The Daily Index — Wednesday, July 5, 2023 · TLDR Index

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TLDR AI

WHAT THE EUROPEAN AI ACT MEANS FOR YOU, AI DEVELOPER

The EU AI Act is the world's first legislation on artificial intelligence, similar to GDPR but for AI. It introduces definitions for 'foundation models' and 'general-purpose AI systems' and sets out dos and don'ts for AI practices. The Act also focuses on trustworthy AI development and includes obligations for high-risk AI systems. The legislation is currently going through final negotiations before enforcement.

encord.com · 11 min

TLDR Crypto

FXHASH 2.0 - EXPANDING TO ETHEREUM

Tezos-based generative art platform, fxhash, is planning to make a big move with fxhash 2.0, expanding its on-chain minting services to Ethereum. After this integration, users will have the freedom to choose Ethereum or Tezos based on which one is best suited to their needs. The expansion aims to offer a seamless user experience regardless of the chosen chain, with an eye towards simply celebrating art rather than focusing on which chain it’s on. In fact, fxhash 2.0 will display both Tezos-minted and Ethereum-minted pieces right next to each other in the marketplace. fxhash is slated to release the multichain update by Fall or Winter of this year.

threadreaderapp.com · 3 min

TLDR Founders

BUILDING PRESTIGE

A playbook to manufacture personal prestige with a small amount of high-quality content.

lethain.com · 6 min

TLDR AI

WHY TRANSFORMATIVE AI IS REALLY, REALLY HARD TO ACHIEVE

While humans have a good track record of innovation, the trend growth rate of GDP per capita has never exceeded three percent per year. There has yet to be a technology that breaks the three percent threshold. Only strong evidence should cause us to expect anything different. AI is likely transformative in the same way that the internet was, but it has many hurdles in the way to the accelerating growth rates predicted by some.

zhengdongwang.com · 21 min

TLDR AI

OPENAI TURNS OFF CHATGPT BROWSING FEATURE

Despite complaints from ChatGPT Plus subscribers who benefited from the feature, OpenAI has temporarily disabled "Browse with Bing" on its ChatGPT service, citing concerns that the AI was inadvertently bypassing paywalls and privacy settings. OpenAI insists this move was made to respect content ownership rights, with a return of the browsing feature planned after necessary adjustments.

decrypt.co · 2 min

TLDR AI

MACHINE LEARNING FOR POLYNOMIAL EQUATIONS

Solving systems of polynomial equations sometimes results in singularities which are poorly behaved points. There are certain resolution strategies which allow for solutions at these points. Resolution is a challenging process, but if you frame it as a game and apply RL, you can achieve impressive performance.

arxiv.org · 37 min

TLDR AI

A FASTER, SMARTER WAY TO INPAINT PICTURES

Imagine having a tool that can fill in missing parts of a picture quickly and accurately - that's what the WavePaint model does! It uses something called a WaveMix-based architecture to mend images, working faster and needing fewer steps than current methods.

arxiv.org · 18 min

TLDR AI

PREDICTING SUICIDE RISK: A MULTI-TASK LEARNING APPROACH

This research introduces a new model to predict suicide risk in people with bipolar disorder. The model uses symptoms found in these posts to understand which are most influential in predicting future suicide risk, helping doctors to better understand these patients and provide timely help.

arxiv.org · 16 min

TLDR AI

TALES OF TAKEOVER IN CCF-WORLD

Scott Alexander explores the different scenarios of a post-AI takeoff world.

astralcodexten.substack.com · 10 min