Links for 2021-12-18
The Phrase "No Evidence" Is A Red Flag For Bad Science Communication — “Science communicators are using the same term - “no evidence” - to mean: 1. This thing is super plausible, and honestly very likely true, but we haven’t checked yet, so we can’t be sure. 2. We have hard-and-fast evidence that this is false, stop repeating this easily debunked lie.” https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-phrase-no-evidence-is-a-red-flag
Einstein proven right yet again: The theory of general relativity passes a range of precise tests set by pair of extreme stars https://www.mpg.de/18014666/einstein-relativity-theory-tests
“A new processing-in-memory (PIM) circuit developed by researchers at Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) adds neural network flexibility to PIM computing. With PIM computing, the memory and processing unit are merged into a single unit, and computations are performed using the machine's physical properties.” https://source.wustl.edu/2021/12/pim-computing-neural-network/
Intel Shows Research for Packing More Computing Power Into Chips Beyond 2025 https://www.reuters.com/technology/intel-shows-research-packing-more-computing-power-into-chips-beyond-2025-2021-12-11/
Crucial Leap in Error Mitigation for Quantum Computers https://crd.lbl.gov/news-and-publications/news/2021/crucial-leap-in-quantum-error-mitigation/
Overview of the AI Alignment Landscape: A Bird's Eye View https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SQ9cZtfrzDJmw9A2m/my-overview-of-the-ai-alignment-landscape-a-bird-s-eye-view
To what extent can we predict the future? With Robin Hanson and David Deutsch youtu.be/IBc1oVXen-o
Evidence that obesity is associated with smaller subcortical gray matter volumes. https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2019181012
The Arc Institute is a new institution for curiosity-driven biomedical science and technology. A nonprofit that will conduct basic research in a somewhat new way. It’s based on three core ideas. First, betting not on projects, but on people. Arc will fund biomedical investigators to pursue whatever research programs they deem most worthy of study. https://arcinstitute.org/
Symbolic AI making a comeback in the NetHack competition at #NeurIPS2021, leaving neural nets in the dust… https://nethackchallenge.com/report.html
US Tornado Damage 1950 to 2021 rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/us-tornado-damage-1950-to-2021
Democrats want to use "racial equity audits" to control tech companies. If instituted, auditors would have veto power over every product or initiative. https://freebeacon.com/democrats/democrats-push-racial-equity-audits-to-cement-control-of-tech-companies/