AI investors Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth have produced a huge State of AI Report 2022, covering the topics of research, industry, politics & safety.
Todd Humphreys from the University of Texas has figured out how to unofficially piggyback on Starlink synchronisation sequences and repurpose them as a positioning system with 30 metre accuracy.
This excellent interview between Blindboy and Darren McGarvey covers a fascinating array of topics such as social class biases and how to overcome them, integrity in artistic practice, and a warning on the dangers of listening to a certain Canadian academic / lunatic.
Jean Yang from Akita Software published an interesting post about how developers are more often than not forced to now do their testing in production because of the complex third party integrations and APIs now used in modern production systems that can't be easily replicated (with live data) for testing separately.
Researchers in Melbourne grew a dish of neurons, attached an electrode feedback system to them, and observed them learning how to play pong, at least in a statistically significant way.
Other Voices Live broadcast a bumper concert from UCC this week, packed full with some of the best music from Ireland available now. It's hard to pick the best from the super set of acts, although Rufous Nightjar are spectacular.
