DTN 014: Toward Hyperdimensional Computing

The Big Picture

A New Approach to Computation Reimagines Artificial Intelligence

“Olshausen and others argue that information in the brain is represented by the activity of numerous neurons. The same set of neurons, firing differently, could represent an entirely different concept (a pink Cadillac, perhaps)….This is the starting point for a radically different approach to computation known as hyperdimensional computing. The key is that each piece of information, such as the notion of a car, or its make, model or color, or all of it together, is represented as a single entity: a hyperdimensional vector.” (Quanta Magazine)

Robot Lawyers Are About to Flood the Courts

“Debt collection agencies are already flooding courts and ambushing ordinary people with thousands of low-quality, small-dollar cases. Courts are woefully unprepared for a future where anyone with a chatbot can become a high-volume filer, or where ordinary people might rely on chatbots for desperately-needed legal advice.” (Wired)

Students set to launch self-built rocket into space

“The Hybrid Engine Development (HyEnD) student team at the University of Stuttgart has spent around three years developing, manufacturing, and testing its hybrid rocket. In mid-April, the rocket will be launched into space from the Esrange rocket launch site near Kiruna in Sweden. If all goes well, the students will set a new world altitude record for student-built rockets. (University of Stuttgart)

Open source is fueling the future of nuclear physics

“There's a history of secrecy in the field. Most fusion and fission software used to be proprietary," says Paul Romano, the project lead for OpenMC and a computational scientist working in nuclear fusion at Argonne National Laboratory. "But as open source has exploded over the past decade, it plays an increasingly important role in research, both in the public and private sectors." (Github)

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Deep Tech News

• The biggest battery recycling plant in the US is up and running
• Groundbreaking AI Study Simulates Authentic Human Behavior
• Hyperspectral camouflage is needed to hide from new electronic sensors
• A new era of 3D printing for DNAs and proteins
• A rocket-powered spaceplane completes a successful test flight
• Linking Chips With Light For Faster AI
• Researchers discover a way to make ChatGPT consistently toxic

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Crypto News

• The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
• The U.S. Cracked a $3.4 Billion Crypto Heist—and Bitcoin’s Anonymity
• U.S. SEC sees decentralized crypto platforms as exchanges
• a16z’s crypto report anticipates developer growth as blockchain scaling solutions expand
• Ring ring, Solana’s web3-focused Saga phone is calling
• Everything you need to know about the Ethereum Shapella upgrade
• Two-thirds of Americans don’t trust crypto: Pew Research
• Bitcoin Policy UK Launches With Goal Of Capturing Bitcoin’s Opportunity For The UK

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Peer Review

• Previously unknown isotope of uranium discovered
• Real-time quantum error correction beyond break-even
• New discovery points the way to more compact fusion power plants
• Is technology-based intelligence more likely to evolve on land or in water?
• Tiny biobattery with potential 100-year shelf life runs on bacteria
• A new way to share secret information, using quantum mechanics
• Ageing studies in five animals suggests how to reverse decline
• American team produces hydrogen from ocean water

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Funding x M&A

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DEEP TECH

• GM leads $50M EnergyX deal to lock down lithium for its EVs
• Overwater Ventures raises $20M debut VC fund
• Kepler Communications closes $92M Series C to grow real-time satellite data relay network
• BioTherapeutics, a biopharma company focused on developing new biologics for cancer treatment, raised a $158M Series B
• Agtech robotics firm Carbon Robotics raised a $30M Series C

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CRYPTO

• Bitget unveils $100M venture fund with focus on Asia
• Huddle01, a decentralized communication network, raised $2.8M
• CryptoGPT raises funds at a $250M token valuation

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Miscellanea

Dolphin fin database / GPT-4 Outperforms Elite Crowdworkers / Eve Online player uses obscure rule to pull off biggest heist in game history / Replacing my best friends with an LLM trained on 500k group chat messages / Anonymous sperm donors tracked down by their children using DNA tests / AI clones teen girl’s voice in $1M kidnapping scam / Potential human cannabinoid exposure from consuming meat if cattle are fed hempseed cake / Joe Rogan Issues Warning After AI-Generated Version of His Podcast Surfaces / A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America / AI-generated image wins Sony World Photography Awards 2023 / Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak / CMU taught a robot dog to walk a balance beam / How many solar panels would have been needed to power the Death Star? / AI Sex Chatbots and the Dudes Who Love Them

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