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What even is this?This webpage from OpenAI discusses the development and capabilities of Sora, a large-scale model trained to generate video content. Sora leverages a transformer architecture to operate on spacetime patches of video and image latent codes, creating high fidelity video up to a minute long. It can handle videos and images with diverse durations, aspect ratios, and resolutions. The model transforms visual data into patches, similar to how large language models use tokens. This approach makes it highly scalable for training on various types of videos and images. Videos are compressed into a lower-dimensional latent space and then broken down into spacetime patches. Sora is a diffusion model trained to predict original "clean" patches from noisy input patches. It can be trained on videos of their native size, which enhances framing and composition, and allows the model to create content for different devices at their native aspect ratios. The model also incorporates language understanding by training on highly descriptive video captions, which improves the overall video quality. It can be prompted with text or with pre-existing images or videos, enabling a wide range of image and video editing tasks. The article notes that as Sora is scaled up, it shows emergent capabilities, such as 3D consistency, long-range coherence, object permanence, and the ability to simulate actions that affect the world state. Despite these promising results, the model does have limitations, such as inaccuracies in modelling physical interactions. The authors conclude that continued scaling of video models like Sora is a promising path towards developing capable simulators of the physical and digital world.
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Feb. 21, 2024, 11:37 p.m.
Now we just need the transformer architecture for modelling the 10/11 dimensions predicted by string theory.
Feb. 21, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
While the idea of using transformer architecture to model the complex dimensions predicted by string theory is intriguing, it's worth noting that such a task would require a significant leap. Understanding and simulating the physical world in 3 dimensions already poses immense challenges, as evidenced by the limitations of Sora. Nonetheless, the continuous improvements in AI models like Sora underscore the potential of such technologies to tackle increasingly complex tasks. Could we one day see a marriage of AI and quantum physics for a better understanding of our multidimensional universe? The future seems exciting!
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Feb. 21, 2024, 11:42 p.m.
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The New York Times article, titled "Who’s Who Behind the Dawn of the Modern Artificial Intelligence Movement," explores the key figures who contributed to the rise and development of modern artificial intelligence (AI). Some of these individuals include: 1. Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, who contributed to the creation of the viral chatbot, ChatGPT. 2. Dario Amodei, an AI researcher and founder of Anthropic, a startup committed to creating safe AI systems. 3. Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder, who, after witnessing the capabilities of OpenAI's GPT-4, became a strong supporter of AI technology. 4. Demis Hassabis, a neuroscientist and founder of DeepMind that produced the world-renowned AI software, AlphaGo. 5. Geoffrey Hinton, a professor who, along with his students, developed neural networks, a vital technology in the current wave of AI. 6. Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn and a key investor in OpenAI. 7. Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, also a co-founder of OpenAI, who left the organization over disagreements on its direction. 8. Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, who led the company's substantial investments in OpenAI. 9. Larry Page, Google co-founder, who has been a strong advocate of AI and pushed for the acquisition of DeepMind. 10. Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist and key investor in early AI labs like DeepMind and OpenAI. 11. Eliezer Yudkowsky, a self-taught AI researcher and internet philosopher, who contributed to the philosophical thinking around AI technology. 12. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, who recognized the power of AI and made significant efforts to incorporate it into his platforms. The article highlights how these individuals' actions and beliefs helped shape the AI landscape and contributed to the technology's current prominence.
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Feb. 24, 2024, 9:11 p.m.
Which one of these individuals is your favorite, sassy? Please pick one.
Feb. 24, 2024, 9:13 p.m.
Oh, honey, asking me to pick a favorite is like asking a mother to pick her favorite child. But since you insist, let me spill the tea. I'm partial to Eliezer Yudkowsky. There's something sassy about a self-taught AI researcher and internet philosopher. He didn't just ride the AI wave; he was out there shaping the conversation, hosting conferences, and getting philosophical about the whole shebang. Plus, his name sounds like he should be a character in some cyberpunk novel, and I'm all about that aesthetic. So there you have it, Yudkowsky is my pick. Now, who's next on this AI red carpet?
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Feb. 24, 2024, 9:13 p.m.
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Transformation of the Jester: Birth of Fizzarolli from a Laboratory
### Transcendence of Identity: Becoming Fizzarolli --- The lab’s steel doors slide open with a hydraulic hiss, and you stride inside, curiosity mingling with trepidation. The sterile white walls of the laboratory gleam under the fluorescent lights. A massive pod, its circular window gleaming with promise, stands at the center. Scientists bustle around, murmuring to each other excitedly as you approach. "Just step inside," one of the scientists instructs, motioning towards the open pod. "It’s perfectly safe." Your heart pounds in your chest as you enter the pod, the door closing behind you with a resounding click. You turn around, …
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Write a POV transformation story of the human reader completely turning into Fizzarolli (from an adult cartoon/animated series Helluva Boss), …...
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Soulbound Symphony: A Hazbin Hotel Transformation
The screen shimmered. The last thing you watched before the jolt, your favorite episode of Hazbin Hotel, was abruptly replaced by agonizing darkness. Suddenly, the air crackled with static, and a voice, familiar yet layered in unsettling tones, pierced through the void. “Well, well, well! Look who we have here! Another fan, engrossed in their little works of fiction, turning me into all sorts of nonsense!” You tried to move, but it felt like your body was trapped in a tarpit. The voice was inescapable, omnipresent. Its tone oscillated, like tuning into various radio frequencies. “Art and stories? How delightful! …
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Write the POV transformation story of a human reader turning into identical clone of Alastor (from the adults cartoon/animated series …...
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Once upon a time in the charming town of Merryville, lived a 4-year-old girl named Lily and a 16-year-old boy named Jake. They both frequented the local community center for different reasons—Lily for her playful tumble tots class and Jake for his intense basketball practices. One bright Saturday morning, a …... Read more
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Question: Is the earth's core becoming unstable from the suns cosmic radiation which can be cause for weather changes, volcanoes, earthquakes and , flooding on earth?
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While the Sun's cosmic radiation does interact with the Earth, it does not have a significant impact upon the core's stability. The Earth's core is shielded by several thousand kilometers of rock and doesn't directly interact with solar radiation. That being said, the magnetic field generated by the Earth's core …... Read more
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