Wednesday, April 23, 2025

AI Code Generation Update

"Making AI-generated code more accurate in any language"

A new technique automatically guides an LLM toward outputs that adhere to the rules of whatever programming language or other format is being used.

Lunar CPU

"The Moon Should Be a Computer"

Monday, April 21, 2025

Missing Matter

"A new analysis of the sky has finally confirmed where the missing half of the Universe's visible matter has been hiding." (Via H.R.)

My first guess was under the couch.

New Color?

"Scientists claim to have found colour no one has seen before"

Friday, April 18, 2025

Human Vs. AI Reading Medical Notes

This question was posed recently on social media -- basically, asking someone to interpret a near-indecipherable orthopedic clinic note.  

My own translation:

Ortho
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R(ight) knee pain
R(ight) knee: + effusion, +pain, decreased ROM (range of motion)
Xray right knee: moderate OA (osteoarthritis)
A/P (assessment/plan): Right knee osteoarthritis
Right knee injection
F/u (followup) 3 months.

I also asked Grok AI to attempt to translate the image, and I have to confess it did surprisingly well!


 

 

 


Wave Confinement

"Thought To Be Impossible: Scientists Break Century-Old Physics Barrier". (Via H.R.)

A research team from POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) and Jeonbuk National University has achieved a groundbreaking feat: the complete confinement of mechanical waves within a single resonator—something long considered theoretically impossible. Their study, published on April 3 in Physical Review Letters, represents a significant advance in solving the century-old puzzle of bound states in the continuum (BIC).

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Gifted Bird Caller

"Oklahoma boy astounds classmates with his ability to do 50 different bird calls"

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Travel Hacks

"10 Travel Hacks Reddit Users Swear By"

TB Diagnostics

"New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say"

Monday, April 14, 2025

Military AI Update

"Generative AI is learning to spy for the US military"

Breakfast Club Cast, 40 Years Later

"Breakfast Club" cast, 40 years later. Some have aged better than others.

Friday, April 11, 2025

Great SF Movies

"The 100 best sci-fi movies of all time, ranked"

More Jobs For AI

"Trump Wants Tariffs to Bring Back U.S. Jobs. They Might Speed Up AI Automation Instead"

Wednesday, April 09, 2025

AI Tutors

"Texas private school's use of new 'AI tutor' rockets student test scores to top 2% in the country"

AI And Radiology

Washington Post: "AI hasn't killed radiology, but it is changing it"

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

Drowning Children Thought Experiment

Scott Alexander: "More Drowning Children"

Hummingbird Camoflage

"Baby hummingbird with appearance of dangerous caterpillar discovered in Panama". (Via H&S R.)

Monday, April 07, 2025

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Speed Cubing

"Max Park is a longtime [Rubik's Cube] speedcubing world record holder -- for the 3x3x3 cube, his best official time is 3.13 seconds. Let's show you how he does it."

Wednesday, April 02, 2025