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What’s Next in LLM Reasoning? with Roland Memisevic - #646
Today we’re joined by Roland Memisevic, a senior director at Qualcomm AI Research. In our conversation with Roland, we discuss the significance of language in humanlike AI systems and the advantages and limitations of autoregressive models like Transformers in building them. We cover the current…
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China, Article V, Starlink, and hybrid warfare: An assessment of a lawfare operation
Nearly two years ago, China complained about close approaches of Starlink satellites to its space station, claims that the US denied. Michael Listner argues that the format of a complaint was a "lawfare" maneuver by China as part of great power competition.
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Putting the private into private spaceflight
A Virgin Galactic suborbital launch last week was remarkable not for what happened but what didn't: a lot of publicity. Jeff Foust discusses how the low profile of the flight is a step on the long road to more routine spaceflight.
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Key issues for the Japanese government regarding exploration and development of space resources
Japan is one of a few countries with a space resources law on the books and is planning a mission to prospect for water ice on the Moon. Akira Saito outlines some of the issues facing the Japanese government as it considers using lunar ice resources.
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Review: Interstellar
Last month, a paper claimed to have found evidence for interstellar meteorites at the bottom of the Pacific, a claim other scientists have treated skeptically. Jeff Foust review a book by the scientist who is the lead author of that study and other efforts using science to look for interstellar…