DSLR: Document Refinement with Sentence-Level Re-ranking and Reconstruction to Enhance Retrieval-Augmented Generation

DSLR: Document Refinement with Sentence-Level Re-ranking and Reconstruction to Enhance Retrieval-Augmented Generation

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Blizzard shows off Overwatch 2 Transformers skins in animated trailer

Blizzard shows off Overwatch 2 Transformers skins in animated trailer

Blizzard and Hasbro have revealed the Transformers skins for Overwatch 2’s upcoming collaboration with the popular mecha toy franchise. The two companies released an animated trailer on the Overwatch YouTube channel today, showing off the skins based on three Autobots and a Decepticon.The trailer shows that the Transformers skins are assigned to Reinhardt, Bastion, Illari and Ramratta — four characters that were already robots or humans wearing armor to begin with. Reinhardt will be cosplaying Optimus Prime, the fearless leader of the Autobots; Bastion will be Bumblebee; Illari will be pretty in pink as Arcee; and Ramratta will be the…
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Introduction to Functional Programming in JavaScript: Immutability #6

Introduction to Functional Programming in JavaScript: Immutability #6

Immutability is a key concept in functional programming and is crucial for writing reliable, maintainable, and predictable code. By ensuring that data objects do not change after they are created, immutability helps to eliminate side effects and makes it easier to reason about the state of your application. What is Immutability? Immutability means that once an object is created, it cannot be changed. Instead of modifying an object, you create a new object with the desired changes. This contrasts with mutable objects, which can be modified after they are created. Immutability can be applied to various types of data, including…
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Don’t Believe the Big Database Hype, Stonebraker Warns

Don’t Believe the Big Database Hype, Stonebraker Warns

(Tee11/Shutterstock) How we store and serve data are critical factors in what we can do with data, and today we want to do oh-so much. That big data necessity is the mother of all invention, and over the past 20 years, it has spurred an immense amount of database creativity, from MapReduce and array databases to NoSQL and vector DBs. It all seems so promising…and then Mike Stonebraker enters the room. For half a century, Stonebraker has been churning out the database designs at a furious pace. The Turing Award winner made his early mark with Ingres and Postgres. However,…
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Rhaenys had to die on ‘House of the Dragon’ for the war to begin

Rhaenys had to die on ‘House of the Dragon’ for the war to begin

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for season two, episode four of "House of the Dragon.""House of the Dragon" isn't a show that pulls its punches, but its latest episode, "The Red Dragon and the Gold," landed its most devastating blow yet.Those who have read "Fire and Blood" weren't surprised to see Princess Rhaenys Targaryen, the Queen Who Never Was, and her dragon Meleys fall to Aemond Targaryen and Vhagar. Rhaenys embarked to Rook's Rest, a modest castle close to Rhaenyra's base at Dragonstone, to meet Ser Criston Cole's advancing force. But when she arrived, she met two dragons: Sunfyre, ridden by…
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In Fresh Hell, American Vending Machines are Selling Bullets Using Facial Recognition

In Fresh Hell, American Vending Machines are Selling Bullets Using Facial Recognition

Going to the vending machine — do you want something? Soda? Gum? A round or two of bullets?A growing number of supermarkets in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas are selling bullets by way of AI-powered vending machines, as first reported by Alabama's Tuscaloosa Thread. The company behind the machines, a Texas-based venture dubbed American Rounds, claims on its website that its dystopian bullet kiosks are outfitted with "built-in AI technology" and "facial recognition software," which allegedly allow the devices to "meticulously verify the identity and age of each buyer." As showcased in a promotional video, using one is an astoundingly simple process:…
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Measuring Orthogonality in Representations of Generative Models

Measuring Orthogonality in Representations of Generative Models

arXiv:2407.03728v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In unsupervised representation learning, models aim to distill essential features from high-dimensional data into lower-dimensional learned representations, guided by inductive biases. Understanding the characteristics that make a good representation remains a topic of ongoing research. Disentanglement of independent generative processes has long been credited with producing high-quality representations. However, focusing solely on representations that adhere to the stringent requirements of most disentanglement metrics, may result in overlooking many high-quality representations, well suited for various downstream tasks. These metrics often demand that generative factors be encoded in distinct, single dimensions aligned with the canonical basis of…
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BVI-RLV: A Fully Registered Dataset and Benchmarks for Low-Light Video Enhancement

BVI-RLV: A Fully Registered Dataset and Benchmarks for Low-Light Video Enhancement

arXiv:2407.03535v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Low-light videos often exhibit spatiotemporal incoherent noise, compromising visibility and performance in computer vision applications. One significant challenge in enhancing such content using deep learning is the scarcity of training data. This paper introduces a novel low-light video dataset, consisting of 40 scenes with various motion scenarios under two distinct low-lighting conditions, incorporating genuine noise and temporal artifacts. We provide fully registered ground truth data captured in normal light using a programmable motorized dolly and refine it via an image-based approach for pixel-wise frame alignment across different light levels. We provide benchmarks based on four…
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Question-Analysis Prompting Improves LLM Performance in Reasoning Tasks

Question-Analysis Prompting Improves LLM Performance in Reasoning Tasks

arXiv:2407.03624v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Although LLMs have the potential to transform many fields, they still underperform humans in reasoning tasks. Existing methods induce the model to produce step-by-step calculations, but this research explores the question: Does making the LLM analyze the question improve its performance? We propose a novel prompting strategy called Question Analysis Prompting (QAP), in which the model is prompted to explain the question in $n$ words before solving. The value of $n$ influences the length of response generated by the model. QAP is evaluated on GPT 3.5 Turbo and GPT 4 Turbo on arithmetic datasets GSM8K,…
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