| ▲ | areoform 8 hours ago |
| > we are open-sourcing two foundation models co-developed by Hy4 and Hyra 2.0: HyCell for single-cell representation and HyPDE for physical field modeling.
What a refreshing contrast. Where American startups brag about stopping researchers from writing grants about neglected tropical diseases and making novel anti-depressants, these folks are open sourcing the means to do science. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49651727That's how you get a civilizational advantage. By allowing people to just do things. It's so bizarre to watch China embrace the wonders of science and technology, while certain American startups and communities repeat "WHAT ABOUT THE BIOWEAPONS?" The American century has been fumbled hard. |
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| ▲ | beambot 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| And cloning video games -- because apparently that's now on par with bioweapons when it comes to societal harm... |
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| ▲ | VulgarExigency 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > It's so bizarre to watch China embrace the wonders of science and technology, while certain American startups and communities repeat "WHAT ABOUT THE BIOWEAPONS?" It shouldn't be. China is the closest thing to a technocracy the world has. |
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| ▲ | ngl999 11 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | China is projecting an external image as a technocracy. | |
| ▲ | solyin 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > "WHAT ABOUT THE BIOWEAPONS?" I wonder how much Covid conspiracy theories play into this. If you've already been accused of making bioweapons, and the world had to shut down for three years because of them, then what's the worst that could happen to you? People accusing you of doing it again? The people that hate you already hate you, they can't really hate you and harder. Meanwhile, in the fear based economy that America has, OpenAI is running scared of the possiblity of headlines that they helped terrorists or a high school shooter in some way. In the case of rape, we've maybe moved the conversation past "well she shouldn't have been wearing that" to "they shouldn't be raping" but in cases involving AI, we're still at the "well, what was the chatbot wearing?" stage of things. | | |
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| ▲ | fhn 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| In America, AI companies get sued because people died asking AI questions. |
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| ▲ | collingreen 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Oof that's a nasty way to characterize the people who ended up killing themselves after falling into a proverbial hole talking to these companys' products during mental crisis. You can feel like companies have no responsibility for how their products are used but it might be worth showing some grace to the people who are dead now by not trying to downplay what happened to them by implying it was just like everyone else's experience of "asking ai questions". | | |
| ▲ | dutchbart 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Not sure if the comment was regarding the suicides. That would be a bit gruesome. But the US had been known to judge in favor of people being stupid and suing the company. Specifically this case comes to mind: https://abc7.com/amp/post/socal-woman-sues-starbucks-spilled... But also cases like the 2 girls suing Snapchat and settling for unknown amounts of money. | | |
| ▲ | cannonpalms 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | That woman's labia fused as a result of coffee that internal emails showed they knew was frequently hotter than was safe. | | |
| ▲ | zozbot234 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | This involved drive-through service, just like the 1994 McDonalds coffee case. Perhaps businesses should just refuse to serve hot coffee via such a drive through, since it stands to reason that people who happen to be sitting in a car will be quite likely to spill their drink in a dangerous way. |
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| ▲ | neuronexmachina 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| With China's Announcement 48 (export restrictions on AI), I'm not sure how much longer that will continue for open-weight models. It includes a number of areas of biomedicine as covered technologies. It's not clear if a model capable of doing such biomedical research would be considered as Prohibited/Restricted from Export. |
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| ▲ | solyin 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | The more interesting export out of China is their prohibition against companies that provide users with an emotional relationship with an AI entity. |
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| ▲ | fooqux 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| > It's so bizarre to watch China embrace the wonders of science and technology, while certain American startups and communities repeat "WHAT ABOUT THE BIOWEAPONS?" Eh, I'm reasonably certain it's not altruism. It's another form of competition with the US companies and I'm thankful for it while it lasts. |
