Links for 2023-04-15
AI agent that can use a web browser like a human: https://twitter.com/mattshumer_/status/1646234077798727686
Just describe what you want it to do, and it will automatically operate Chrome for you to achieve your task. From booking flights and ordering food to researching complex topics and managing your email, it can handle almost any task you’d typically do on the web.
Open AI is NOT currently training GPT-5 https://youtu.be/4ykiaR2hMqA?t=102
Elon Musk plans artificial intelligence start-up to rival OpenAI [Financial Times] https://archive.is/zYycF
Bayesian optimization for catalyst or molecule optimization using natural language, eliminating the need for training or simulation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.05341
Reinforcement Learning from Passive Data: “Our approach learns from passive data by modeling intentions: measuring how the likelihood of future outcomes change when the agent acts to achieve a particular task…our experiments demonstrate the ability to learn from many forms of passive data, including cross-embodiment video data and YouTube videos.” https://dibyaghosh.com/icvf/
Beyond automatic differentiation: “…we present an algorithm called AutoBound that computes polynomial upper and lower bounds on a given function, which are valid over a user-specified interval. We then begin to explore AutoBound's applications. Notably, we present a meta-optimizer called SafeRate that uses the upper bounds computed by AutoBound to derive learning rates that are guaranteed to monotonically reduce a given loss function, without the need for time-consuming hyperparameter tuning.” https://ai.googleblog.com/2023/04/beyond-automatic-differentiation.html
Automatic gradient descent: a neural network optimizer without hyperparameters. — “We are excited about how automatic gradient descent can complement automatic differentiation to automate general machine learning workflows.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.05187
Expressive Text-to-Image Generation with Rich Text https://rich-text-to-image.github.io/
“Pretty incredible that the Indian government has released a version of @OpenAI Whisper fine tuned on a Hindi dataset.” https://twitter.com/amogh42/status/1644616713001127936
“AutoGPT and BabyAGI are yesterday’s news. Want to see what happens when AI agents have a conversation with each other?” https://twitter.com/JayScambler/status/1646269233293062145
Ultrafast light targeting for high-throughput precise control of neuronal networks https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37416-w
"Forget designer babies. Here’s how CRISPR is really changing lives" [MIT Technology Review] https://archive.is/qo7CA
“Women wildly overestimate the appeal of chin and shoulder-length hair.” https://twitter.com/EvilVizier/status/1643507590121549825
US firm agrees to sell 24 mini nuclear reactors to UK customers [The Telegraph] https://archive.is/QBCUd
Why human societies developed so little during 300 000 years https://woodfromeden.substack.com/p/violent-enough-to-stand-still
“Around 1 in 270 people in India die from snakebites by the age of 70. Here's why that statistic is so surprising, and why it's a sign of one of the most underrated problems in global health: missing data.” https://salonium.substack.com/p/14-how-many-people-die-from-snakebites
Genetic timeline of human brain and cognitive traits: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.02.05.525539v1
Our findings suggest that SNPs associated with neocortical, neuropsychiatric, and ophthalmological traits appeared relatively recently in hominin evolution, with genes containing recently emerged SNPs linked to intelligence and neocortical area.