Week 8 of 2024- W082024
But the Universe is Infinite
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“But the Universe is Infinite.” -Epicurus
“I’d stop the world if it gave us time.” -Lukas Graham
News
AIML
How much electricity does AI consume?
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?
Things Get Strange When AI Starts Training Itself
I analyzed 5M freelancing jobs to see what jobs are being replaced by AI
Why The New York Times might win its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI
FTC Proposes New Protections to Combat AI Impersonation of Individuals
Air Canada must honor refund policy invented by airline’s chatbot
Little-known startup takes the AI weather prediction crown
meet the neo-luddites warning of an AI apocalypse
Improving LoRA: Implementing Weight-Decomposed Low-Rank Adaptation (DoRA) from Scratch
Painting
Isle of the Dead, 3rd version, 1883, by Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901), Alte Nationalgalerie
Crypto
Cyber
FBI Director Says China Cyberattacks on U.S. Infrastructure Now at Unprecedented Scale
‘World’s most harmful’ cybercriminal group disrupted in 11-nation operation
UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hacked by nation state
Markets
A $150 Billion Question: What Will Warren Buffett Do With All That Cash?
Silicon Valley Needs to Accept That Insurance Is Boring
The Hedge Funds That Changed the Game
Why Venture Capital is the Best Asset Class
Realtors Are in Crisis—and Home Buyers Could Be the Winners
Retirements spike again as stock market booms
You paid more in income taxes last year than a corporation with billions in profits
Big Tech workers come to grips with 'ZIRP'
If Humans Won’t Read Your Résumé, Should You Let the Robot?
Misc
Why You’ve Never Been In A Plane Crash
The Insatiable Ambition of LeBron James
Unfolding the Mysteries of Polygonal Billiards
Biologists Discover Four New Octopus Species
GoDaddy Billionaire Funds Psychedelic Research
A New Agenda for Low-Dimensional Topology
The Fabulous Desperation of Our Celebrities