Links for 2023-10-17
“We build a lie detector for large language models and show that they represent uncontroversially true and false sentences on opposite sides in a linear space.” https://saprmarks.github.io/geometry-of-truth/dataexplorer/
DreamGaussian: Generative Gaussian Splatting for Efficient 3D Content Creation https://huggingface.co/spaces/jiawei011/dreamgaussian
Robotic Hand Has the Dexterity to Handle Tricky Objects with Care https://haozhi.io/rotateit
How Disney Packed Big Emotion Into a Little Robot: Melding animation and reinforcement learning for free-ranging emotive performances https://spectrum.ieee.org/disney-robot
AI Predictions 2023 - 2026 https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/btZPxeJLvuRGDqyke/my-ai-predictions-2023-2026
Self-correcting quantum computers within reach? https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/10/self-correcting-quantum-computers-within-reach-error-correction-entanglement/
Groundbreaking achievement as bionic hand merges with user’s nervous and skeletal systems, remaining functional after years of daily use https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1003939
Scientific productivity as a random walk https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04414v1
Anders Sandberg on war in space, whether civilisations age, and the best things possible in our universe https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/anders-sandberg-best-things-possible-in-our-universe/
Israel links:
“Iran’s FM Abdollahian warns of potential “preemptive action” by Iran & its allies in the “coming hours” in the region to counter Israel’s attacks on Gaza. This is a serious statement that signals a real possibility of Iran and/or Hezbollah joining the war against Israel.” https://twitter.com/SinaToossi/status/1714015183788523526
“Now, for the first time in over four decades, since the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the entire armoured corps has been called up. This is a massive force … it is understood to include over 1,000 main battle tanks.” https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/10/16/israels-tank-commanders-are-studying-russias-mistakes [https://archive.ph/pshwr]
The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook [published in 2017] https://www.politico.com/interactives/2017/obama-hezbollah-drug-trafficking-investigation/
Photos show anti-drone cages on Israeli tanks. https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1713882225421197428
Attack of the Merkava tank by Hezbollah terrorists on October 15. The ATGM was used, and the crew was taken by surprise, the active defense systems did not work. https://twitter.com/wolski_jaros/status/1713837758014234730
Russia seems to have decided to go all out against Israel. https://twitter.com/rakovdan/status/1712864731579527440
Ukraine links:
“Somewhat major news- Russian Air Force adjacent telegram channel Fighterbomber confirms a large Ukrainian attack last night, alluding to serious losses. Ukrainian forces reportedly targeted Berdyansk and Luhansk airfields, both heavily populated by Russian aviation assets.” https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1714178261364969556
Special Police Force assault Brigade Lyut fighting on the outskirts of Bakhmut. https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1713833497951875379
The 79th Air Assault brigade repelled another attack on their positions in the Novomykhailivka, Donetsk Oblast area. Russians retreated with losses. https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1713963583141220748
Russians crawling their way out of Avdiivka https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1714026565602877948
“Evacuation of the wounded from the battlefield. Bakhmut direction. Dangerous job.” https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1713977858077671584
An attack deep into the defense of the Russian Federation, a documentary film about the counteroffensive of the Third Assault Division on Bakhmut https://youtu.be/FompoLbNB_8?si=3AEpY4UjHrD6B5dz
Ukrainian forces prevail after intense enemy tank ambush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16F9T6Q_Kl8