Links for 2023-06-06
Love this post. A must-read: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/GJgudfEvNx8oeyffH/the-ants-and-the-grasshopper
A first-of-its-kind analysis of actual humans of a variety of skill levels using LLMs to solve undergraduate mathematics problems via multi-round freeform interactions. https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.01694 (Comments by Timothy Gowers: https://twitter.com/wtgowers/status/1665704305733558272)
Extending the Mona Lisa painting with Photoshop AI https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/140kd2o/i_extended_the_mona_lisa_painting_with_photoshop/
Famous memes extended with AI https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeVideos/comments/140xapu/i_extended_famous_memes_with_ai/
AI Spend Set to Hit $1.3 Trillion [Bloomberg] https://archive.is/m8OAH
Thought Cloning: Learning to Think while Acting by Imitating Human Thinking https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.00323
LLMs Can Know When They’re Hallucinating References https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.18248
“We present a reinforcement learning algorithm that learns to solve tasks with compressible action sequences” http://128.84.21.203/abs/2305.17109
A new European champion for fusion: Proxima spins out from Max Planck https://www.ianhogarth.com/blog/2023/5/29/a-new-european-champion-for-fusion-proxima-spins-out-from-max-planck
1490 Ch'ing-yang event: a meteor air burst? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1490_Ch%27ing-yang_event
Reply to a fertility doctor concerning polygenic embryo screening https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/XNkiMKxKSvgbtptvA/reply-to-a-fertility-doctor-concerning-polygenic-embryo
The changing nudity culture that is German https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2023/05/the-changing-nudity-culture-that-is-german.html
Brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other species. How, then, do their offspring learn to recognize their own species so they can one day have kids of their own? https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2023.0230
"The primary mechanism of solvent-based paint removers is to interrupt the bond between the painted object and the paint. These removers contain specific ingredients that induce the paint to expand, ultimately decreasing its adherence to the surface." https://twitter.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1665671115165794304
Correlational/Causal claim Turing test: If you're not willing to flip the order of your "association" (e.g. Heart Attacks predict consuming avocados), you're making an implicitly casual claim and should either knock it off or be up front about it.