Links for 2022-08-04
A neural network solves, explains, and generates university math problems by program synthesis and few-shot learning at human level https://news.mit.edu/2022/machine-learning-university-math-0803
NVIDIA Delivers Up To 30% AI Performance Boost For Large Language Models https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-ai-platform-delivers-big-gains-for-large-language-models/
In the wake of April/May/June results like Minerva, Google's PaLM, OpenAI's DALL-E, and DeepMind's Chinchilla and Gato, Metaculus' "Date of Artificial General Intelligence" forecast has dropped from 2057 to 2040. https://www.metaculus.com/questions/5121/date-of-general-ai/
“Two-year update on my personal AI timelines: A median of ~2040 (a decrease of ~10 years from 2050).” https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/AfH2oPHCApdKicM4m/two-year-update-on-my-personal-ai-timelines
On how various plans miss the hard bits of the alignment challenge https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/jydymb23NWF3Q4oDt/on-how-various-plans-miss-the-hard-bits-of-the-alignment
Curing Alzheimer’s by Investing in Aging Research https://www.dayoneproject.org/ideas/curing-alzheimer-s-by-investing-in-aging-research/
The uneasy relationship between deep learning and (classical) statistics https://windowsontheory.org/2022/06/20/the-uneasy-relationship-between-deep-learning-and-classical-statistics/
Sprint then stop? The brain is wired for the math to make it happen https://news.mit.edu/2022/sprint-then-stop-brain-wired-math-make-it-happen-0728
Combining Neuroscience, Psychology, and AI Yields a Foundational Model of Human Thought https://singularityhub.com/2022/07/28/combining-neuroscience-psychology-and-ai-shows-us-how-humans-think/
Forever young, beautiful and scandal-free: The rise of South Korea's virtual influencers https://www.cnn.com/style/article/south-korea-virtual-influencers-beauty-social-media-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
“The Neural Enhanced Cancellation (NEC) tool exploits a bug contained within most microphones by introducing sounds at set distances above and below the microphone's recording frequencies.” https://www.newscientist.com/article/2328652-voice-jammer-stops-anyone-from-recording-you-speak/
"the clever ingenuity of evolution under deep-sea conditions suggests that the plausibility of extraterrestrial life is much greater than previously thought." https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/ast.2021.0120
The American woke poison spreads abroad: The use of many social justice terms exploded in the UK media over the course of a decade: "Unconscious bias" increased by 7,324%, "gender pronouns" by 4,794%, "cultural appropriation" by 21,269%, and "white privilege" 20,382%. https://davidrozado.substack.com/p/tipopsjriuknm