Links for 2023-12-31
AI:
TinyGPT-V: Efficient Multimodal Large Language Model via Small Backbones — “Our work fosters further developments for designing cost-effective, efficient, and high-performing MLLMs, expanding their applicability in a broad array of real-world scenarios.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.16862
Humanoids from Agility Robotics and seven other companies vie for jobs https://spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-robots
Forget $40,000 Teslas. You can set up autonomous driving on cars with a 150$ smartphone using Flowpilot. https://github.com/flowdriveai/flowpilot
Apple’s iPhone Design Chief Enlisted by Jony Ive, Sam Altman to Work on AI Devices https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-12-26/apple-iphone-design-head-tang-tan-to-work-with-jony-ive-sam-altman-on-ai-tech [https://archive.is/se4MM]
Meta: “To close out 2023, here are 10 of the most interesting AI research advancements we shared on our feed this year — and where you can find more details on the work.” https://twitter.com/AIatMeta/status/1741159501494165979
Miscellaneous:
E.T. Jaynes Probability Theory: The logic of Science I https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/KN3BYDkWei9ADXnBy/e-t-jaynes-probability-theory-the-logic-of-science-i
Cosine: The exact moment Jeff Bezos decided not to become a physicist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFnV6EM-wzY
Genetics and Psychology:
"We show personality as less important than intelligence in predicting life outcomes... For pay the predictive validity of intelligence [was] twice as high as that of personality... For educational attainment and grades it was 4.4 and 5.2 as high." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0160289622000125
Politics:
Twenty Reasons to Believe Oswald Acted Alone https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1596
Hundreds of Indonesian university students stormed a refugee shelter, forcefully evicting Rohingya refugees and demanding their immediate deportation. https://twitter.com/redstreamnet/status/1740343325272461490
Ukraine:
“73rd Naval Special Operations Center destroyed several pieces of equipment. Among them a D-20 howitzer, 203-mm 2S7 Pion, 9K33 OSA air defense system and infantry.” https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1741044540050448593
More Ukrainian attacks against Belgorod https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1741078720188752042