Links for 2024-02-14
AI:
Google presents Prompting with Iterative Visual Optimization (PIVOT). Enables zero-shot control of robotic systems without any robot training data. https://pivot-prompt.github.io/
OS-Copilot: Towards Generalist Computer Agents with Self-Improvement — Outperforms previous methods by 35%, showcasing strong generalization to unseen applications. https://os-copilot.github.io/
Unified Training of Universal Time Series Forecasting Transformers https://arxiv.org/abs//2402.02592
Lag-Llama: the first open-source foundation model for time series forecasting https://github.com/time-series-foundation-models/lag-llama
Natural language guidance of high-fidelity text-to-speech models with synthetic annotations https://www.text-description-to-speech.com/
Open-Source Background Removal: Excels in separating foreground from background across diverse categories, surpassing current open models. https://huggingface.co/spaces/briaai/BRIA-RMBG-1.4
Why China is betting big on chiplets: By connecting several less-advanced chips into one, Chinese companies could circumvent the sanctions set by the US government. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/06/1087804/china-betting-on-chiplets-packaging/ [https://archive.is/xL1u8]
What comparing deep neural networks can teach us about human vision https://rdcu.be/dxWv4 [alternative pre-print link: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/e8vha]
Miscellaneous:
Masterpiece: A sequel to qntm's short SF story Lena. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Fruv7Mmk3X5EekbgB/masterpiece
“Hypoxia-inducible factor pathway genes are linked to adaptation in both human and nonhuman highland species. EPAS1, a notable target of hypoxia adaptation, is associated with relatively lower hemoglobin concentration in Tibetans.” https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adj5661
“Getting a lot of replies making various claims that this is not a quantum mechanical result, and you can't assign a velocity to electrons in atomic orbitals. Nonsense! This is ALL ABOUT quantum mechanics. Allow me to explain.” https://x.com/WKCosmo/status/1755262723191935384
Ukraine:
⚡️🔥The GUR released footage from a naval drone attack on Russian Project 775 Ropucha-I-class large landing ship Ceasar Kunikov near the shores of occupied Crimea. Magura V5 naval drones inflicted critical damage on the left side of the ship after which it began to sink. https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1757678709492822222 (video of the attack filmed from land: https://x.com/Tendar/status/1757674694419853415)
Making Attrition Work: A Viable Theory of Victory for Ukraine https://www.iiss.org/online-analysis/survival-online/2024/01/making-attrition-work-a-viable-theory-of-victory-for-ukraine
Russia complains about the bombing of Dresden. This is such an obvious tactic to cozy up to their useful idiots on the Western right that it's cringe-worthy. The irony here is that the people this propaganda is aimed at don't realize that Russia would be stabbing them in the back with accusations of Nazism right now if a leftist asset like Gerhard Schröder were running their country. https://x.com/mfa_russia/status/1757459242963898752
A compilation of Russian propaganda threats to destroy other countries. https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1757705902990172438