Links for 2022-10-01
“We show that every theory of the value of uncertain prospects must have one of three unpalatable properties.” https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/AgQx44vtw5bi4LmBh/puzzles-for-everyone
“Two weeks ago, researchers discovered a way to "merge" ML models, trained on different datasets, at *no* cost to loss! They also found that that NN loss landscapes effectively contain a single basin. Why, and how?” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1575244739850293250.html
Large Language Models Can Self-improve https://openreview.net/forum?id=NiEtU7blzN
“Wow yesterday was a big day on bioscience twitter.” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1575516636420907008.html
"The entire ARM design team consisted of Sophie Wilson, Steve Furber, a couple of additional chip designers, and a four-person team writing testing and verification software." https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/a-history-of-arm-part-1-building-the-first-chip/
Canada Called Itself a Genocide State. Iran Was Listening https://quillette.com/blog/2022/09/23/justin-trudeau-called-canada-a-genocide-state-turns-out-iran-was-listening/
A White Supremacist Under Every Bed https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/09/a-white-supremacist-under-ever-bed.html
What is "Nothing"? http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2022/09/what-is-nothing.html
Lumber prices are back down to pre-pandemic levels. [Wall Street Journal] https://archive.ph/Sjpuv
How Global Public Opinion of China Has Shifted in the Xi Era https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2022/09/28/how-global-public-opinion-of-china-has-shifted-in-the-xi-era/