Links for 2023-11-16
DeepMind Lyria, the world's most sophisticated AI music generation system. From just a text prompt Lyria produces compelling music & vocals. https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/transforming-the-future-of-music-creation/
Ultra-Efficient On-Device Object Detection on AI-Integrated Smart Glasses with TinyissimoYOLO: Shows real-time ML algorithms inside of smart glasses by using object detection as an example with only 17ms latency and 1.59mJ energy usage per inference. https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.01057
Google DeepMind’s new artificial intelligence weather-forecasting tool outperforms conventional methods, and is far faster. https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/graphcast-ai-model-for-faster-and-more-accurate-global-weather-forecasting/
NVIDIA announces its next generation of AI supercomputer chips https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/13/nvidia-unveils-h200-its-newest-high-end-chip-for-training-ai-models.html
Sam Altman wants more funds to build ‘superintelligence’ https://nypost.com/2023/11/13/business/openai-boss-sam-altman-seeking-microsoft-funds-to-build-superintelligence/
Greg Brockman, OpenAI President & Co-Founder: “We invested very heavily into building a deep learning stack that scales predictably. For GPT-3 we couldn’t do it, but for GPT-4 we were able to precisely predict key capabilities before we even trained the model.” https://twitter.com/gdb/status/1723056774331146364
Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO: “Until we go train that model, it's like a fun guessing game for us… to predict the capabilities.” https://www.ft.com/content/dd9ba2f6-f509-42f0-8e97-4271c7b84ded [https://archive.is/r1O38]
Embryo selection as foreign aid https://www.aporiamagazine.com/p/the-best-foreign-aid-money-can-buy
“The history of modern SF is one of five attempted revolutions — one success and four enriching failures. I’m going to offer you a look at them from an unusual angle, a political one.” https://twitter.com/thiagovscoelho/status/1723183458682372216
“A clever design finds attending university leads to cultural liberalism (i.e. it's not just a selection effect).” https://twitter.com/whyvert/status/1723568954436702274
All of Earth history, one million year per second. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7TUe5w6RHo
Thiel’s Unicorn Success Is Awkward for Colleges: “Eleven of the 271 recipients of the Thiel Fellowship have founded unicorns so far, an impressive accomplishment that doesn’t even take into account the inspiring innovations of other fellows and the many exciting projects yet to mature.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/10/19/thiel-s-unicorn-success-is-awkward-for-colleges/93db4230-6e6a-11ee-b01a-f593caa04363_story.html [https://archive.is/Nytqm]
New Industries Come From Crazy People https://www.palladiummag.com/2021/02/02/new-industries-come-from-crazy-people/
Political links:
“Russian artillery production fully relies upon a few dozen GFM Steyr (Austria) radial forging machines...Which rely upon the continuous supply of expendables from the original producer...It is *the* bottleneck. Target it” https://twitter.com/kamilkazani/status/1724522181055422813
Bridgehead On The Dnieper: Russia Struggles To Contain A Ukrainian River Crossing. What Will It Do For The Counteroffensive? https://www.rferl.org/a/bridgehead-dnieper-russia-ukraine-counteroffensive/32684589.html
Russian serviceman showing what's left of the "Msta-S" SPG system destroyed near Avdiivka around 21 October. https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1724720788660466175
“Drone operators from the 47th mechanized brigade operating in the Avdiivka area. Many Russian casualties and destroyed equipment can be seen.” https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1724826755402289610
“Russian troops have been trying to enter Klishchiivka for weeks but it all ends in a way similar to this footage. They are getting blown up by mines, ATGMs or artillery.” https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1724897819457421413
“THREE Russian soldiers WERE KILLED by precise strikes of FPV kamikaze drones of the Ukrainian 82nd Airborne Brigade in Novoprokopivka - Verbove axis” https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1724811898917662821
“The Escadrone group continues to release completely insane footage. Seen here, a Ukrainian FPV munition chases down a Russian Bukhanka, doing loops around it while one of the passengers leans out the window, attempting to shoot it down with an AK, before it scores a direct hit.” https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1725011692659052918
“The Myanmar junta is collapsing in front of our eyes.” https://twitter.com/ThomasVLinge/status/1724745724766675114
"With the defence ministry paying reservists the salary they would have received in their civilian jobs, the government has to consider the financial burden. The mobilisation is thought to be costing Israel about £200 million a day." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/israeli-reservists-join-surge-eradicate-hamas-gaza-conflict-56c697w2n [https://archive.is/J9m7N]