Links for 2022-07-12
“…we introduce a deep learning system that learns intuitive physics directly from visual data, using object-level representations inspired by studies of visual cognition in children.” https://www.deepmind.com/publications/learning-intuitive-physics-through-objects
AI tools like AlphaFold2 can create new proteins, not just analyze existing ones https://colbyford.medium.com/am-i-hallucinating-or-can-ai-now-design-cancer-curing-antibodies-3ef1bef92106
AlphaFold ushers in a new era in biology: “We’re now up to ~1 million predictions including proteins relevant to neglected tropical diseases and antimicrobial resistance.” https://www.embl.org/documents/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EMBL-EBI-highlights-2021-digital.pdf#page=8
Amazon has launched CodeWhisperer, a direct competitor to GitHub Copilot. https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/aws/now-in-preview-amazon-codewhisperer-ml-powered-coding-companion/
Holographic heads-up displays allow for 3D augmented reality: the ability to project 3D images onto the real world (for example, onto a car’s windshield). https://techxplore.com/news/2022-06-augmented-reality-head-up-next-gen.html
“solar panels .. are many times more efficient than plants at turning sunlight into energy. .. [so can use] solar panels to power a process called electrocatalysis, which creates a liquid that algae, yeast, and plants can use to grow instead of sunlight.” https://www.wired.com/story/plants-growing-in-darkness/
“Our findings establish the rationale for modeling expected returns through machine learning.” https://www.nber.org/papers/w30217
A new attack called Hertzbleed uses small variations in a processor’s clock speed while it is processing encryption keys to guess those keys. Intel and AMD CPUs are vulnerable. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/06/researchers-exploit-new-intel-and-amd-cpu-flaw-to-steal-encryption-keys/
Japan's obesity rate is in the same ballpark as that of Sub-Saharan Africa: https://ourworldindata.org/obesity