AI tools are designing entirely new proteins that could transform medicine https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02227-y [https://archive.is/5m58d]
“This AI system only needs a small amount of data to predict molecular properties, which could speed up drug discovery and material development.” https://news.mit.edu/2023/learning-language-molecules-predict-properties-0707
When computer vision works more like a brain, it sees more like people do https://news.mit.edu/2023/when-computer-vision-works-like-human-brain-0630
“Another deep learning breakthrough: Deep TDA, a new algorithm using self-supervised learning, overcomes the limitations of traditional dimensionality reduction algorithms.” https://twitter.com/svpino/status/1676561661891854338
Forecasting Existential Risks: Evidence from a Long-Run Forecasting Tournament — Individuals and groups disagree enormously, and this study found that discussing the topic and sharing information didn't cause estimates to converge. Superforecasters estimated a 1% chance of human extinction by 2100, while experts estimated a 6% chance. https://forecastingresearch.org/s/XPT.pdf
Frontier AI Regulation: Managing Emerging Risks to Public Safety https://www.longtermresilience.org/post/paper-launch-frontier-ai-regulation-managing-emerging-risks-to-public-safety
International Institutions for Advanced AI https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04699
What Should the Global Summit on AI Safety Try to Accomplish? https://www.governance.ai/post/what-should-the-global-summit-on-ai-safety-try-to-accomplish
Radioactive steel beams were used to build apartment buildings. No detectable cancers 9-20 years. https://medium.com/beingwell/a-weird-story-about-radiation-in-taiwanese-apartments-3e88f0823dd6 [https://archive.is/Z5j7h]
“We discovered that genetically removing extra chromosomes blocks cancer growth - a phenomenon we call “aneuploidy addiction”.” https://twitter.com/JSheltzer/status/1677018072719187976
Age-related diseases overview https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19wPcWmW868mmMvugL_N4DJjMLt0WpnLB3o7D6RaiGP8/edit#gid=0
“The saga of Israeli water management is one of the most inspiring stories of the last 75 years. Israel went from having a serious water problem to being a net water exporter to neighboring countries. Meanwhile, the population grew from ~1 million to well over 9 million.” https://twitter.com/devonzuegel/status/1674932862926176258
Ukraine Links
“The United States + just 6 of the many European artillery ammo makers will ramp up to over 2.5 million 155mm arty rounds per year. For reference this is a single country and 6 companies. (There are dozens of other company’s making artillery ammo that can go to Ukraine)” https://twitter.com/cameron19460429/status/1678984639522951168
Why Europe is failing to provide Ukraine with sufficient ammunition https://www.ftm.eu/articles/ammunition-shortages-in-ukraine-and-europe [https://archive.is/SGeZq]
“Russia's Gen. Ivan 'Spartak' Popov picks up the torch from Prigozhin to open the next chapter of Russia's civil war.” https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1679270090624352256
“A Russian submarine commander was assassinated on his run yesterday He was posting his workouts on Strava! One of the people who liked the posts, was the Chief of Intelligence of Ukraine” https://twitter.com/Stealx/status/1678741923400384512
“For a week, we were taught to read maps, get the coordinates, take the azimuth, transfer the azimuth from the compass to the map and vice versa. When we told them that we use electronic cards on tablets and phones, they did not take us seriously. hey do not rely on electronic devices at all, and the fact that we go on missions with Chinese smartphones and tablets was wild for them.” https://twitter.com/SmartUACat/status/1679223826398212096
Age-related diseases overview is from: https://norn.group/