Just played with it in @SvLevine
's lab. ALOHA is FAR more intuitive and responsive than I expected, esp. at that price. Thanks for the demo @jianlanluo and hats off to @tonyzzhao for outstanding engineering!
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ALOHA Robot Impresses with Intuitive Design and Responsive Performance
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Microsoft Accelerates Scientific Discovery with Azure Quantum Advancements
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Microsoft is accelerating scientific discovery with new Azure Quantum advancements https://
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… #QuantumComputing #AI @YvesMulkers @mvollmer1 @anijov @data_nerd @Damien_CABADI @CatherineAdenle @ahier @enilev @BIScorecard @gvalan @avrohomg @Shi4Tech @FmFrancois @JAdP -
iOS 17 Enhances Headphone Performance with AI
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My headphones just got way better with iOS 17 so something is up.
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ALOHA Robot Arms: Elegant Teleoperation Design Under $20k
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Very impressed by ALOHA’s elegant design: using a one pair of low cost robot arms to teleoperate a second pair for learning from demonstrations. All hardware for under $20k! @chelseabfinn @svlevine @tonyzzhao
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CPU Performance Progress: Fast MLP Training on Modern MacBooks
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I actually recently marveled at how far CPU performance has come (comparing my undergrad computer to a modern MacBook). Was creating a confidence interval demo with a simple sklearn MLP, and it fits 500 iters in like a second on a 2020 MacBook Air: https://
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Apple Vision Pro Reshapes Computing Paradigm Beyond Sales
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It isn’t to sell Vision Pro. Apple can’t make enough for that. It is so everyone realizes there is a better way to compute.
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Augmented Reality Strategy Beyond Sales Vision
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It isn’t to sell. It is to get everyone into augmented reality and ready for future products.
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Flexible Transparent Displays: The Future of Device Innovation
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La investigación en tecnología de pantallas sigue avanzando y muy pronto las pantallas flexibles y transparentes serán una realidad. 😳
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 19 juin 2023
Este tipo de pantallas darán paso a dispositivos que parecerán de ciencia ficción con cualidades que nos parecerán magia 🪄 pic.twitter.com/7rpZgClqHtLa investigación en tecnología de pantallas sigue avanzando y muy pronto las pantallas flexibles y transparentes serán una realidad. Este tipo de pantallas darán paso a dispositivos que parecerán de ciencia ficción con cualidades que nos parecerán magia
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Full Parameter Fine-tuning for Large Language Models with Limited Resources
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Full Parameter Fine-tuning for Large Language Models with Limited Resources paper page: https://
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UK Government AI Hardware Procurement vs Chinese Competition
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If this is true, I sure hope the UK gov placed their order. Else, we’ll be behind one private Chinese company. Nuts the scale we’re talking about here. https://
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