Links for 2023-08-22
Adversarial attacks designed to fool computer vision models, *transfer (weakly) to the human brain* -- even when the attack is so small as to be barely perceptible. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40499-0
The dark side of using AI to design drugs: "Some virtual molecules showed few similarities to any existing toxins, suggesting entirely new classes of lethal biochemical weapons could be conjured up that circumvent current watch lists for known precursor chemicals." https://www.ft.com/content/43102ee8-bee0-4803-bc51-4a313f04d550 [https://archive.is/r6ne2]
“Turn God Mode on. Meet Human Generator. Create hyerrealistic full-body photos of people in real time.” https://generated.photos/human-generator/
Discovery of a brand new post-translational modification called "RNAlyation", where a bacteriophage shoves a whole flipping RNA into bacterial host proteins to hijack the translational apparatus. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06429-2
The evolution of complex grammars: A new study shows that changes in grammatical complexity are not shaped by social environments https://www.mpg.de/20747124/0816-evan-the-evolution-of-complex-grammars-150495-x
Is it possible to reverse engineer a nervous system? The time is ripe. https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06578
Polyaramide: a new material that's a 2D polymer. It's made of flat sheets of melamine. Impermeable, stable, with a strength of 488 MPa but the density of plastic. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04296-3
"Fewer than ∼0.014% of stars within 100 pc host a transmitter that is detectable in our search." https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.02712
How to produce green hydrogen for $1/kg https://terraformindustries.wordpress.com/2023/08/16/how-to-produce-green-hydrogen-for-1-kg/
South Korea, India rebuke Beijing over South China Sea claims https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/South-China-Sea/South-Korea-India-rebuke-Beijing-over-South-China-Sea-claims
Ukraine links:
Robotyne liberated https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1693885707205443760
Commentary on the fall of Robotyne https://twitter.com/Tatarigami_UA/status/1693659276621889999 (more: https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1693719945580785920)
“Satellite images appeared from the Russian Soltsy-2 air base, where a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber was destroyed by a Ukrainian drone. The pictures also show that after the successful attack, the Russians took away the rest of the planes, likely to Olenya.” https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1693870274662253025
Moscow now being hit by drones on a daily basis https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1693841479511519661
“Outside the eastern city of Bakhmut, the crinkly sound of digital explosions and tank treads emanated from a tree line. Crouched among the undergrowth, was Honey, a border guard turned infantry soldier, and his comrade. They were both playing World of Tanks on their phones” https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/world/europe/ukraine-russia-world-of-tanks.html
Mark Hertling makes a falsifiable prediction: “Ukraine will see significant tactical breakthroughs on 1 or 2 axis of advance in the next few weeks…the will continue to advance slowly on E & SE fronts…then will see a “surprise” success, likely in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.” https://twitter.com/MarkHertling/status/1693608430236258461