bts #9: Tragedy of common oceans, AI translates 5000 y.o. writing, & more

Jul 17, 2023

Hi! Sorry for being late, this weekend was busy. Also, I started syncing the links I share to my site, tadeas.dev, where you can see the full list. Additionally, each bit is tagged, so you can browse by tag as well (if you want to see all past AI-related links, for example). That’s it from me, here are the bits:

The broken economics of the oceans, a somber broad look at several tragedies of the commons happening in the oceans

How to Use AI to Do Stuff: An Opinionated Guide

Entropy levels of 100 cities by street orientation, beautiful visualization

Aliens are here confirmation coming? US House hearing on UFOs scheduled for July 26th, UAP disclosure act of 2023

Coating 1-2% of Earth's surface with white paint would stop climate change?

Great thread: What is ignored or neglected by the media, but will be studied by historians

Good thread on some esoteric things LLMs are able to do

AI not only heralds the future, but can also help us better understand our past. Here AI is used to instantly translate 5000 year old Akkadian tablets, a very labor intensive task for which few experts exist. Also relevant is the Vesuvius Challenge, trying to read scrolls carbonised by a volcano eruption (this is a great podcast episode where it’s explained in-depth)

Good article on how to improve your creative output

Elon Musk launched x.ai, here is a summary of the launch event

Cute video about hexagonal chess, if you like it a good followup is Hexagons are the Bestagons

Interesting book, How to invent everything: a survival guide for the stranded time traveller

Interesting video on why North is up on maps. This is a good related blog post: maps distort how we see the world