Welcome to my weekly letter, where I share a few noteworthy articles and my own commentary. Without further ado…
Weekly Read
- Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.? (The New Yorker) – this line towards the end is interesting: “Scientists have been known to exercise caution ahead of time: in 1941, for example, researchers retracted papers they’d submitted to Physical Review on plutonium, holding them until the end of the Second World War.” So one side argues that without particular work we can’t really fully understand [the capability of] the AI subject; while the other side argues that there are sufficient signs showing enough bias bootstrapping upcoming AI research that could lead to dangerous unintended results, a ‘Hiroshima’ moment in the AI field.
- Watch a Robot Dog Learn How to Deftly Fend Off a Human (Wired) – this was an earlier story but it shows the effectiveness of training AI in virtual simulations, same things being done by various developers of the autonomous vehicle industry. Who knows, pretty soon they may be able to do this to help human recover from… bad traffic situations? 🙂
(src: giphy) - This Chip for AI Works Using Light, Not Electrons (Wired) – AI and the avant technical needs will inevitably break Moorse’s Law, currently set to reach 2nm in 2 years. Hopefully by that time, Lightmatter can fully solve the compromise that comes with its analog-based calculations. And that may be able to solve the issue with cryptocurrency & NFT’s environmental impact also?
- Genesis broke a world record for the most drones in the sky (Engadget) – switching to a non-AI topic… 3,281 drones created an impressive light show, advertising Hyundai’s Genesis over Shanghai. Pretty cool 1 min video.
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