Links for 2023-08-03
Towards practical reinforcement learning for tokamak magnetic control https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11546
Towards Generalist Biomedical AI https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.14334
Qualcomm is working with Facebook/Meta to run LLaMA 2 on small devices like phones, enabling AI applications to run locally. https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2023/07/qualcomm-works-with-meta-to-enable-on-device-ai-applications-usi
SelfCheck: Using LLMs to Zero-Shot Check Their Own Step-by-Step Reasoning https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00436
Quotes from AI leaders: “Development of superhuman machine intelligence (SMI) is probably the greatest threat to the continued existence of humanity.” https://www.stop.ai/quotes
Mind-reading machines are coming — how can we keep them in check? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02405-y [https://archive.is/wip/6bbsi]
Don't overstate 1.5 degrees C threat, new IPCC head says https://amp.dw.com/en/climate-change-do-not-overstate-15-degrees-threat/a-66386523
“How I came second out of 999 in the Salem Center prediction market tournament without knowing anything about prediction markets, and what I learned along the way” https://blog.polybdenum.com/2023/08/01/how-i-came-second-out-of-999-in-the-salem-center-prediction-market-tournament-without-knowing-anything-about-prediction-markets-and-what-i-learned-along-the-way-part-1.html
Acne is a disease of modernity: It's more common in developed regions than developing ones, and it's become more common over the last few decades – especially in developed regions. https://acne.org/why-dont-hunter-gatherers-have-acne
Startups are producing real dairy without a cow in sight https://www.economist.com/business/2023/07/20/startups-are-producing-real-dairy-without-a-cow-in-sight [https://archive.is/F993j]
The E.U.’s Digital Services Act will encourage censorship around the world and even in the U.S. https://reason.com/2023/07/28/e-u-law-threatens-free-speech-online-groups-say/
More superconducting links:
“Sun Yueyue from the Department of Physics at Southeast University: We have successfully observed zero resistance below 110K in #LK99 material. However, this does not constitute evidence of room temperature superconductivity.” https://twitter.com/Andercot/status/1686805961124855810
“In 2 days there are have been 4 studies that help explain LK-99's potential superconducting abilities. These simulations converge on key properties that suggest a new class of SC materials, and help explain quirks of TK-99 we've seen so far.” https://twitter.com/Andercot/status/1686688495577018368
Eliezer Yudkowsky: My current LK99 questions https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/EzSH9698DhBsXAcYY/my-current-lk99-questions
Improvement to LK-99 superconductor has been proposed https://twitter.com/floates0x/status/1686572296012713984
“I have a PhD in theoretical physics, studied BCS theory, ran extremely complex numerical simulations, published papers on (optical) heterogeneous nanostructures, researched Landau level type stuff in 2 degree electron gas, ran calculations for SQUIDs. I still have no strong intuition on LK99.” https://twitter.com/CJHandmer/status/1686559014942089216
“I am seeing a lot of newcomers lately to the room-temperature superconductor rodeo. They might not be aware of the long history of these events, and I think there’s some cross-cultural communications difficulties going on because of that.” https://twitter.com/MichaelSFuhrer/status/1686644227885944833
Ukraine links:
“At almost two months into Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russian invaders, I made this graphic to map how the advance looks from eyes of Russian MoD cameras on aircraft in the Velyka Novosilka direction.” https://twitter.com/RedIntelPanda/status/1686543430548168705
“Almost 2 months into the Ukrainian offensives, the tempo of ops has settled into the pulse & pause observed in other large wars. There is a lot going on. Time for a campaign update on the Ukrainian offensives.” https://twitter.com/WarintheFuture/status/1686656259230216192
A Russian drone showed a new repelled Ukrainian attack. https://twitter.com/WarVehicle/status/1686702431055257600
HIMARS strikes on Russian troop concentrations. https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1686369527741710336
“It's increasingly looking like the training for Ukrainian pilots on F-16s is going nowhere, at least for the moment. US official says that no European country has submitted a training proposal to the US for approval yet.” https://twitter.com/paulmcleary/status/1686785696881688595
‘ “The worst are tripwires,” says Pole. “which you cannot see at night, and set off a whole string of connected mines.” Combat medics … say that most casualties they evacuate have been injured by mines’ https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/08/02/ukrainian-soldiers-describe-their-experiences-battling-russia [https://archive.is/RCa6n]
A group of Ukrainians making 3D-printed bombs has produced more than 30.000 bombs in the past 4 months while the production increased. Another group makes cases for 800-gram anti-personnel bombs and said they make about 1,000 bombs a week https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2023/08/01/ukraines-latest-weapons-in-its-war-with-russia-3d-printed-bombs [https://archive.is/QUqkC]