Links for 2023-05-02
‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead [The New York Times] https://archive.is/TgPyC
UK needs summit to prevent 'disastrous' artificial intelligence, MPs say [The Telegraph] https://archive.is/fJMwI
MLCopilot: Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models in Solving Machine Learning Tasks https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.14979
"ElevenLabs AI can now clone the voice of someone that speaks English (BBC's David Attenborough in this case) and let them say things in a different language, like German." https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/132vg43/this_is_surreal_elevenlabs_ai_can_now_clone_the/
GPT-4 Goes to The Academy: Simulating Philosophical Dialogues with Dialogue Agents https://mziru.com/#blog_dialogue
GPT-4 can be used to solve hacking challenges: “GPT-4 straight up solved some challenges for me, which blew my mind. There were definitely several flags I got that I wouldn't have gotten without the help of GPT-4.” https://micahflee.com/2023/04/capturing-the-flag-with-gpt-4/
A theorem that says rational behavior can lead to arbitrarily bad collective outcomes... in *any* game, as long as it is an infinitely repeating game rather than finitely long. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/d2HvpKWQ2XGNsHr8s/hell-is-game-theory-folk-theorems
Causal Reinforcement Learning in 82 slides https://crl.causalai.net/crl-icml20.pdf (see also: Causal Inference & Discovery in Python https://causalpython.io/)
What can the working mathematician expect from deep learning? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trEY6c7eogQ
“I described some of the most beautiful and famous mathematical theorems to Midjourney. Here is how it imagined them...” https://twitter.com/TivadarDanka/status/1649721970886594561
Semantic reconstruction of continuous language from non-invasive brain recordings: “…we can decode language that a person is hearing (or even just thinking) from fMRI responses...good at capturing the "gist" of things while not getting the exact words correct...more evidence that the decoder is getting at MEANING (rather than form)...a massive amount – of training MRI data from each subject...people can consciously "resist" the decoder by, e.g. naming as many animals as possible in their heads...improved technology could change these things.” https://twitter.com/alex_ander/status/1653059788865957889
Everything you wanted to know about nuclear power plant construction costs https://progress.institute/nuclear-power-plant-construction-costs/
The European Union passed a privacy-protection legal framework (GDPR) a few years ago: “The GDPR reduced investment for EU technology ventures. The GDPR disproportionately hurts smaller firms, to the benefit of larger firms (often large international corporations). Many European firms report to be limited in their ability to innovate due to the GDPR.” https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w30705/w30705.pdf
Female authors as well as people at top institutions are given preferential treatment during peer review among economists. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ecin.13145
World’s largest battery maker announces major breakthrough in energy density https://thedriven.io/2023/04/21/worlds-largest-battery-maker-announces-major-breakthrough-in-battery-density/
MCCARTHY changes tone on aid to Ukraine to Russian reporter: “I support aid to Ukraine. I do not support what your country has done to Ukraine, or your killing of children. The rest of the world sees it for what it is.”
https://twitter.com/Principles_1st/status/1653077011777159168