Links for 2022-10-12
“In response to a recent Nature article which announced an algorithm for multiplying 5×5-matrices over Z_2 with only 96 multiplications, two fewer than the previous record, we present an algorithm that does the job with only 95 multiplications.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.04045
This Is the Calculus They Won't Teach You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M2RWtD4EzI
How Realistic CGI Works (And How To Do It Way Faster) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZiJeaMO48
Percolation: a Mathematical Phase Transition https://youtu.be/a-767WnbaCQ
The Coolest Hat Puzzle https://youtu.be/6hVPNONm7xw
Transformers, which have a key to the progress in natural language processing, are now being adapted for work in computer vision, displaying convolutional neural networks. https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.07118
Self-attention can be big for TinyML applications https://bdtechtalks.com/2022/09/26/self-attention-tinyml/
New RNA Tool Can Illuminate Brain Circuits and Edit Specific Cells https://scitechdaily.com/new-rna-tool-can-illuminate-brain-circuits-and-edit-specific-cells/
“Today's agents have hardcoded rules towards uncertainty, yet such rigidness poses AI safety concerns. New research shows how to meta-train agents to be sensitive to known and unknown uncertainty - purely from data without hardcoded rules.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.15618
Neurosymbolic Hybrid AI https://youtu.be/cWHHLYDVGEA
British Official Stresses Threat From China Even Amid Russian Aggression: “Fleming said that in the case of China, this could be “the sliding-doors moment in history,” in which the US & its allies may discover that they are too far behind in a series of critical technologies to maintain a military or tech edge over Beijing.” [The New York Times] https://archive.ph/PMTKH
“On Indigenous Peoples Day, a few examples of recent demographic expansion/settler colonialism. 1. Much of the territory of current China is a result of conquest 1600-1800 and subsequent Han settlement…” https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1579634774108667905.html