Links for 2023-07-24
A Novel Type of Neural Network Comes to the Aid of Big Physics https://www.wired.com/story/a-novel-type-of-neural-network-comes-to-the-aid-of-big-physics/ [https://archive.is/wip/Rsiaa]
First Successful Robotic Liver Transplant Performed in the US https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/first-robotic-liver-transplant-in-u-s-performed-by-washington-university-surgeons/
Drones Reach Stratospheric Heights in Race to Fly Higher, Longer https://www.wsj.com/articles/drones-reach-stratospheric-heights-in-race-to-fly-higher-longer-a29ceea3 [https://archive.is/o7ai7]
"Not Everyone Has an Inner Voice: Behavioral Consequences of Anendophasia", Nedergaard & Lupyan 2023 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/93p4r8td (discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/150rjzp/not_everyone_has_an_inner_voice_behavioral/)
"How quickly the world owes you something you knew existed only 10 seconds ago." https://youtu.be/me4BZBsHwZs
Strengthening The Inductive Hypothesis: Sometimes X straightforwardly implies B, but X can be proven from A by induction whereas B can't. https://mathoverflow.net/questions/31699/strengthening-the-induction-hypothesis
“Naturalization does not prompt people to linguistically, psychologically, socially, or politically integrate. Immigrants bring who they are, and you won't transform them with citizenship.” https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1679549122137694210
Frank Sinatra singing “Gangsta’s Paradise” https://youtu.be/W7SQ4uf9GmA
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai submarine volcano: New research suggests 150-million metric tons or almost 40 Trillion gallons of water vapor was injected into the upper-atmosphere. https://twitter.com/RyanMaue/status/1682594606548910080
American secondary schools ditch algebra and advanced math requirements in the name of equity https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2023/07/23/american-secondary-schools-ditch-algebra-and-advanced-math-requirements-in-the-name-of-equity/
“Nowhere is this more acute than in industrial policy. Although the strain on Nato stockpiles has been evident from July of 2022, Nato countries have been sluggish in expanding munitions production, let alone the production of replacement artillery barrels.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/23/west-must-focus-on-preparing-ukraines-troops-or-we-will-all-pay-the-price
From 2016: https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/797676384646594561
Now imagine what another 7 years of progress will bring about.
Related: “This is wild: watch this guy go around in the Matrix Awakens (!) game explaining to AI NPCs they’re in a simulation. Remember, these are not scripted. They're not human voices. And this is not "some day", this is in Unity/Unreal now. Video games are about to be filled with AI NPCs indistinguishable from humans.” https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1683077335875035136