Links for 2023-09-24
This is Open Robot Parkour: the agility at Boston Dynamics level, but now open-source for everyone. https://robot-parkour.github.io/
LEAP Hand: Low-Cost, Efficient, and Anthropomorphic Hand for Robot Learning http://leaphand.com/
“Does a language model trained on “A is B” generalize to “B is A”? E.g. When trained only on “George Washington was the first US president”, can models automatically answer “Who was the first US president?” Our new paper shows they cannot! ... Do humans suffer from the Reversal Curse? Try reciting the alphabet backwards. Our findings mirror a phenomenon in humans. Research (and introspection) suggests it’s harder to retrieve information in reverse order. See "Related Work".” https://x.com/OwainEvans_UK/status/1705285631520407821
Breakthrough way to train neuromorphic chips https://www.tue.nl/en/news-and-events/news-overview/14-09-2023-breakthrough-way-to-train-neuromorphic-chips
Making AI smarter with an artificial, multisensory integrated neuron https://www.psu.edu/news/engineering/story/making-ai-smarter-artificial-multisensory-integrated-neuron/
“What's wrong with LLMs and what we should be building instead” - Tom Dietterich https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEyHsMzbZBs
"The BLM protests led police departments to pull back from interactions with the public and obtain body cameras, leading to increased crime and decreased police killings... murders increased by roughly 11.5%, which is over 3000 additional homicides." https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jue.2023.103587
“Contrary to popular belief, it is the sexually busy chads, not the sexually desperate and frustrated incels, who have the most misogynistic worldview.” https://twitter.com/DegenRolf/status/1705145323499229319
XL Bully ban: All the claims made by owners to defend the dog breed, debunked https://inews.co.uk/news/xl-bully-ban-claims-owners-defend-dog-breed-debunked-2624560 [https://archive.ph/2Mtbd]
Psychologists have posited hundreds of cognitive biases over the years. A fascinating new paper argues that they all boil down to one of a handful of fundamental beliefs coupled with confirmation bias. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17456916221148147
South Korea’s Interest in Nuclear Weapons Hasn’t Gone Away—It’s Just On Hold https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/south-koreas-interest-in-nuclear-weapons-hasnt-gone-awayits-just-on-hold-7c91cf8a [https://archive.ph/PjzK7]
Saudis will 'get' nuclear weapon if Iran does first: crown prince https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/21/crown-prince-confirms-saudi-arabia-seek-nuclear-arsenal-iran-develops-one
“Biden aides in talks with Vietnam for arms deal that could irk China…A package, which could come together within the next year, could consummate the newly upgraded partnership between Washington and Hanoi with the sale of a fleet of American F-16 fighter jets as the Southeast Asian nation faces tensions with Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, one of the people said.” https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-aides-talks-with-vietnam-arms-deal-that-could-irk-china-2023-09-23/
The birthplaces of Nobel Physics Prize laureates: https://x.com/whyvert/status/1705420785895035202
The birthplaces of Nobel Chemistry Prize laureates (to 2016):
Ukraine links:
Inside Ukraine's DIY drone revolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mpsDSlDdKA
Budget Drones Prove Their Value in a Billion-Dollar War https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/world/europe/ukraine-budget-drones-russia.html [https://archive.ph/e85qX]
Europe Made a Bold Pledge of Ammunition for Ukraine. Now Comes the Hard Part. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/23/world/europe/eu-ukraine-war-ammunition.html [https://archive.ph/Rq0dc]
“It seems that the Biden Administration has made the decision to provide Ukraine with MGM-140 ATACMS maneuvering missiles. In this thread, I want to explore the warhead effects of ATACMS, specifically discussing overpressure, fragmentation, and penetration effects.” https://twitter.com/FRHoffmann1/status/1705567813103206479
130 House Republicans have announced their support for additional funding for Ukraine. https://twitter.com/ProudElephantUS/status/1705018466225328129