Links for 2022-03-08
Interview with Stanislas Polu on how to combine Language Models & Expert Iteration to automatically tackle formal math! This work is significant well beyond theorem proving! https://youtu.be/kl3aBni87jg
Early humans kept getting their heads knocked in https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/02/early-humans-kept-getting-their-heads-knocked-in/
SMART researchers discover unique lysin capable of killing multidrug-resistant bacteria https://news.mit.edu/2022/smart-researchers-discover-unique-lysin-capable-killing-deadly-multidrug-resistant-bacteria-0304
AI Performance on Human Tasks https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/SHBnvdYc6owKdktFf/ai-performance-on-human-tasks
Meta-analysis: Specific cognitive abilities show a similar high heritability as general intelligence, some even a higher one. https://biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.05.479237v1
NVIDIA's CEO tells the story of how NVIDIA grew from a gaming startup to powering the deep learning revolution; leadership lessons from running NVIDIA; and the importance of MLOps tools! https://youtube.com/watch?v=kcI3OwQsBJQ
SpaceX is actually a really good example of what combining public sector purchasing power and private sector innovation can achieve. https://www.city-journal.org/why-elon-musks-spacex-is-a-strategic-national-asset
Google’s New Camera-Free Sensor Can Read and React to Your Body Language https://singularityhub.com/2022/03/04/googles-new-camera-free-sensor-can-read-and-react-to-your-body-language/
War links:
"In less than a week, the United States and NATO have pushed more than 17,000 antitank weapons, including Javelin missiles, over the borders of Poland and Romania, unloading them from giant military cargo planes so they can make the trip by land to Kyiv." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/06/us/politics/us-ukraine-weapons.html
Thread on Russian nuclear launch procedures. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1500252764810719235.html
“No matter how precarious and challenging the international situation may be, China and Russia will maintain strategic focus and steadily advance our comprehensive strategic partnership co-ordination for a new era,” China’s Foreign Minister said. https://www.ft.com/content/94b12297-b7c7-4923-9d95-86f196e90503?sharetype=blocked
German dependence on Russian energy: 2018 vs. 2022
2018: “...Trump said: “Germany will become totally dependent on Russian energy if it does not immediately change course. Here in the Western Hemisphere, we are committed to maintaining our independence from the encroachment of expansionist foreign powers.”
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas could be seen smirking alongside his colleagues.”
2022: “Germany will continue to buy natural gas, oil and coal from Russia despite Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine, the government in Berlin said Monday.
Germany and Europe are too dependent on Russian energy imports for power, heating and industrial production to be able to cut trade links with Moscow in the short term, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a statement.”
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