Links for 2022-10-07
Genomics company Illumina just unveiled its fastest, most cost-efficient DNA sequencer yet. The machine will deliver a $200 human genome and will be able to generate 20,000 of them a year. https://www.wired.com/story/the-era-of-fast-cheap-genome-sequencing-is-here/
RealSinger: Ultra-Realistic Singing Voice Generation via Stochastic Differential Equations https://openreview.net/forum?id=ctnmrjv6lU5
Decoding speech from non-invasive brain recordings https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.12266
AGENT is a new benchmark for “common sense” in AI. It consists of a series of 3D animations. An AI model has to rate the videos as “surprising” or “expected.” To score highly, the model needs to demonstrate a human-like ability to plan, in addition to understanding concepts like basic physics. https://thenextweb.com/news/common-sense-test-for-ai-smarter-machines
Magnetically steerable bacterial microrobots moving in 3D biological matrices for stimuli-responsive cargo delivery https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abo6163
Thread from the International Manufacturing Technology Show, “devoted to CNC mills, grinders, robot arms, metrology, CAD, 3D printing etc” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1573384250300469249.html
The Last Person Standing in the Floppy Disk Business https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/we-spoke-with-the-last-person-standing-in-the-floppy-disk-business/
Computer Made from Magnets Can Recognize Handwritten Digits https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.13260
“Seven preregistered studies (N = 2,890, adult participants) conducted in the field, in the lab, and online documented opportunity neglect: a tendency to reject opportunities with low probability of success even when they come with little or no objective cost (e.g., time, money, reputation).” https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/10/is-there-a-neglect-of-low-probability-gains.html
“The Kyshtym disaster, sometimes referred to as the Mayak disaster or Ozyorsk disaster in newer sources, was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium production site for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant located in the closed city of Chelyabinsk-40 (now Ozyorsk) in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyshtym_disaster
🔴 Ukrainian Humvees Speed Through Russian Artillery Fire After Charging Russian Positions In Kherson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyVZg5RIGL8