Welcome to the Christmas Day edition of the Data Science Briefing!
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In our regularly scheduled content, we have a Technical Primer on OpenAI's o1 model, explore LoRA and the OpenAI o3 Breakthrough High Score on ARC-AGI-Pub.
On the academic front, we Train Large Language Models to Reason in a Continuous Latent Space, dive into Renormalization of complex networks with partition functions, and the Cultural Evolution of Cooperation among LLM Agents.
This week's book recommendation is "The Atomic Human: What Makes Us Unique in the Age of AI" by N. D. Lawrence. You can find all the previous book recommendations on our website. In this week's video, we have a documentary on Ilya: the AI scientist shaping the world.
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Semper discentes,
The D4S Team
This week's book is "The Atomic Human: What Makes Us Unique in the Age of AI" by N. D. Lawrence. The book presents a compelling exploration of what defines humanity in the context of advancing artificial intelligence. The central thesis revolves around the idea that our vulnerabilities and imperfections, rather than our technological capabilities, are what truly characterize us as human beings. The book argues that while AI can replicate certain aspects of human thought and behavior, it fundamentally lacks the emotional depth, moral judgment, and ability to navigate complex, ambiguous situations that define human experience.
Lawrence emphasizes the importance of our flaws and social connections in fostering growth and creativity. He posits that these qualities allow us to form cultures and communities that go beyond mere survival, highlighting the unique aspects of human decision-making through historical examples. This perspective challenges the prevailing narrative that positions AI as a competitor to human intelligence, instead suggesting that AI should be viewed as a tool that complements but does not replace our intrinsic human qualities.
This book serves as an engaging examination of what it means to be human in an era increasingly defined by technological advancements, prompting readers to reflect on the essence of humanity amidst the rise of intelligent machines.
- o1: A Technical Primer [lesswrong.com]
- Exploring LoRA — Part 1: The Idea Behind Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning and LoRA [medium.com/inspiredbrilliance]
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OpenAI o3 Breakthrough High Score on ARC-AGI-Pub [arcprize.org]
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Alignment faking in large language models [anthropic.com]
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A Gentle Introduction to Graph Neural Networks [distill.pub]
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Sharing new research, models, and datasets from Meta FAIR [ai.meta.com]
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Should you switch from VSCode to Cursor? [towardsdatascience.com]
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Behaviour-based dependency networks between places shape urban economic resilience (T. Yabe, B. G. B. Bueno, M. R. Frank, A. Pentland, E. Moro)
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Renormalization of complex networks with partition functions (S. Jung, S. H. Lee, J. Cho)
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Machine learning mathematical models for incidence estimation during pandemics (O. Fajardo-Fontiveros, M. Mattei, G. Burgio, C. Granell, S. Gómez, A. Arenas, M. Sales-Pardo, R. Guimerà)
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Robustness of topological persistence in knowledge distillation for wearable sensor data (E. S. Jeon, H. Choi, A. Shukla, Y. Wang, M. P. Buman, H. Lee, P. Turaga)
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Training Large Language Models to Reason in a Continuous Latent Space (S. Hao, S. Sukhbaatar, D. Su, X. Li, Z. Hu, J. Weston, Y. Tian)
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Cultural Evolution of Cooperation among LLM Agents (A. Vallinder, E. Hughes)
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Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy (E. Ide, E. Talamas)
Brief Introduction to Probabilistic Programming
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