Links for 2022-01-07
Vaccines for animals based on viruses that spread on their own are being developed in Europe and the U.S https://www.mpg.de/18106890/animal-viral-vaccines
UFOs, the Channel Islands and the Navy's 'drone swarm' mystery — “The implications of a foreign power deploying drones to spy on American warships just off the California coast are immense. For starters, this scenario suggests a monumental U.S. counterintelligence failure.” https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/588223-ufos-the-channel-islands-and-the-navys-drone-swarm-mystery [What people who dismiss this topic fail to realize is that every explanation here is worth investigating: A. The U.S. Navy is incompetent or crackpots within the Navy gained too much influence. B. Personnel/sensors can be fooled by natural phenomena; something that could be exploited by enemies. C. Foreign adversary D. Aliens…A psyop is also possible but difficult to investigate. Who could do it? Would require a whistleblower from within the government.]
Surprisingly Turing-Complete: A catalogue of software constructs, languages, or APIs which are unexpectedly Turing-complete; implications for security and reliability https://www.gwern.net/Turing-complete
A video discussing the visual effects of Terminator: Judgement Day and how to recreate them with modern technology and techniques. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXehBx0Yc_w
Machine learning used to predict synthesis of complex novel materials https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2021/12/machine-learning-predicts-novel-materials/
Gut-brain connection in autism: Research in mice identifies possible mechanism linking autism, intestinal inflammation https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/01/link-between-inflammation-and-autism-found-within-mouse-models/
Hackers Are Getting Better and Better at Defeating Your 2FA Security https://gizmodo.com/hackers-are-getting-better-and-better-at-defeating-your-1848278177
We Choose To Align AI: “When I say we choose to align AI in this decade, I don’t mean before 2032. I mean before 2030. Maybe sooner if things go well. Do I think that’s actually doable? Yes… and some other things! As long as we’re shooting for the metaphorical moon, might as well throw aging in the mix too. That seems doable by 2030.” https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/BseaxjsiDPKvGtDrm/we-choose-to-align-ai
A Belgian surgeon got 10 months in jail for making sexist remarks at a medical university lecture https://www-vrt-be.translate.goog/vrtnws/nl/2022/01/04/seksismewet-hoeyberghs/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=de