Links for 2023-09-21
DALL·E 3: https://openai.com/dall-e-3
Modern text-to-image systems have a tendency to ignore words or descriptions, forcing users to learn prompt engineering. DALL·E 3 represents a leap forward in our ability to generate images that exactly adhere to the text you provide.
DALL·E 3 is built natively on ChatGPT, which lets you use ChatGPT as a brainstorming partner and refiner of your prompts. Just ask ChatGPT what you want to see in anything from a simple sentence to a detailed paragraph.
Language Modeling Is Compression: “Chinchilla 70B achieves compression rates of 43.4% on ImageNet patches and 16.4% on LibriSpeech samples, beating domain-specific compressors like PNG (58.5%) or FLAC (30.3%), respectively” https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.10668
Imbue raises $200M to build AI systems that can reason and code https://imbue.com/company/introducing-imbue/
DNA-based computer can run 100 billion different programs https://www.newscientist.com/article/2391747-dna-based-computer-can-run-100-billion-different-programs/ [https://archive.ph/Crluz]
Stacked timbers dated to roughly 476,000 years ago shows that ancient hominins worked with wood. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02928-4 [https://archive.ph/wip/D6sXs]
“We identified a mechanism for face processing that's centered on primate SC. It's freaky fast (faster than cortical face patches), depends on inputs from visual cortex (as opposed to retina), and explains some puzzles in the literature.” https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.06.556401v1
Newly Discovered Spirals of Brain Activity May Help Explain Cognition https://singularityhub.com/2023/09/15/newly-discovered-spirals-of-brain-activity-may-help-explain-cognition/
“The luminosity of GRB 220101A is approximately 400 quadrillion times that of the Sun” https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/994150
The the the the induction of jamais vu in the laboratory: word alienation and semantic satiation. https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/111068279728502343
"Researchers have genetically engineered a marine microorganism to break down... a plastic used in everything from water bottles to clothing that is a significant contributor to microplastic pollution in oceans." https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1001606
A male does not acquire the impulse control level of a 10 year-old female until around the age of 25. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24682958/
Ukraine links:
Ukrainian VEHICLES also BREACHED the 1st SUROVIKIN LINE. They managed to get heavy equipment such as Strykers (with what looks to be mine trawlers up front) and M113's behind the anti tank ditches and dragontsteeth west of Verbove. https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1704749632566300995
Spain announced new support to Ukraine. It includes APC's, anti-aircraft launchers, anti-aircraft missiles, military trucks, medical vehicles and inflatable boats. Spain will also double the number of Ukrainian troops who will receive training this year. https://www.defensa.gob.es/gabinete/notasPrensa/2023/09/DGC-230919-reunion-ramstein.html
Inside the West’s Mammoth Effort to Turn Ordinary Ukrainians Into Soldiers https://time.com/6315601/west-mammoth-ukrainians-soldiers/