Links for 2023-10-18
A tech warning: AI is coming fast and it’s going to be rough ride https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/10/a-tech-warning-ai-is-coming-fast-and-its-going-to-be-rough-ride/
Stack Overflow lays off over 100 people as the AI coding boom continues https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23919004/stack-overflow-layoff-ai-profitability
Researchers Create a Neural Network for Genomics—One that Explains How It Achieves Accurate Predictions https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2023/october/researchers-create-a-neural-network-for-genomics-one-that-explai.html
LangNav: Language as a Perceptual Representation for Navigation https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07889
New easy-to-use optical chip can self-configure to perform various functions https://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/news_releases/2023/october/new_easy-to-use_optical_chip_can_self-configure_to_perform_various_functions/
There is an underlying infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian system behind Bayesian inference. https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07680
If you want to learn how harmony is "hard-baked into the physics of our universe", you can't do better than this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JhVcGtT8z4
Ukraine links:
“This video is reportedly of the aftermath of the ATACMS strike on Berdyansk airbase.” https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1714300625943404705
Excellent footage of three M39 missiles of the MGM-140A ATACMS Block I system launched by HIMARS operated by the AFU. https://twitter.com/CalibreObscura/status/1714369775206375873
The 2nd mechanized battalion of the Presidential Brigade repulsed a Russian attack in the Avdiivka area. Destroying infantry and equipment. https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1714299819064201444
Russian mechanized assault in the direction of Pervomaiske (near Avdiivka) ended with the defeat of the Russians https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1714339043557642325
Israel links:
A missile launched by Palestinian Groups exploded mid-air and one of the pieces fell on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital's yard in Gaza causing a fire in the parking lots and damaging some cars: 1. https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1714390254935851272 2. https://twitter.com/Justin_Br0nk/status/1714527504805904590
Support for Hamas and Anti-Semitism: Social networks in China During the War in Israel https://twitter.com/INSSIsrael/status/1714252325206798634
Brits asked: "Which side in the Israeli‑Palestinian conflict do you sympathize with more?" 18-24 year olds: Israel 11% Palestine 39% Both 16% https://twitter.com/GoodwinMJ/status/1714192692668662035
Two US officials said that the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, numbering more than 4,000 sailors and Marines, will join a growing American fleet off the coast of Israel that will include two aircraft carriers and their associated escort ships. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/17/us-deploys-sailors-marines-israel-hamas/ [https://archive.ph/5aV8W]