Links for 2024-03-14
AI:
Figure: “We are now having full conversations with Figure 01, thanks to our partnership with OpenAI.”
The robot can:
- describe its visual experience
- plan future actions
- reflect on its memory
- explain its reasoning verbally
Read more: https://x.com/coreylynch/status/1767927194163331345
Branch-Train-MiX: Mixing Expert LLMs into a Mixture-of-Experts LLM — BTX brings +18.8 points on math reasoning, +13.2 points on coding, +3.6 points on world knowledge compared to Llama-2 7B, and outperforms both specialized LLMs (e.g. CodeLLAMA) and a larger model (Llama-2 13B) in terms of average performance. https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07816
MoAI: Mixture of All Intelligence for Large Language and Vision Models https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07508
Common 7B Language Models Already Possess Strong Math Capabilities https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04706
LLMs in the Imaginarium: Tool Learning through Simulated Trial and Error https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04746
How Far Are We from Intelligent Visual Deductive Reasoning? “The results reveal that despite the impressive capabilities of LLMs in text-based reasoning, we are still far from achieving comparable proficiency in visual deductive reasoning.” https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04732
Car-GPT: Could LLMs finally make self-driving cars happen? https://thegradient.pub/car-gpt/
In the Blink of an Eye, Apple is All-In on AI https://petapixel.com/2024/03/04/in-the-blink-of-an-eye-apple-is-all-in-on-ai/
“Things are indeed about to get real, real weird. I spent the last couple of weeks using a coding assistant AI that can create websites, debug code, and do massive coding jobs all on its own. Its name is Devin and it's backed by $21 million from Peter Thiel and others.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-12/cognition-ai-is-a-peter-thiel-backed-coding-assistant [no paywall: https://archive.is/778tP]
“Already, more than 100,000 Amazon selling partners have used our GenAI listing tools to quickly and easily create high-quality product pages” https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/amazon-generative-ai-powered-product-listings
Miscellaneous:
Light-speed whole genome association testing and prediction via Approximate Message Passing https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.14.557703v2
“There's a lot we don't know. There's a lot we *can't* know. But can we at least know how *much* we can't know? … In 2009, David Speyer argued that the fraction of provable statements does not approach 0 and does not approach 1. Instead, it's bounded by numbers between 0 and 1. Similarly for the fraction of undecidable statements!” https://mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez/112089386168267057
Politics:
“The PRC’s BeiDou satellite navigation system is now perceived as superior to GPS. Xi Jinping has described the third generation of satellites as “one of the important achievements China has made in the past 40 years…As BeiDou is adopted more comprehensively around the world, the PRC may become capable of targeting GPS—wreaking havoc on the United States and its allies—with relative impunity.” https://jamestown.org/program/beidou-and-strategic-advancements-in-prc-space-navigation/
Ukraine:
“This is the actual telephone call between Macron and Putin 4 days before the Invasion of Ukraine.” https://x.com/spooked75/status/1767787253831495773
“Two years without a break, without rotation — of course, morale is low and it’s killing motivation. We need either rotation or normal vacations to rest properly.” https://www.ft.com/content/d7e95021-df99-4e99-8105-5a8c3eb8d4ef [no paywall: https://archive.is/30D5z] (Full statement from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense regarding mobilization. https://x.com/RALee85/status/1768000424311746757)
“Asked about peace talks with Ukraine, Putin indicated he won't discuss surrendering territory annexed from Ukraine and appeared confident Russia’s army could advance further. “Holding negotiations now only because they are running out of ammunition is absurd for us.”” https://x.com/maxseddon/status/1767883770709876792
“So-called "deputy chairman" of the security council, Medvedev, suggests his 7 points for the capitulation of Ukraine, including full compensation to Russia and admitting that all Ukrainian territory belongs to Russia.” https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1768206863881888195
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda says he supports the debate on sending troops to Ukraine to train local forces and urges the West to stop drawing red lines. https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2221292/lithuanian-president-backs-debate-on-sending-troops-to-ukraine