Links for 2023-07-16
“We’ve previously shown age reversal is possible using gene therapy to turn on embryonic genes. Now we show it’s possible with chemical cocktails, a step towards affordable whole-body rejuvenation” https://www.aging-us.com/article/204896/text (thread: https://twitter.com/davidasinclair/status/1679178670743732249)
Gears of Aging: The goal of this sequence is to present gears-level models of various aspects of human aging. https://www.lesswrong.com/s/3hfjaztptwEt2cCve
How an “AI-tocracy” emerges: In China, the use of AI-driven facial recognition helps the regime repress dissent while enhancing the technology, researchers report. https://news.mit.edu/2023/how-ai-tocracy-emerges-0713
State of AI Development: 34000% growth in AI projects, OpenAI's dominance, the rise of open-source, and more https://blog.replit.com/ai-on-replit
“Together, Daimler Truck and Torc Robotics are creating the world’s first great generation of robotic semi trucks. These trucks are currently in development, with the end goal of producing a highly efficient, safe, and sustainable product for fleet owners, owner operators, and all levels of highway user. Built with level 4 autonomy, these driverless trucks are driving the future of freight.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVDNx4Swaww
Software creates entirely new views from existing video: “Filmmakers may soon be able to stabilize shaky video, change viewpoints and create freeze-frame, zoom and slow-motion effects – without shooting any new footage – thanks to an algorithm developed by researchers at Cornell University and Google Research. https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/07/software-creates-entirely-new-views-existing-video
Photosynthesis explained with fully animated 3D models of everything that's happening at an atomic level https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or5qN0SHJC4
A median nuclear energy facility has a 3.37 km^2 footprint for 1000 MW output. The same with solar PV needs 116-194 km^2. And with a wind farm, you'd need 673-932 km^2. https://www.nei.org/news/2015/land-needs-for-wind-solar-dwarf-nuclear-plants
“Liverpool researchers have shown that a mathematical algorithm can guarantee to predict the structure of any material just based on knowledge of the atoms that make it up.” https://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2023/07/05/from-atoms-to-materials-algorithmic-breakthrough-unlocks-path-to-sustainable-technologies/
“The heritability and persistence of social class in England” by James Lee https://emilkirkegaard.dk/en/wp-content/uploads/Lee-2023-The-heritability-and-persistence-of-social-class-in-England.pdf
Fungi stores a third of carbon from fossil fuel emissions and could be essential to reaching net zero, new study reveals https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/991288
Joe Biden on the Falklands conflict, 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C9hxsRO7pI
"Why care about merit? What harm is there in affirmative action programs that reward the less qualified? Here's the story of the Martin Luther King Jr/Drew Medical Center (King/Drew) in Los Angeles, which operated from 1972 to 2007. Or as patients called, it "Killer King."" https://twitter.com/RichardHanania/status/1679970523013615618
Ukraine links
“Intense footage of Ukrainian infantry attempting to advance from the settlement of Pyatykhatky towards Zherebyanky on the Zaporizhzhia front, and being pinned down by enemy fire. The shells are constantly landing around them and Russian aircraft can be heard overhead.” https://twitter.com/Archer83Able/status/1679449109269184512
“Ukrainian troops request evacuation following an unfortunate attack, the Zaporizhia axis” https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1680186548908703745
“Ukrainians do not speak well of their enemy under any circumstances, but there was a touch of awe in the officer’s voice as he recounted how the Russians sucked up everything thrown at them, even after they were surrounded” https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dbb15318-1e94-11ee-97d4-77262736e260 [https://archive.is/DVVFn]
Modern society will collapse if we don't get at least one of the following relatively soon:
1. Women start having more children again.
2. Major advances in AI and robotics.
3. Longevity therapies.
4. Artificial wombs.