Week 50 of 2023- W502023
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"The problem creates the solution. What stands in the way becomes the way"
- Marcus Aurelius
“It is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire. —Jorge Luis Borges
News
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AIML
Three Things That LLMS Have Made Us Rethink
Figuring out general specs for running LLM models
New York Times Hires First Newsroom Leader Focused on Artificial Intelligence
An Opinionated Guide to Which AI to Use: ChatGPT Anniversary Edition
Installing LLMs locally on iPad or iPhone
Phi-2: The surprising power of small language models
Generative AI Research Spotlight: Demystifying Diffusion-Based Models
Painting
The Dominion of Light (L'empire des lumières), 1954, René Magritte, 1898 - 1967
Crypto
The Power Vacuum at the Top of the Crypto Industry
A few of the things we’re excited about in crypto (2024)- A16z
Cyber
The biggest cyber attacks of 2024
Celebrated Cryptography Algorithm Gets an Upgrade
Markets
Jamie Dimon’s $4 Trillion Machine
Climate Change Is Breaking Insurance. Here’s How Tech Could Save It.
Pattern Recognition: Opportunities and Limits
The Megafactories Are Coming. Now the Hustle Is On to Find Workers
What Cardboard Prices Tell Us About the State of the Economy
Misc
Andre Braugher, ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ and ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’ Star, Dies at 61
Selling Art to the Rich, Famous, and Inebriated
Why do ‘gate lice’ line up early for a flight? Psychologists explain.
Visualizing fighting game mechanics
How Many Lines of C it Takes to Execute a + b in Python?
This cyborg cockroach could be the future of earthquake search and rescue
This Is What Happens to All the Stuff You Don’t Want
Papers
Mathematical Language Models: A Survey
The paper is a survey of mathematical language models, focusing on their use in mathematical tasks like calculation and reasoning. It reviews various models, including Pre-trained and Large-scale Language Models, and categorizes over 60 datasets. The paper also discusses methodologies, challenges, and future research directions in enhancing these models for mathematical applications.
Mathematical discoveries from program search with large language models
The paper presents "FunSearch," a method that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) for mathematical and computer science discoveries. It uses a pre-trained LLM in combination with a systematic evaluator to find novel solutions, focusing on program generation rather than direct answers. This approach leads to more interpretable and scalable results, highlighting the potential of LLMs in scientific research and problem-solving.
Book
5 Facts for conversations at holiday parties
You: “Hey, did you know that…?”
2. Octopuses Have Three Hearts
3. The Eiffel Tower Can Be 15 cm Taller During the Summer
4. Bananas Are Berries, But Strawberries Aren't
5. “Jiffy" is an Actual Unit of Time
Person you are talking to: “That’s interesting, I’m going to get a refill.”