Links for 2024-05-07
AI:
Alibaba presents AlphaMath Almost Zero: Enhances LLMs with Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) to improve mathematical reasoning capabilities. Eliminates the need for manual annotation by leveraging MCTS to generate both the process supervision and eval signals. Achieves 63% on MATH with DeepSeekMath 7B. https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.03553
MAmmoTH2: A new paradigm for building powerful instruction-tuned models by efficiently harvesting large-scale, high-quality data from the web without costly human annotation or GPT-4 distillation. — 11% -> 34% on MATH and 36% -> 67% on GSM8K https://tiger-ai-lab.github.io/MAmmoTH2/
Microsoft readies new AI model to compete with Google, OpenAI, The Information reports. MAI-1 will have roughly 500 billion parameters. https://www.reuters.com/technology/microsoft-readies-new-ai-model-compete-with-google-openai-information-reports-2024-05-06/
Apple's rumored to be quietly amassing an AI mega team, poaching over 36 experts from Google and setting up a secretive lab in Zurich to push into generative AI. https://www.ft.com/content/87054a60-dc4d-4238-a4b9-93ab48f22f56 [no paywall: https://archive.is/5Sirz]
AI Copilots Are Changing How Coding Is Taught: Professors are shifting away from syntax and emphasizing higher-level skills https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-coding
LangGraph x GPT Researcher: Showcasing the power of flow engineering and multi agent collaboration https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/tree/master/multi_agents
Automating intelligence analysis with 5 million StreetView images https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18873
Rapid capability gain around supergenius level seems probable even without intelligence needing to improve intelligence https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/aH9R8amREaDSwFc97/rapid-capability-gain-around-supergenius-level-seems
im-also-a-good-gpt2-chatbot https://x.com/blader/status/1787792481100378321
Miscellaneous:
Experimental gene therapy restores some vision in patients with inherited blindness https://news.ohsu.edu/2024/05/06/participants-of-pioneering-crispr-gene-editing-trial-see-vision-improve
Researchers develop a compact, single-shot and complete polarization imaging system using metasurfaces https://seas.harvard.edu/news/2024/05/unveiling-polarized-world-single-shot
Explaining a Math Magic Trick https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/yf6gAcgPp22T7AdnZ/explaining-a-math-magic-trick
In 1599 the church used a placebo controlled trial to test if a French girl was possessed by a demon. Holy objects and identical, non-blessed objects were shown to the girl. "She reacted similarly when exposed to both genuine and sham religious objects" https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/01410768231207260
Ukraine:
This fundraiser is extremely important: Excavators to dig defenses and spare parts to keep the excavators going so they can keep digging. https://x.com/Teoyaomiquu/status/1787548402785333308
Footage from a Russian Ka-29 helicopter, firing at the Ukrainian naval drone carrying a R-73 air-to-air missile. Eventually it is destroyed. https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1787453596423864678
A closer look at the destroyed Ukrainian Magura V5 naval drone with an R-73 air-to-air missile. https://x.com/RALee85/status/1787731925433463040
The Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade repelled Russian attack on motorcycles… https://x.com/GloOouD/status/1787756797245194641
Rare view inside of a Ukrainian command bunker, this one from the 225th Separate Assault Battalion. https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1787726641260536063
Moscow threatens to strike British military facilities following Cameron’s remarks https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-threaten-strike-british-military-facility-david-camerons-remark-war-ukraine/
An account from a Ukrainian soldier who uses an ATV to resupply troops and evacuate casualties from the front line https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRY7IMeSbSM