thinking out loud about how AI-dungeon-style dungeons respond to user actions, and an additional $1,000,000 for scaling that dataset to a further 10x the size.” https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zRn6cLtxyNodudzhw/visible-thoughts-project-and-bounty-announcement
Invisible influences: “My thesis is that other people’s thoughts and decisions are influenced by experiences I have zero idea about.” https://windofchange.me/ShowCard?cardId=2f08efc4-31e0-454d-8ae4-5b99fdb11fea
"Stack Rabbit", Gregory Cannon (breaking NES Tetris at 102m points w/search+heuristics+value-iteration) youtube.com/watch?v=l_KY_EwZEVA
Major life events that have little to no impact on well-being: Death of a close friend; Getting a job promotion; Being fired by an employer; Moving/changing residence. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827319302204
"all too often, torture has provided accurate & reliable information... scores of instances in which torture victims revealed information that was neither bad, nor false, nor ambiguous... clear, explicit, plentiful, and it doomed them & their communities" https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HJJFNY5/
Real-time video of scenes hidden around corners is now possible https://news.wisc.edu/real-time-video-of-scenes-hidden-around-corners-is-now-possible/
World's first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say https://www.pnas.org/content/118/49/e2112672118
Swedish scientists prosecuted for finding that most rapes are committed by immigrants https://rmx.news/article/swedish-scientists-prosecuted-for-finding-that-most-rapes-are-committed-by-immigrants/