Links for 2023-07-06
Scientists successfully unfroze rat organs and transplanted them — a ‘historic’ step that could someday transform transplant medicine https://www.statnews.com/2023/06/21/cryogenic-organ-preservation-transplants/
High-quality 3D reconstruction using only *single* input image https://guochengqian.github.io/project/magic123/
One-2-3-45: Any Single Image to 3D Mesh in 45 Seconds without Per-Shape Optimization https://one-2-3-45.github.io/
CSM AI releases Any Image to 3D https://www.csm.ai/any-image-to-3d
Generate Anything Anywhere in Any Scene https://arxiv.org/abs//2306.17154
Graph Denoising Diffusion for Inverse Protein Folding https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.16819
“Our work on Discovering Agents gives a way to detect agents and their goals using causal discovery.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370223001091
Concept creep: People aren't willing to accept that we solve social problems; people broaden their definition to make sure they stay unsolved. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aap8731
China imposes export controls on gallium and germanium, two metals used in high-end semiconductors. "An all-out ban could disrupt the production of a wide range of existing products, including chips, screens, fibre-optic gear and solar panels." https://www.economist.com/business/2023/07/04/in-its-tech-war-with-america-china-brings-out-the-big-guns [https://archive.is/9fs8c]
Bodycam Video Shows Officer Track and Kill Mass Shooter at Allen Outlet Mall https://youtu.be/LWvKT5fHa0U
Ariane space exec in 2013: SpaceX primarily seems to be selling a dream. $50M launch is a dream. Reusability is a dream. How do you respond to a dream? You let people wake up on their own. They (SpaceX) are not supermen. What they can do, we can do. https://twitter.com/StormSurgeMedia/status/1675932589930979351
“Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?” https://twitter.com/RealCynicalFox/status/1676477887946301441
Paper: Highly social ants, raised in isolation, turned out surprisingly normal. "Largely robust to the deprivation of social contact early in life." https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.29.546928v1
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