AI

• “Human-level Atari 200× faster”, Kapturowski et al 2022

• “A Generalist Neural Algorithmic Learner”, Ibarz et al 2022 (single GNN with single set of weights trained to solve 30 classical CLRS computer algorithmic tasks)

• Agility Robotics’s “Cassie” bipedal robot can run 100 meters in 25s (video; also does stairs, & 5K run on 1 battery)

Matters Of Scale:

• “PaLI: A Jointly-Scaled Multilingual Language-Image Model”, Chen et al 2022/“PaLI-X: On Scaling up a Multilingual Vision and Language Model”, Chen et al 2023/PaLI-3; “Scaling Vision Transformers to 22 Billion Parameters”, Deghani et al 2023 (better, fairer, more human-like perceptual errors, & more robust)

• “Co-Writing Screenplays and Theatre Scripts with Language Models: An Evaluation by Industry Professionals”, Mirowski et al 2022 (writing >10k-word plays with Chinchilla, using recursive prompting of summaries); “Creative Writing with an AI-Powered Writing Assistant: Perspectives from Professional Writers”, Ippolito et al 2022

• “Neuron numbers link innovativeness with both absolute and relative brain size in birds”, Sol et al 2022; “Avian neurons consume 3× less glucose than mammalian neurons”, von Eugen et al 2022

• “Do Androids Laugh at Electric Sheep? Humor ‘Understanding’ Benchmarks from The New Yorker Caption Contest”, Hessel et al 2022 (CLIP+GPT-3: still poor performance)

Genetics

Everything Is Heritable:

Recent Evolution:

Engineering:

• “World’s 1^st cloned wild Arctic wolf makes debut, pioneering conservation of endangered wildlife through cloning tech”

Statistics/Meta-Science

Politics/Religion

Psychology/Biology

• “A Novel Human Sex Difference: Male Sclera Are Redder and Yellower than Female Sclera”, Kramer & Russell2022 (‘we know more than we can tell’—do DL retina models tap into this?)

Technology

• “Huge volcanic eruptions: time to prepare—More must be done to forecast and try to manage globally disruptive volcanic eruptions. The risks are greater than people think”, Cassidy & Mani2022

• “Selective neutralization and deterring of cockroaches with laser automated by machine vision”, Rakhmatulin et al 2022

Economics

• “The Fable of the Bees: An Economic Investigation”, Cheung 1973_51ya (emergent order in beekeeping; cf. lighthouses); “Hobo Economicus”, Leeson et al 2022

Philosophy

Fiction

• “Understanding Urusei Yatsura”, Full Frontal

Miscellaneous

• The Pesky Pants Prank