Links for 2024-05-02

AI:

1. AI Lab Watch: A collection of information on what labs should do and what labs are doing. https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/N2r9EayvsWJmLBZuF/introducing-ai-lab-watch

2. New AI algorithm for robots consistently outperforms state-of-the-art systems https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/05/random-robots-are-more-reliable/

3. Three neurosymbolic methods help language models find better abstractions within natural language, then use those representations to execute complex tasks. https://news.mit.edu/2024/natural-language-boosts-llm-performance-coding-planning-robotics-0501

4. Ag2Manip: Learning Novel Manipulation Skills with Agent-Agnostic Visual and Action Representations https://xiaoyao-li.github.io/research/ag2manip/

5. Nvidia presents Visual Fact Checker: Enabling High-Fidelity Detailed Caption Generation https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19752

6. GS-LRM: Large Reconstruction Model for 3D Gaussian Splatting https://sai-bi.github.io/project/gs-lrm/

7. In Race to Build A.I., Tech Plans a Big Plumbing Upgrade https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/technology/ai-big-tech-spending.html [no paywall: https://archive.is/Njwr5]

Sam Altman:

1. Sam Altman says helpful agents are poised to become AI’s killer function https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/05/01/1091979/sam-altman-says-helpful-agents-are-poised-to-become-ais-killer-function/ [no paywall: https://archive.is/kEv1y]

2. Sam Altman: “GPT4 is the dumbest model any of you will ever have to use again... by a lot” https://x.com/samsheffer/status/1785874984985919652

3. Sam Altman: “People think progress will S curve off. But the inside view is that progress will continue. And that’s hard for people to grasp” https://x.com/moreisdifferent/status/1785754836857659528

4. Sam Altman: I don't care if we burn $50 billion a year, we're building AGI and it's going to be worth it https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1785838281671975136

Genetics:

1. On genetic potential https://www.emilkirkegaard.com/p/on-genetic-potential

2. Study finds potential cardiovascular benefits in rare longevity mutation https://gero.usc.edu/2024/04/26/people-with-rare-longevity-mutation-may-also-be-protected-from-cardiovascular-disease/

3. There's assortative mating for autistic traits https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1785403933269082242

Technology:

1. Atomic Nucleus Excited with Laser: A Breakthrough after Decades https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/news/news/lange-erhoffter-durchbruch-erstmals-atomkern-mit-laser-angeregt

2. "China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement." https://www.wired.com/story/china-brain-computer-interfaces-neuralink-neucyber-neurotech/ [no paywall: https://archive.is/QGob9] (Thread with criticism: https://x.com/antonioregalado/status/1785734443228967236)

Cosmology:

1. New Probability Axioms Could Fix Cosmology's Multiverse (Partially) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBeSoig4DPY

2. The 7 Strangest Coincidences in the Laws of Nature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6wL_CwCMy4

A stunning new visualization of the local superclusters and the 'nearby' streams of matter drawn to multiple cosmic attractors: https://aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2023/10/aa46802-23.pdf The structure is about 4.5 billion lightyears tall.

Ukraine:

Russian training ground visited by ATACMS

1. “Ukrainian ATACMS strike, with 4 ATACMS, including one dud, hitting a Russian training area in Mozhnyakivka, Luhansk Oblast. Based on the footage the losses will be significant. 80km behind the front line. Rohove, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine” https://x.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1785624226747019543

2. “🔥BOOOOOM🔥Another one Russian «Buk-M1» air defence system was destroyed by strike drone of the Ukrainian Special Forces in Sumy direction.” https://x.com/GloOouD/status/1786008681236124148

3. Svoboda Radio published satellite images showing that at least one S-300/S-400 missile launcher was damaged/destroyed after the attack on Dzhankoy Air Base on April 30. The rest of the systems were moved. https://x.com/kromark/status/1785985257411379316

4. Ukrainian military from the 58th Separate Motorized Infantry Brigade showed destroyed Russian armored vehicles https://x.com/front_ukrainian/status/1785928723998429441

5. “Ukraine attacked several regions in Russia overnight with UAVs. In the Oryol, Kursk, Smolensk and Rostov regions, energy infrastructure was targeted and hit in some places after which power outages occurred. In Krasnodar Krai, the Afip oil refinery was subject to attacks.” https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1785951043362206171

6. Losses for 2024-05-01 https://x.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/1785957479890755608

7. GIF showing Russian gains in the Avdiivka area between April 1, 2024 and May 1, 2024. https://x.com/georgewbarros/status/1785808358399742237

8. “Russian forces have gained tactically near Ocheretyne and Chasiv Yar, and have attempted a large assault towards Sivers'k. Frontelligence Insight provides a concise analysis of the current situation…” https://x.com/Tatarigami_UA/status/1785764798388404229

9. "If the Russians were to break through the front lines and if there were a Ukrainian request—which is not the case today—we would legitimately have to ask ourselves the question if we should deploy troops in Ukraine," French President Macron said. https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/05/02/emmanuel-macron-in-his-own-words-english [no paywall: https://archive.is/l05rh]

10. US Imposes New Measures on Russia for its Full-Scale War and Use of Chemical Weapons Against Ukraine https://www.state.gov/imposing-new-measures-on-russia-for-its-full-scale-war-and-use-of-chemical-weapons-against-ukraine-2/