(3) Even just looking at BIG-Bench metrics is quite understudied IMO. There are hundreds of tasks in BIG-Bench, and each task has dozens of models evaluated, each with many evaluation metrics. There are task logs for some models. This raises natural questions:
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Flan-T5 Public Release with Instruction Tuning Data Ablation
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Unlocking emergent abilities in smaller language models like Flan-T5
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WIRED Fast Forward: AI Search Wars Begin
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I am now writing the @WIRED Fast Forward newsletter. (I'm only a few years late to the trend). The first issue is about the AI search wars. You can see a preview and subscribe here:
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MIT Creates Liquid Neural Networks Outperforming Convolutional Networks
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MIT scientists created a new class of speedy “liquid” neural networks that can change underlying algorithms on the fly, sometimes outperforming convolutional neural nets: https://
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Space Engineers Launches New Miniatures Product Line
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Rastko Stanojevic crash-testing Space Engineers miniatures before we launch this new product line.@SpaceEngineersG pic.twitter.com/kkAGs1lAbn
— Marek Rosa | European🇪🇺 | South African🇿🇦 (@marek_rosa) 9 février 2023Rastko Stanojevic crash-testing Space Engineers miniatures before we launch this new product line. @SpaceEngineersG
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AI Field Sees Realistic Optimism About Future Opportunities
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Thing that stands out about current AI buzz is an unfamiliar realistic optimism, about the field specifically and tech generally. Still very early days (and plenty of concerns!) for AI, but seems like people are sensing tremendous opportunities personally and for society.
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LangChain Adds Data Loaders for Cloud Storage and Popular Platforms
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We added a lot of data loaders over the past few days: Cloud Storage: s3, GCS
Prosumer: Roam, Obsidian
Fun Websites: YouTube, AZLyrics, College Confidential https://
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Magic Sandbox Project Reaches Hacker News Front Page
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my "magic sandbox" makes the frontpage of hackernews never too old! https://
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Open Assistant: Community-Driven Open Source ChatGPT Alternative
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NEW VIDEO! Can you imagine an Open Source ChatGPT? Created by and for the community, available to create, research, and use freely. That's the idea behind Open Assistant! And we need your help to make it speak good SPANISH well https://
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