Links for 2023-06-27
What does Geoffrey Hinton believe about AGI existential risk? https://www.newstatesman.com/long-reads/2023/06/men-made-future-godfathers-ai-geoffrey-hinton-yann-lecun-yoshua-bengio-artificial-intelligence [https://archive.is/WKjvs]
Did Bengio and Tegmark lose a debate about AI x-risk against LeCun and Mitchell? https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CA7iLZHNT5xbLK59Y/did-bengio-and-tegmark-lose-a-debate-about-ai-x-risk-against
Claims about ChatGLM (the Chinese ChatGPT). https://twitter.com/Yampeleg/status/1673112207347920896
DB-GPT: Revolutionizing Database Interactions with Private LLM Technology https://github.com/csunny/DB-GPT
Quantum Computing Advance Begins New Era, IBM Says https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/science/ibm-quantum-computing.html [https://archive.is/NdR70]
Do national IQs predict anything? Can the “intelligence” of a population without education really be measured? Should researchers use national IQs at all? https://youtu.be/RlZDnpTc90c
Predicting individual differences in intelligence from brain imaging. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105381192300397X
New Study Reveals How a Common Laxative Improves Cognitive Function and Memory https://scitechdaily.com/new-study-reveals-how-a-common-laxative-improves-cognitive-function-and-memory/
“The importance of "early-childhood education" is extremely overstated because of publication bias and old, unreliable studies. High-quality modern studies no longer support a difference in the effects of educational interventions aimed at younger versus older kids.” https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1671349402303184897
Are the North Atlantic temperatures going up because of sulfur emissions from ships have stopped (https://twitter.com/astridwilde1/status/1673089711676723201) as predicted back in March (https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1633566568528375811)?
The border to Belarus has been heavily mined and fortified. Ukraine is generally much stronger today than it was in February, while Russia is much weaker. Russia's winter offensive has been a complete disaster. And it will only get more difficult for Russia as Ukraine's domestic mass production of long-range drones is taking off. They will also receive F-16 jets.