What’s News For April 11th?
1. Two-qubit silicon quantum processor with operation fidelity exceeding 99% https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abn5130
2. Convincing All Capability Researchers: “Give the world’s thousand most respected AI researchers $1M each to spend 3 months working on AI alignment, with an extra $100M if by the end they can propose a solution alignment researchers can’t shoot down.” https://www.lesswrong.com/…/convincing-all-capability…
3. A series of posts by Joe Carlsmith on expected utility:- https://handsandcities.com/…/on-expected-utility-part…/– https://handsandcities.com/…/on-expected-utility-part…/– In addition, https://handsandcities.com/…/on-expected-utility-part…/-Furthermore, https://handsandcities.com/…/on-expected-utility-part…/
4. Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record? https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.03748
5. Is Information The Fifth State Of Matter? Physicist Aims To Prove It Is https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/947031
6. An algorithm makes it possible to identify people by their heartbeat https://www.uc3m.es/…/An_algorithm_makes_it_possible_to…
7. Electric fields may represent information held in working memory, allowing the brain to overcome “representational drift,” or the inconsistent participation of individual neurons. https://news.mit.edu/…/neurons-are-fickle-electric…
8. Revolutionary DNA Nanotechnology Speeds Up Development of Vaccines by More Than One Million Times https://scitechdaily.com/revolutionary-dna…/
9. WW2 Japanese internment camps had a positive effect on long-run incomes on the order of 9-22%. https://www.cambridge.org/…/F63443DE6FA168C2D6708D31D91…
10. 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami: The impact was heard 50 miles (80 km) away, and the sudden displacement of water resulted in a megatsunami that washed out trees to a maximum elevation of 1,720 feet (524 meters) at the entrance of Gilbert Inlet. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/…/1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake…
11. The hidden world of octopus cities and culture shows why it’s wrong to farm them https://theconversation.com/the-hidden-world-of-octopus…
12. The Search for a Model Octopus That Won’t Die After Laying Its Eggs [New York Times] https://archive.ph/Fku5R
13. Nearly half of all older adults now die with a diagnosis of dementia listed on their medical record, up 36% from two decades ago. https://ihpi.umich.edu/…/half-older-adults-now-die…
14. Neo-Nazi mercenaries known for their brutality in conflicts in Syria and Crimea have been deployed by Russia. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/…/russia-send-notorious…/
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What’s News For April 11th?
