Links for 2024-03-05
AI:
According to its creators, the latest state-of-the-art model, Claude 3 Opus, has shown signs of “meta-awareness”: https://x.com/alexalbert__/status/1764722513014329620
Claude 3 Opus is great at following multiple complex instructions. https://x.com/mlpowered/status/1764718705991442622
Sergey Brin on Gemini 1.5 Pro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ8ykNyZ6LY
Nvidia CEO says artificial general intelligence could arrive in as little as five years. https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-ceo-says-ai-could-pass-human-tests-five-years-2024-03-01/ [no paywall: https://archive.is/m3Afl]
AI breakthrough creates images from nothing https://discover.lanl.gov/news/0111-ai-breakthrough/
AtP*: An efficient and scalable method for localizing LLM behaviour to components https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.00745
AI technique 'decodes' microscope images, overcoming fundamental limit https://mrl.illinois.edu/news/64721
Qualcomm’s Newest Chip Brings AI to Wi-Fi -- The FastConnect 7900 relies on AI to improve connectivity while reducing power https://spectrum.ieee.org/wifi-7-qualcomm
Meet the French startup hoping to take on OpenAI https://www.economist.com/business/2024/02/26/meet-the-french-startup-hoping-to-take-on-openai [no paywall: https://archive.is/0amLw]
LLM Prompt Injection Worm https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/llm-prompt-injection-worm.html
Open Letter signed by the biggest AI labs: "We call on everyone to build, broadly deploy, and use AI to improve people’s lives and unlock a better future." https://openletter.svangel.com/
Miscellaneous:
The best definition of complexity theory I can think of is that it’s quantitative theology: the mathematical study of hypothetical superintelligent beings such as gods.
— Scott Aaronson in The Fable of the Chessmaster (https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=56)
Researchers develop a computer from an array of VCSELs with optical feedback https://spie.org/news/encoding-computers-of-the-future
How to Get to Orbit Cheaper than SpaceX's Starship: Ian Brooke has developed a new kind of jet engine that can act as the first stage of a rocket. https://x.com/Andercot/status/1763063321857757210
Fervo Energy Raises $244 Million to Accelerate Deployment of Next-Generation Geothermal https://fervoenergy.com/fervo-energy-raises-244-million-to-accelerate-deployment-of-next-generation-geothermal/
Amazon Web Services (AWS) goes all-in on nuclear power. AWS plans massive 960 MW nuclear powered data center campus in Pennsylvania. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aws-acquires-talens-nuclear-data-center-campus-in-pennsylvania/
Ukraine:
Russian warship "Sergey Kotov" sinks to the bottom of the Black Sea after a successful Ukrainian attack! https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1764898658779017597 (As seen from the perspective of the drones: https://youtu.be/pfwvz43QYxU?si=zyBtX3EUsuehSvF2)
“The oil depot was attacked by drones in the village of Dolgoye in the Belgorod region – Russian media. 100km from Ukraine border. (51.3116406, 37.3155932)” https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1764914998441115952
UK to invest over $200 million in Ukrainian drone manufacture. https://x.com/rustem_umerov/status/1764712538527137829
“The refusal of the Zelensky government to institute a mass mobilization - and to explain to society why this is necessary - is having a drastic effect on both Ukrainian frontline morale and capabilities. This problem will only get worse.” https://x.com/NeilPHauer/status/1764684014936264863
“I want us to not get used to thinking of what is happening in Ukraine as normal.” https://x.com/UAArtisansRock/status/1764696573320323446
Putin's propaganda chief Simonyan: "In 5 years, there will be no Armenia" https://x.com/JayinKyiv/status/1764613470576582806
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