Links for 2023-09-02
Ilya Sutskever - Opening Remarks: Confronting the Possibility of AGI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPZxs6IXH00
Mustafa Suleyman: “The US should use its leadership in semiconductors as a “chokepoint” to enforce minimum global standards for the use of artificial intelligence” https://www.ft.com/content/f828fef3-862c-4022-99d0-41efbc73db80 [https://archive.ph/K5QHZ] (Interview: https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/mustafa-suleyman-getting-washington-and-silicon-valley-to-tame-ai/)
MVDream: Multi-view Diffusion for 3D Generation https://mv-dream.github.io/
Active Neural Mapping https://zikeyan.github.io/active-INR/index.html
Meet Apollo, the ‘iPhone’ of humanoid robots https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/23/world/apptronik-apollo-humanoid-robot-scn/index.html
Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230824111900.htm
Planning algorithm enables high-performance flight https://news.mit.edu/2023/planning-algorithm-tailsitter-aircraft-0823
Meta’s Flamera Has a New Vision for Augmented Reality: This cyberpunk headset keeps you in touch with actual reality https://spectrum.ieee.org/meta-flamera
“Insights are inner markers of transformation—the line in the sand between perspectives on reality. But why do they feel the way they do? What's their purpose? How can we use them wisely?” https://twitter.com/RubenLaukkonen/status/1693918693552689232
“Remember that time economists used a gravity model to find ancient lost cities from the Bronze Age?” https://twitter.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1695513196625326451
Call of Duty’s new AI voice chat technology detects toxic players in real time https://www.charlieintel.com/call-of-duty/call-of-dutys-new-ai-voice-chat-technology-detects-toxic-players-in-real-time-269374/
New York police will use drones to monitor backyard parties this weekend, spurring privacy concerns https://apnews.com/article/drones-labor-day-eric-adams-nypd-jouvert-c2787e87bcad8fa87aa8d34b454ee6cf
Ukraine links:
“Ukraine has built a new long-range aerial weapon that can hit targets 700km away, the latest sign that the country is strengthening its nascent arms industry.” https://www.ft.com/content/5e87cf08-2285-4297-bd3a-28f7b38753ed [https://archive.ph/MF8QZ]
“Looks like Ukrainian forces are widening the Robotyne salient, driving Russian artillery further from the flanks of the advance.” https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1697590193816031599
Ukrainian drones conveniently fly above an airbase of the "world's superpower", dropping bombs at will. https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1697622912092508484
“It's the sad reality of the war. It's brutal, and russians invaders are dying in large numbers.” https://twitter.com/Teoyaomiquu/status/1697704651641008489
“Novoiehorivka, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian forces from the 43rd Mechanized Brigade halted a Russian armored attack towards the town, destroying a Russian T-90A and T-72B with FPV loitering munitions.” https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1697793444318450139
A fleet of Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 tanks. https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1697865855529279981
“Ukrainian military leaders hope that piercing the Russian front at Verbove will allow them to open a much larger breach…To protect such a … force from Russian attack, combat veterans say Ukrainian forces must clear a path at least 10 miles wide” https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/ukraine-fights-to-widen-its-puncture-of-russian-front-lines-141459a6 [https://archive.ph/WLxAW]
“Russian forces are defending the trench system south of the town and are counter attacking towards the town. This is most likely the reason they keep claiming Ukraine have not liberated the town.” https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1697569335387034057
“On day 555 of the war in Ukraine, here’s a reminder of some of the complacency voiced in Russia (and Belarus) prior to the invasion” https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1697553040071430306
The Ukrainian village of Berestove from before the invasion (2020) and after (August 2022):