Links for 2023-01-18
"When M.D. is a Machine Doctor", Eric Topol (Topol reviews past 3 years in medical AI, driven by scaling) https://erictopol.substack.com/p/when-md-is-a-machine-doctor
“A breakthrough in AI drug design: we are the first to design AND validate new therapeutic antibodies with zero-shot generative artificial intelligence. De novo antibodies are here!” https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.08.523187v1
First AI-Discovered Drug has positive results in Phase 1 Trials https://www.labroots.com/trending/drug-discovery-and-development/24417/ai-discovered-drug-positive-results-phase-1-trials
Getty Images is suing the creators of AI art tool Stable Diffusion for scraping its content https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/17/23558516/ai-art-copyright-stable-diffusion-getty-images-lawsuit
Facebook and Shutterstock partner to slurp up stock images and train gen models on them https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/shutterstock-expands-long-standing-relationship-with-meta-301719769.html
Toward a personalized closed-loop stimulation of the visual cortex: Advances and challenges https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncel.2022.1034270/full
A systematic review of computational models for the design of spinal cord stimulation therapies: from neural circuits to patient-specific simulations https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP282884
Skyscrapers used to be Art Deco and neo-Gothic, so what happened? https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1612764414033399808.html
New GWAS research found genetic links between poor math ability and most psychiatric disorders. Links between strong language ability and schizophrenia and employment in creative professions were also found. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26845-0
The design and construction of a Midget U-Boat by a German submariner for Indonesian freedom fighters on the island of Java in 1948. https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2023/01/stories-from-deep-indonesias.html?m=1
It's crazy that people already take it for granted that you can now ask a bot to automatically generate within minutes a translated transcript of a video with bad audio and lots of noise.
It's like airplanes were invented yesterday and today everyone acts like flying around the world has always been with us and is completely unexceptional.
Check the translation here: https://targum.video/v/2023/01/17/fa139cb7447f265b6fba5c49714d44e2
I've mostly avoided culture war stuff lately, but this insanity is just too funny to ignore:
“We present this work as an example of a transformative pedagogical model to dismantle White supremacy in Chemistry.”
“…scientifically established facts, such as the nonbinary nature of both sex and gender…”
Read more: https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/01/15/ideology-stomps-all-over-chemistry-in-a-new-paper/
Just a reminder that Russian culture definitely isn't a solution to the white men hating wokeness in the West: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy
The average life expectancy of Russian men is 66.49 years. For comparison, in Sweden, the average life expectancy for men is 80.70. And as things currently look, it's only going to get worse for Russian men.
And don't forget that the Benelux countries together have a higher GDP than Russia, despite Russia having 5 times their population and huge amounts of natural resources.
If Russia is your idea of winning, you'd better get used to losing.
P.S. Russia's fertility rate is 1.50.
P.P.S. Look at the state of Russia and then compare it to Germany. Russia has never won anything. They were devastated after WW2, while Germany almost immediately became one of the top 3 economic powers. Unsurprisingly, Russia also lost the Cold War.
And they also lost the war of conquest they are waging against Ukraine. Yes, you read that right. They already lost:
Ukrainian unity and national identity have never been stronger, thanks to Russia.
Russia’s image as a superpower has been downgraded to junk status.
Without Western technology and with China posed to be its main export market, Russia's future will be that of a Chinese vassal state. A decidedly worse perspective for its national identity than before.
NATO has been massively strengthened: (a) it gained two new members (b) defense spending is rising (c) more favorable opinion of the alliance among the general public (d) a significant strengthening of its eastern flank is underway.
What eventually happens to Ukraine won't affect the West very much, but it will affect Russia. The most important goal for the West is for Russia to suffer as much as possible so it can serve as a general deterrent against future violations of international order, and as a signal to China that the West has sufficient stamina for long wars. The West could have never dreamed about a better way to weaken Russia. Even if they eventually take all of Ukraine, they will be left with eternally securing a huge country that absolutely hates their guts. This will cost them dearly year after year after year...whatever happens, they already lost. Again!