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AI pioneers Hinton, Ng, LeCun, Bengio amp up x-risk debate

November 2, 2023
In a series of online articles, blog posts and posts on X/LinkedIn over the past few days, AI pioneers (sometimes called “godfathers” of AI) Geoffrey Hinton, Andrew Ng, Yann LeCun and Yoshua Bengio have amped up their debate over existential risks of AI by commenting publicly on each other’s posts. The debate clearly places Hinton and Bengio on the side that is highly concerned about AI’s…
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DefenseNews

US Navy weapons buyer talks ship production, F-35 upgrade delays

November 2, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy and the Defense Department used the fiscal 2024 budget request to double down on asymmetric advantages over rivals like Russia and China. For the Navy, that took the form of missiles, submarines and unmanned systems. More recently, however, Bill LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, has said developing and prototyping these high-end…
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Navy takes early steps with Australian, UK vendors on shared sub work

November 2, 2023
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is beginning to integrate its industrial base with those of Australia and the United Kingdom, despite Congress not yet passing several measures to enable the trilateral submarine-building arrangement AUKUS. AUKUS will bring about the sale of American submarines to Australia and the development of a new AUKUS-class design, but U.S. Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven…
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Gear in this story

November 2, 2023
Image: Sigma Sigma has shared teasers on its social media pages for the 70-200mm F2.8 DG DN OS lens it announced about three weeks ago, indicating that it is “coming soon”. The lens will be available for L-mount and E-mount bodies and is being marketed as a…
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Gear in this story

November 2, 2023
Image: Canon Canon has announced the RF-S 10-18mm F4.5-6.3 IS STM, a wide-angle zoom lens delivering a full-frame equivalent of 16-29mm on Canon’s RF-mount APS-C cameras. Recent Videos Canon tells us this lens has an all-new optical design and is not based on any previous EF-S or M-mount lens. It’s intended to be an affordable, wide-angle zoom for casual or advanced amateur…
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