Here’s your monthly dose of treats, goodies, ideas, pieces of research, principles, models, and other random stuff curated by Robert
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Semantic sidenotes for the web
Meta released and open-sourced a big new image recognition system that can accurately extract any given object from a photo or video. Very useful for (eg) VR and AR, and lots of other things.
Forecasting humans becoming generally intelligent with biological anchors: year 10,000,000,000,002,022
The death of live audio (remember Clubhouse?). LINK
Heroism and the Human Search for Meaning: Ernest Becker on the Hidden Root of Our Existential Longing
Yann leCun and Andrew Ng argue that a six month pause to AI research makes no sense.
A GPT4 coding assistant that can deploy to production.
Tools to detect AI-powered cheating are not reliable.
Some arguments on copyright for AI-generated work.
OpenAI published a new essay on AI safety.
GPT is a reasoning engine, not a machine for answering factual questions.
The tension between speed and safety / reliability / accuracy in LLMs at Microsoft and Google.
Useful analysis of the Chinese chip industry.
Energetic aliens
Humanness in the age of AGI
Fabric is a collaborative internet drive and AI search engine for your digital world.
Build habits you won't quit
AI robots: There are three intriguing papers on the use of AI for robots, and despite concerns about AI risks, companies like Amazon, Google 1, and Google 2 are likely to rapidly implement these findings.
Apple Demos vs. Amazon Memos link
29 Lessons On My 29th Birthday
Chess is a horrible metaphor
Boston Dynamics puts ChatGPT in a robot.
Want anonymity? Make a persona not a mystery.
Apple said to be working on ‘Quartz’ AI-Powered Health Coaching service
Researchers identify protein that helps skin cancer spread throughout the body
BuzzFeed news is shutting down.
Satellite radar discovers 19,000 undersea volcanoes
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