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Meta is preparing to unveil a new artificial intelligence research lab
dedicated to pursuing “superintelligence,”
a hypothetical A.I. system that exceeds the powers of the human brain,
as the tech giant jockeys to stay competitive in the technology race,
according to four people with the knowledge of the company’s plans.
Meta has tapped Alexandr Wang, 28,
the founder and chief executive of the A.I. start-up Scale AI,
to join the new lab, the people s…

Meta Is Creating a New A.I. Lab to Pursue ‘Superintelligence’
The new lab, set to include the Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang, is part of a reorganization of Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts under Mark Zuckerberg.

One of the young starlings, now quite independent.

been loving the deep jams of the motherfuckers jmb & co. album, featuring brian/geologist from animal collective on wild hurdy-gurdy.
profile: https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/768378/from-gwar-to-…

From GWAR to Grace: The Shocking, Friendly, and Wholesome Story of Motherfuckers JMB & Co.
In the wake of the pandemic, three music veterans came together at high school events and birthday parties to create the Motherfuckers.

Only a year until the start of the next men's world cup! We've got 365 days (plus the tournament itself) to watch FIFA sink to new lows as it works hard to please its authoritarian (majority) host, all the while lining its pockets and those of its officials. Fans will once again pass the time desperately applying the sausage principle - don't ask how it's made - to the largest sporting event on the planet.

Last leg on our brief history of NLP (so far) is the advent of large language models with GPT-3 in 2020 and the introduction of learning from the prompt (aka few-shot learning).
T. B. Brown et al. (2020). Language models are few-shot learners. NIPS'20
https://…

To Grok: What is the evidence pro or con that a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant in visual cortex will give vision to congenitally blind people as claimed without any evidence by Elon Musk? https://x.com/i/grok/share/txlo83o1c52Fh4wRcScnzXt1h

Also, may I just say, fuck Sergey Brin.
(How’s that for offensive, Sergey? You fucking genocide apologist piece of shit.) https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/114827622817744764

Hmm… maybe I should pickup a watch with a "California Dial". 🤔
P.S. For those unfamiliar with this dial layout or even those who have seen it but wondered WTF is going on, this is a nice summary:
https://revolutionwatch.com/california-love/

California Love
With its mix of Roman and Arabic numerals, the so-called California dial has become one of the most sought-after Rolex watches of the modern era.

You know it's coming, but you just never know. I was lucky to see Brian solo once, it was a magical show. RIP to this legend. I don't even know how to start with how much I love the Beach Boys. I've talked about it many times on here, how I really got into them in my teens, my parents had tapes (I wrote about my love for Wild Honey here:

Albums that made me
I heard about this great ‘albums that made me’ idea (that’s apparently been floating around other social media sites for a while now) via another Jake on Mastodon. So, big thanks …

Academics can be viciously funny.
I recently published a journal article. One of the reviewers didn't much care for it. Alongside the obvious critique that I clearly hadn't read enough of my own work, Reviewer 2 didn't like me quoting a certain text, having misread what I thought was an obvious reference to a classic text as insulting one of the people at the center of my article. The editor agreed with me enough to put an illustration of the classic text on the issue's…