Links for 2023-10-14
AI just got 100-fold more energy efficient https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2023/10/ai-just-got-100-fold-more-energy-efficient/
“We report four intriguing emergent properties of generative classifiers: they show a record-breaking human-like shape bias (99% for Imagen), near human-level out-of-distribution accuracy, state-of-the-art alignment with human classification errors, and they understand certain perceptual illusions.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.16779
"Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton warns technology will be smarter than humans in five years https://www.cbsnews.com/news/geoffrey-hinton-ai-dangers-60-minutes-transcript/
Largest Ever Solar Storm Identified in Ancient Tree Rings – Could Devastate Modern Technology and Cost Billions https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1003947
Superb video on the Sleeping Beauty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeSu9fBJ2sI
The Anthropic Principle: Five Short Examples https://apointinblogspace.wordpress.com/2017/09/25/the-anthropic-principle-five-short-examples/
Animal Ethics and Evolutionary Psychology- 10 ideas https://dianaverse.com/2020/06/15/evpsychandanimalethics/
“From DNA to DOJ, Cremieux Recueil traces the genetic pathways of crime, explaining why poverty is not a good causal explanation.” https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/jailbirds-of-a-feather-flock-together
Political links:
Blinken warned lawmakers Azerbaijan may invade Armenia in coming weeks https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/blinken-warned-lawmakers-azerbaijan-may-invade-armenia-in-coming-weeks-00121500
Mongolia opens way for uranium mining with $1.7bn French deal https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Materials/Mongolia-opens-way-for-uranium-mining-with-1.7bn-French-deal
Hamas intentionally targeted elementary schools in Israel, instructed terrorists to seize hostages, move them into Gaza, and to "kill as many people as possible," maps and documents recovered from the bodies of attackers show. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/top-secret-hamas-documents-show-terrorists-intentionally-targeted-elem-rcna120310
Ukraine links:
Bakhmut before and after Russian attack. https://twitter.com/adnashmyash/status/1660390673730744321
Mariupol before and after Russian attack. https://twitter.com/adnashmyash/status/1711829118189208022
Russian volunteer urgently needs help with purchasing corpse bags for soldiers currently assaulting in Avdiivka. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1712755347155272040
Ukrainian drone bombs Russian BTR-80 and Russian infantry. https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1712784274225586495
“A Ukrainian FPV loitering munition struck a Russian TOS-1A thermobaric multiple rocket launcher- leading to the powerful detonation of the rockets on board.” https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1712833240283627642
“Additional confirmation of Ukrainian advances and operations in the direction of Kopani, Zaporizhzia region west of Robotyne. Units of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade with the help of tanks managed to dislodge Russians from their forward positions.” https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1712803388461601009
Kirby confirms that Russia just moved 1000 train cars of North Korean weapons to the border of Ukraine. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/u-s-says-north-korea-delivered-1000-containers-of-equipment-and-munitions-to-russia