Links for 2023-07-26
This is one of the most extraordinary war videos I've ever seen. (English subtitles available.) https://youtu.be/RtezbxukS6A
A Real-World WebAgent with Planning, Long Context Understanding, and Program Synthesis https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.12856
VIMA: General Robot Manipulation with Multimodal Prompts https://vimalabs.github.io/
Enabling Autonomous Exploration: CMU-Designed Systems Allow Robots To Explore On Their Own https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/2023/enabling-autonomous-exploration
The Next Frontier For Large Language Models Is Biology https://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2023/07/16/the-next-frontier-for-large-language-models-is-biology/ [https://archive.is/b6YZr]
End of COVID Pandemic in the US? The Excess Deaths Measure https://conversableeconomist.com/2023/07/24/end-of-covid-pandemic-in-the-us-the-excess-deaths-measure/
Geoengineering Done By A Small Group? https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/158dbla/geoengineering_done_by_a_small_group/
VISTA X-62 Advancing Autonomy And Changing The Face Of Air Power https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2023-02-13-VISTA-X-62-Advancing-Autonomy-and-Changing-the-Face-of-Air-Power
"We are seeing for the first time what a megaconstellation means to the world. That provides such resiliency and redundancy in terms of maintaining satellite communications in this example. That is powerful, and the department is moving in that direction." https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/us-space-commander-touts-powerful-role-of-megaconstellations-in-ukraine/
Do you take part in genetic studies? That might be in your genes https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02309-x [https://archive.is/wip/yjf8m]
A brief history of computers https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vfRpzyGsikujm9ujj/a-brief-history-of-computers
This is the ‘America First’ case for supporting Ukraine https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/30/ukraine-counteroffensive-support-america/ [https://archive.is/PODr5]