Grambo

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by Grambo 21d ago
I just finished this yesterday. What’s funny is it has a super intelligent, conscious AI but it’s still programmed via paper tape.
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by Grambo 5mo ago
I loved the Southern Reach trilogy but didn't finish TINAD. I thought the premise was pushed too far and that less would've been more. OTOH the atmosphere of oppressive bureaucracy of Authority is still one my all time favorite sc
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by Grambo 4y ago
This is actually exactly what happened during the Kyle Rittenhouse case. A lawyer for the defense tried to question video evidence because of AI being used to enhance zoomed shots.
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by Grambo 5y ago
I experienced something like this recently. I struggled to grasp linear algebra when I took it in undergrad and as a result was always intimidated by the subject. Now, years later, I'm taking a course in graphics and naturally needing
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by Grambo 5y ago
Reminds me of the fact that Alan Turing was a world class distance runner. He would sometimes run commute 40 miles for meetings.
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by Grambo 5y ago
There was a recent story about the Air Force trying to kill off one of their most cost effective aircraft, whether that's evidence of a "fighter mafia" or not is debatable, but it does show the USAF's proclivity for expe
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by Grambo 6y ago
My understanding of the use of FPGAs and ASICs that are used to speed up neural networks (such as those in phones) is that they are simply designed to do the types of calculations used for NNs more quickly (matrix operations) and generally
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by Grambo 10y ago
Actually I think there's a reason for this. I took a cognitive science class once where our professor said that many believe that the portion of the brain responsible for recognizing faces is separate from the portion that does all oth
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by Grambo 10y ago
Actually they have to be significantly safer than driving today. People would rather be unsafe and in control than not in control and a tiny bit safer. I know personally if a self driving car could only drive as well as I could then I'