Links for 2024-02-09
AI:
All Neural Networks. All Autonomous. All 1X speed -- “Every behavior you see in this video is controlled from pixels to actions with a single neural net architecture. No teleop, no scripted replay or task specific code, no CGI, all in one continuous video sho” https://www.1x.tech/discover/all-neural-networks-all-autonomous-all-1x-speed
Transformers can now play chess: Google Deepmind presents Grandmaster-Level Chess Without Search — Strong chess performance only arises at sufficient scale. The largest model reaches a Lichess blitz Elo of 2895. https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.04494
A Chess-GPT Linear Emergent World Representation https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yzGDwpRBx6TEcdeA5/a-chess-gpt-linear-emergent-world-representation
Better Call GPT, Comparing Large Language Models Against Lawyers https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16212
“Efficient Exploration for LLMs: We present evidence of substantial benefit from efficient exploration in gathering human feedback to improve large language models.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.00396
Google AI developed simple and effective fixes to the dual challenges of spurious features and simplicity bias by applying early readouts and feature forgetting, resulting in substantially improved generalization to unseen domains. https://blog.research.google/2024/02/intervening-on-early-readouts-for.html
SymbolicAI: A framework for logic-based approaches combining generative models and solvers https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.00854
Google has released Gemini Advanced, Google's most capable AI model https://gemini.google.com/advanced
Miscellaneous:
Basins with tentacles: "To explore basin geometry in high-dimensional dynamical systems, we consider a ring of identical Kuramoto oscillators. Many attractors coexist in this system; each is a twisted periodic orbit characterized by a winding number q, with basin size proportional to e^−kq2. We uncover the geometry behind this size distribution and find the basins are octopus-like, with nearly all their volume in the tentacles, not the head of the octopus (the ball-like region close to the attractor). We present a simple geometrical reason why basins with tentacles should be common in high-dimensional systems." https://arxiv.org/abs/2106.05709
Structure is beauty, but not always truth. Discussion on what protein "structures" really are. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)00005-9
Battery-free sensor harnesses the power of speech https://newatlas.com/energy/zero-energy-sensor-sound-powered-vibrational-energy-certain-words/
How long did Neanderthals and modern humans co-exist in Europe? Evidence is growing it may have been at least 10,000 years https://theconversation.com/how-long-did-neanderthals-and-modern-humans-co-exist-in-europe-evidence-is-growing-it-may-have-been-at-least-10-000-years-222762
Politics:
"We became the safest country in all the Americas, by respecting honest people's rights over the rights of criminals." https://x.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1755432339843530783
Russia could attack a Nato country within 3 to 5 years, Denmark warns https://www.ft.com/content/b3101099-9516-4b0b-92c6-179997d7e4cf [https://archive.is/Q4X1w]
Ukraine:
Zelensky replaced the most popular general with the least popular general https://x.com/MarkHertling/status/1755646861916983614
“There’s a lot of wishful thinking… People underestimate the time needed to realize projects. The industrial fabric in Europe isn’t strong enough to support Ukraine." https://www.politico.eu/article/europes-arms-production-is-in-deep-shit-says-belgian-ex-general/
“My take is that this is a very grim scenario,” the defence official said, adding that the Pentagon was particularly concerned about maintaining Ukrainians’ air defence systems and ammunition supplies. https://www.ft.com/content/6594e548-8b2e-4c95-a589-7d9e358062d2 [https://archive.is/ZAvnN]
The total count of documented destroyed Russian equipment during their 2022 invasion of Ukraine has exceeded 10 000! https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html
“Among numerous outrageous lies in his interview with Tucker Carlson, Putin again stated persistent Russian propaganda narrative about an alleged promise by the Americans to Gorbachev that "NATO would not move one inch eastward". Gorbachev called it a myth and so did Marshal Yasov.” https://x.com/revishvilig/status/1755881331425259626
“As the lies drip from the lips of Putin in his interview it is worth refreshing yourself of the amateur and warped history he has convinced himself of.” [published 17 January 2022] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/an-article-by-the-defence-secretary-on-the-situation-in-ukraine
“You won’t believe it but another oil refinery in Russia is on fire” https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1755754594582265901
Unbelievable. If Putin feels good enough about the situation Russia is in to ridicule his useful idiots like this, his underlings are feeding him a bunch of lies. “46 minutes into his history lesson, Putin stops to mock Tucker for applying to the CIA when he was younger and getting rejected.” https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1755757290953515479
“This is a hilarious shit show. Putin is now 28 minutes into his history lesson. This is the 3rd time Tucker tries to interrupt and Putin mocks Tucker for just being an entertainer and not a serious journalist. Tucker tries to fake laugh it off while Putin emasculates him.” https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1755748231760183771 [And these idiots still think that Putin is their man. Similarly, if Schröder were still chancellor in Germany, Putin would now be attacking the right-wing AfD as Nazis. Yet they are completely loyal to someone who wouldn't hesitate to destroy them.]
French documentation about Russia’s attempt to capture Kiev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0n7rSYaC9w
Russia's Tuckermania through the years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGVPL7Pylc
Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian M31 GMLRS rocket slams into a Russian Buk M2 TELAR. https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1755735572298022942