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Disruptive science has declined (might have bigger implications for social sciences)

An Africanist Perspective • 138 implied HN points • 11 Jan 23
🔬 Science Research Papers
  1. Science is publishing more, but the disruptive nature of research papers has decreased, focusing more on incremental progress.
  2. The decline in disruptive science may have significant implications for social sciences, affecting the breadth and depth of new discoveries.
  3. To optimize 'real' discoveries in Africanist social sciences, researchers should embrace diverse research approaches, read and cite more African-based research, write more comprehensive books, and maintain long-term study in specific regions.

Where is Midjourney for video? Text to video is coming (but not here yet)

Mythical AI • 98 implied HN points • 24 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Research Papers
  1. Creating videos from text prompts is challenging because it involves understanding and replicating movement besides images.
  2. Existing text to image systems are amazing but doing text to video requires additional capabilities.
  3. While there are research papers and tools for text to video, there's no high-quality solution yet, but advancements are expected in the future.

Self Supervised Learning (SSL)

Dubverse Black • 98 implied HN points • 09 Aug 23
🕹 Technology Research Papers
  1. Self Supervised Learning (SSL) is a way to train models using synthetic labels generated from the data itself.
  2. SSL can be applied in different domains like NLP, Speech, Vision using techniques like MLM, LM, VicReg, Autoencoders, and VAE.
  3. SSL enables models to learn powerful data representations inexpensively which can be utilized for various tasks like transfer learning and fine-tuning.

Research Roundup

Erdmann Housing Tracker • 147 implied HN points • 05 Jun 23
💼 Business Research Papers
  1. Rising home prices are mostly from rising rents due to supply constraints
  2. Price/income ratio is a valuable indicator for evaluating housing supply elasticity
  3. Credit access and supply constraints play significant roles in home price changes
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Papers I've read this week: vision language models

Artificial Fintelligence • 8 implied HN points • 28 Oct 24
🕹 Technology Research Papers
  1. Vision language models (VLMs) are simplifying how we extract text from images. Unlike older software, modern VLMs make this process much easier and faster.
  2. There are several ways to combine visual and text data in VLMs. Most recent models prefer a straightforward approach of merging image features with text instead of using complex methods.
  3. Training a VLM involves using a good vision encoder and a pretrained language model. This combination seems to work well without any major drawbacks.

Quant Letter: December 2025, Week-3

The Parlour • 0 implied HN points • 19 Dec 25
💰 Finance Research Papers
  1. A walk‑forward validation method for algorithmic trading focuses on interpretability and robust testing, aiming for modest gains while strongly protecting against big losses.
  2. A model‑free static framework for pricing fixed‑income instruments offers an alternative to traditional model-based pricing approaches.
  3. A curated summary of recent arXiv finance papers is provided, with a free preview available and full access offered via paid subscription.

Group Delay Eq and Crossover design, two links

filterwizard • 0 implied HN points • 24 Aug 24
🕹 Technology Research Papers
  1. Adding transmission zeroes to crossover filters can enhance their performance, similar to elliptic filters, even if that resemblance is just superficial.
  2. Charlie Laub has published valuable articles that detail this crossover filter design improvement, and there’s additional material available for deeper understanding.
  3. The importance of group delay in audio engineering is backed by research, which could benefit those looking to explore time domain behaviors in their designs.

Generative A-Eye #11 - 2nd/3rd Oct,2024

Martin’s Newsletter • 0 implied HN points • 03 Oct 24
🕹 Technology Research Papers
  1. New methods are emerging in AI image editing, like Gaussian Splatting, which allows users to manipulate image selections in 3D space. This makes it easier to edit images in more creative ways.
  2. Researchers are exploring how to improve text-to-image generation by enhancing data augmentation techniques and exploring token lengths in models. These advancements aim to make AI-generated images more realistic and of higher quality.
  3. There are important discussions around the robustness of AI-generated image detectors, as generative AI can be misused. It's key for these detectors to adapt and respond to new challenges from ever-evolving technologies.

Quant Letter: December 2025, Week-1

The Parlour • 0 implied HN points • 04 Dec 25
💰 Finance Research Papers
  1. Open-source satellite imagery can be used to create a global census of residential buildings to better measure climate risk and its impacts on housing and financial stability.
  2. Recent quantitative research is applying remote sensing and data-driven techniques to map built environments and inform climate and risk modeling.
  3. Full articles and curated analyses are often behind a subscription paywall, but short free trials can give temporary access to the full archives.