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How to Make the Universe Think for Us
Physicists are building neural networks out of vibrations, voltages and lasers, arguing that the future of computing lies in exploiting the universe’s complex physical behaviors.
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Perspective is key, in a world where machine learning is rapidly driving the value of pixels to 0
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Since 2010, the amount of training compute used by the largest models has doubled every 6 months. Model size and amount of training data have grown ~ proportionally with compute. - from Sevilla et al.
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While current generative "text to image" machine learning models give amazing abilities to trained artists and regular people alike, the "text is the one interface to rule them all" notion is deeply flawed.
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Neurons are fickle. Electric fields are more reliable for information.
A new study suggests that electric fields may represent information held in working memory, allowing the brain to overcome “representational drift,” or the inconsistent participation of individual neurons
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That which is technically feasible and cheap to do, will be done...
...thus it is logical to assume that a significant portion of all media delivered via screens today (video, image, audio, text) is fully generated by machines, using weaponized secretive "deep fakes" systems with capabilities that are 10+ years beyond the current public imagination. Further, given how ubiquitous and cheap total surveillance has become, it is logical to assume such systems are on a trajectory to becoming "closed loop" and semi-autonomous, to be able to generate and deliver custom versions of "reality" for targeted audiences at scale, that continuously evolve based on individuals measured reactions to "behavioral micro-nudging" delivered through generated media. "The Show Must Go On" or "Unplug & Visit Nature", which is it for you?
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Google Says AI Generated Content Is Against Guidelines (alt)
#Comment: Widespread use of AI generated content is a nightmare for search engines like Google. Large scale generative botnets could essentially poisons their entire index to the point of breaking. It is just a question of time until the Bot VS Bot adversarial game becomes unmanageable. And despite their silly rules, it is essentially unbannable. A great times for alternative service, which less heavily rely on pure algorithmic approaches.
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Thoughts on Generative AI Media
Images generated by OpenAI's DALL·E 2 As the generative AI media train is going into hyper drive, my predictions and thoughts on the space from a few years ago seem more relevant than ever. Personally, I'm happy to have left that scene. If my experiences developing generative systems at startups (CreativeAI) and at giant corporations (Google Research) has thought me anything, it is that despite all the nice words, lofty aspirations and fancy technology, the developers of (creative) ML systems have by and large very little regard and respect for the needs of real people, communities and nature. Nihilistic techno-fetishists and cyber necrophiliacs rambling something about "creativity"...
- Automating Creativity Why? (Samim, 2018)
- Augmentation, Amputation, Dehumanisation - Towards Life Centered Design (Samim, 2019)
- Creative AI: On the Democratisation & Escalation of Creativity (Samim & Pieters, 2016)
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Confusing models that predict the future with actual reality is a sign of madness
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Huawei pivots to renewable energy as smartphones slump - U.S. sanctions force Chinese company to pursue solar power and storage projects
#Comment: China is already the world leader in all things renewables and is poised to significantly expand its technological and logistical lead in this crucial sector. Any other actor (nations, etc.) that wants to transform legacy energy systems to renewables, will inevitably have to deal with the Chinese and hence maintain somewhat positive relationships. Otherwise, all proclamations of energy transformation are just nice words. Case in point, recent headline from Germany - a country that is actively supporting the US-Empire lead war against China/Russia/Global-South/etc.:
Germany aims to get 100% of energy from renewable sources by 2035
Germany aims to fulfil all its electricity needs with supplies from renewable sources by 2035, compared to its previous target to abandon fossil fuels "well before 2040," according to a government draft paper obtained by Reuters on Monday. Europe's top economy has been under pressure from other Western nations to become less dependent on Russian gas, but its plans to phase out coal-fired power plants by 2030 and to shut its nuclear power plants by end-2022 have left it with few options.
