Links for 20210810
Machine learning breakthroughs keep coming, showing no sign of slowing down. The near-term future is going to be wild: "These results raise the possibility of learning algorithms that are more widely accessible, requiring neither human annotations nor vast amounts of computation." https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.10957
CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy Rids Woman of Tough-to-Treat Lupus: “In a first, researchers have used genetically tweaked immune system cells to send a woman's severe lupus into remission.” https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-08-05/car-t-cell-immunotherapy-rids-woman-of-tough-to-treat-lupus
Contrary to the alarmism spread by the mainstream media, IPCC AR6 actually gave us more confidence that climate change is *not* an existential risk. Very high sensitivity outcomes of 5C+ are now deemed to be very unlikely https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1424642708291821569.html
“The current ML MOOC landscape is filled with courses that are too coddling and shallow for anybody that wants real working knowledge. These bad courses are made intentionally or unintentionally by what I believe are perverse incentives by educators, who are operating on the misguided wants of the educatee.” https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/wc9Kjen6hs8m2vLgF/rage-against-the-moochine
"Sixty years ago, an overwhelming majority of Americans said they had faith in the government. Today, an overwhelming majority say they don’t. Who is to blame?" https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/16/are-liberals-to-blame-for-our-crisis-of-faith-in-government
Database of incidents of human-caused pathogen exposure https://f1000research.com/articles/10-752/v1
This chicken vaccine makes its virus more dangerous: “This is the first time that this virus-boosting phenomenon, known as the imperfect vaccine hypothesis, has been observed experimentally.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/tthis-chicken-vaccine-makes-virus-dangerous
A list of ~700 branches of science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_of_branches_of_science
Thread arguing that racial IQ differences are *not* mostly genetic https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1423124782309158914.html