Content I Consume - 6/15/2024

This week I returned from a short vacation in Japan and started working full time on research. It’s freeing to have my whole schedule to devote to my work without having to balance my courses.

Machine Learning & AI

Interview: Geoffrey Hinton | On working with Ilya, choosing problems, and the power of intuition

I’ve been enjoying listening to interviews and podcasts as a easy way to keep up with current sentiments of pure ML researchers. In this episode, Geoffrey gives some great insight into the current state of ML research as well as some interesting thoughts on mentorship through his relationship with Ilya.

Physics

Article: The S-Matrix Is the Oracle Physicists Turn To in Times of Crisis - Quanta Magazine

Having taken QFT 1 last semester, it’s exciting to see an examples of how the basic structures in field theories are still used today modern research. Quanta magazine as always provides an amazing overview of the S-matrix suitable for nearly all audiences.

Miscellaneous

Video: Building the World's 1st Hypersonic Airplane | Hermeus - S3

I recently discovered the YouTube channel S^3. He publishes exposes of exciting startups in the USA in both long-form discussions with founders as well as 10-15 min overviews of the companies. This channel is rare as it publishes high quality while remaining utterly undiscovered with only 36k subscribers. One of my favorite episodes covers Hermeus and their quest to develop hypersonic airplanes.