AI Is Astonishingly Good At Writing Romance Fiction

NYT: "Can Chatbots Write Emotionally Rich Romance Fiction?" (gift link).

This is both appalling and funny at the same time.

Nature Article Claims We Have Reached AGI

Nature: "Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear". Non-paywall link here.

I'm not convinced by their argument. 

Parenting Win

Parenting advice from Scott Alexander.

 

Dark Matter Map

"See the Most Detailed Map of Dark Matter Ever Made, Bringing Astronomers a Step Closer to Unraveling Its Mysterious Nature"

Berluti Knot

Video: "The World's BEST Shoelace Knot! ...The Berluti Knot"

Mysterious Shoes

"Hundreds of Mysterious Victorian-Era Shoes Are Washing Up on a Beach in Wales. Nobody Knows Where They Came From"

The leading theory is that the black leather boots, which were discovered by volunteers, were traveling on a cargo ship that sank nearby roughly 150 years ago.

AI Predicts Disease Risk From Sleep Data

AI can predict death or major medical events (e.g., stroke or heart attack) from monitoring your sleep: "A multimodal sleep foundation model for disease prediction" (Nature Medicine). Via D.J.

Cutting An Infinite Pancake

"A team of mathematicians seeks to cut an infinitely large pancake into as many pieces as possible, in a new take on an old puzzle."

Hsieh Forbes Column: New AI Physician Will Handle Some Treatment Decisions Without Human Involvement

My latest Forbes column is now out: "New AI Physician Will Handle Some Treatment Decisions Without Human Involvement"

Chinese Hack Of UK Leaders' Phones

"China hacked Downing Street phones for years"

China hacked the mobile phones of senior officials in Downing Street for several years, The Telegraph can disclose. 

The spying operation is understood to have compromised senior members of the government, exposing their private communications to Beijing. 

State-sponsored hackers are known to have targeted the phones of some of the closest aides to Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak between 2021 and 2024. 

 It is unclear whether the hack included the mobile phones of the prime ministers themselves, but one source with knowledge of the breach said it went "right into the heart of Downing Street"...