Links for 2023-06-21
ChemCrow: Augmenting large-language models with chemistry tools
We report a model that can go from natural language instructions, to robot actions, to synthesized molecule with an LLM. We synthesized catalysts, a novel dye, and insect repellent from 1-2 sentence instructions.
Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.05376
RoboCat: A self-improving robotic agent https://www.deepmind.com/blog/robocat-a-self-improving-robotic-agent
It learns to solve new tasks on different robotic arms with as few as 100 demonstrations - and improves skills from self-generated training data.
The Ideological Subversion of Biology: “A group of researchers compared a broad sample of genes in over 3,600 individuals who self-identified as either African American, white, East Asian, or Hispanic. DNA analysis showed that these groups fell into genetic clusters, and there was a 99.84 percent match between which cluster someone fell into and their self-designated racial classification.” https://skepticalinquirer.org/2023/06/the-ideological-subversion-of-biology/
U.S.-Funded Scientist Among Three Chinese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Early Covid-19 Outbreak — This has been known in classified documents ... for years! The media has gaslighted us for years about WIV. [Wall Street Journal] https://archive.is/wUHWa
Language to Rewards for Robotic Skill Synthesis https://language-to-reward.github.io/
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Is Betting Everything on AI [Wired] https://archive.is/WIHTZ
Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65881813
“I’ve just finished watching Apple’s visionOS sessions. Some of these concepts and the way Apple has implemented the design is mind blowing 🤯” https://twitter.com/AndrewHartAR/status/1670507736751022080
The Future of Carbon Dioxide Direct Air Capture https://austinvernon.site/blog/carboncapture.html
Asian sailors came to the west coast of America in 1587. Within a century they were settled in colonies from Mexico to Peru https://aeon.co/essays/asians-were-visiting-the-west-coast-of-america-in-1587
"when cities raise their minimum wage by 10%, relative homeless counts increase by three to four percent." https://osf.io/z2fqj/
“A study followed 411 South London men from age 8-9 in the early 1960s through their lives. In the study, they reported committing many hundreds of times more crimes than they were ever caught for.” https://twitter.com/bswud/status/1669339877354373122
Per capita distribution of unicorn startups worth over $1 billion: https://www.cbinsights.com/research-unicorn-companies