Links for 2022-10-10
Scaling Laws for a Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Model https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.00849
“I am discovering that mathematicians cannot tell the difference between “proof by contradiction” and “proof of negation”.” https://math.andrej.com/2010/03/29/proof-of-negation-and-proof-by-contradiction/
3D Printing Method Promises Faster Printing with Multiple Materials https://news.stanford.edu/2022/09/28/new-3d-printer-promises-faster-multi-material-creations/
Software Robots Are Gaining Ground in White-Collar Office World [Bloomberg] https://archive.ph/TTVx5
The diverse genetic origins of a Classical period Greek army: "Unlike the rest of the sample, many soldiers had ancestral origins in northern Europe, the Steppe, and the Caucasus." https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2205272119
The MAX78002 is a low-power microcontroller designed for running neural networks in edge computing applications. There are claims that it can run for a week on a single AA battery. It has 64 parallel processors and can run a network with up to 3.5 million parameters. https://towardsdatascience.com/how-to-run-a-deep-neural-network-on-a-aa-battery-for-a-week-75ac6247198e
China has developed its own GPUs, the Biren 100 and Biren 104. https://www.nextplatform.com/2022/08/25/china-launches-the-inevitable-indigenous-gpu/
A study of 12 year-olds conducted in China using WISC-R found that "boys obtained a higher mean full scale IQ than girls of 3.75 IQ points, a higher performance IQ of 4.20 IQ points, and a higher verbal IQ of 2.40 IQ points." (via @PaoloShirasi) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25506114/
You can tell a demon, because a demon speaks the truth. https://samkriss.substack.com/p/legion
China ‘began stockpiling PPE months before Covid outbreak’ — “The EcoHealth Alliance scientists confirmed that “the pandemic could not have started at the Wuhan wet market,” according to a source who requested anonymity for security reasons.” [The Telegraph] https://archive.ph/JMPAo