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Hi, I’m Bhuvan.This is my commonplace book.

It is a linkblog and digital garden for the weird, wonderful, and unexpectedly useful things I find on the internet. Read what I have kept below, wander through a subject, or visit Small Web, my directory of independent blogs.

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Google DeepMind model can predict cyclones

source Google DeepMind

Today, in a paper published in Nature, we show that our WeatherNext AI model achieved state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting a cyclone's track, intensity, and wind structure. On average, our model gives forecasters an extra day’s worth of predictive accuracy: our three-day forecasts are as good as what prior models were able to provide for only the next two days. This scale of improvement corresponds roughly to a decade’s…

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Food fight about AI

source X

Another example of why Twitter, for all its flaws, is still one of the best places to follow thoughtful discussions about important issues. They can be raucous, messy, and often contentious, but that’s also part of what makes the place interesting. This thread, and the various threads branching off from it, with Dean…

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AIChina 4 threads →
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AI as a your reading guide

I was re-reading Stephen Fry’s Mythos and A.C. Grayling’s Philosophy and Life, and both books reminded me of something I think is still underrated: LLMs as reading companions. Both books are filled with things I don’t know enough about. In the case of Mythos, it’s Greek mythology. In the case of Philosophy and Life,…

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AI, Reading, Books 4 threads →
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