Aaron Frank

Detroit, Michigan

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A ChatGPT Moment Is Coming for Robotics. AI World Models Could Help Make It Happen.

Jan 14, 2025 | singularityhub.com | Aaron Frank

If you’re not familiar with the concept of “world models” just yet, a storm of activity at the start of 2025 gives every indication it may soon become a well-known term. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, used his keynote presentation at CES to announce a new platform, Cosmos, for what they’re calling “world foundation models.” Cosmos is a generative AI tool that produces virtual-world-like videos. The next day, Google’s DeepMind revealed similar ambitions with a project led by a former OpenAI engineer.
The Blogs: Internalizing Impermanence: Yosef the Closer and the Continuer

Jan 10, 2025 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Aaron Frank

Just when you think that the story is over, there always seems to be more. As we read the epic tale of Joseph, Yosef HaTzadik, each chapter in his life seems that it could be the end of the story, but it is not. He is put in a pit, left to die–not the end. He is sold as a slave-not the end. He rises to the top level in his job-not the end. He is sent to jail to languish-not the end. He has a ruptured relationship with his brothers-not the end.
Yosef the Closer, the Continuer and The Need to Internalize Impermanence

Jan 9, 2025 | jewishlink.news | Aaron Frank

Just when you think that the story is over, there always seems to be more. As we read the epic tale of Joseph, Yosef HaTzadik, each chapter in his life seems that it could signify the end, but it is not. He is put in a pit and left to die––not the end. He is sold as a slave–not the end. He rises to the top level in his job-–not the end. He is sent to jail to languish–not the end. He has a ruptured relationship with his brothers-–not the end.
The Agentic Wave: Unleashing AI Agents in 2025

Nov 13, 2024 | medium.com | Aaron Frank

Aaron Frank·FollowPublished inGedankenfabrik Ai·5 min read·--The agentic wave has started, and it won’t be stopped. IBM defines an AI agent as “a system or program that is capable of autonomously performing tasks on behalf of a user or another system.” Let’s dive into what we mean by “system” or “program” and explore how AI agents are poised to transform our world.
Will This Simchat Torah Be a Time to Dance?

Oct 15, 2024 | jewishlink.news | Aaron Frank

As soon as the shofar is blown after Neilah, there’s one thing I’m typically thinking about (in addition to my break fast meal): Sukkot. After an intense month of selichot, teshuva and literally praying for our lives, I look forward to the lighter holiday of Sukkot and Simchat Torah, which symbolizes fall, family, feasting and fun. But this year, like others, I’m conflicted.
Disorienting Tears: A Biblical Trio and the Shofar this Year

Sep 2, 2024 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Aaron Frank

For months, I have been dreading Rosh Chodesh Elul. Up until now, each year, I eagerly awaited this day. As crisp fall air would gradually make its presence felt in the early mornings, Elul would be a time to cue up my special Playlist on Spotify, take out my Yamim Noraim sefarim and await the first sounds of the Shofar. Yet, this year, the thought of those first sounds fills me with angst.
A Pshat Tisha B'Av Companion: Psukim that Speak for Themselves

Aug 6, 2024 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Aaron Frank

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse,Report this post. I think this year, I need to just focus on pshat. Every year, we all have our traditions that we turn to as Av arrives.
AI Is Gathering a Growing Amount of Training Data Inside Virtual Worlds

May 1, 2024 | singularityhub.com | Aaron Frank

To anyone living in a city where autonomous vehicles operate, it would seem they need a lot of practice. Robotaxis travel millions of miles a year on public roads in an effort to gather data from sensors—including cameras, radar, and lidar—to train the neural networks that operate them. In recent years, due to a striking improvement in the fidelity and realism of computer graphics technology, simulation is increasingly being used to accelerate the development of these algorithms.
Why What We Decide to Name New Technologies Is So Crucial

Jan 18, 2024 | singularityhub.com | Aaron Frank

Back in 2017, my editor published an article titled “The Next Great Computer Interface Is Emerging—But It Doesn’t Have a Name Yet.” Seven years later, which may as well be a hundred in technology years, that headline hasn’t aged a day. Last week, UploadVR broke the news that Apple won’t allow developers for their upcoming Vision Pro headset to refer to applications as VR, AR, MR, or XR.
These Were the 10 Most Popular Singularity Hub Stories of 2023

Dec 23, 2023 | singularityhub.com | Vanessa Bates Ramirez |Shelly Fan |Edd Gent |Aaron Frank

With the year almost in the books, we’re taking a look at Singularity Hub’s most-read articles in 2023. There’s no doubt the year belonged to AI, and coverage of DeepMind’s definition of artificial general intelligence, one of the field’s most controversial topics, grabbed readers’ attention. But AI didn’t dominate the list.