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The goal of the r/ArtificialIntelligence is to provide a gateway to the many different facets of the Artificial Intelligence community, and to promote discussion relating to the ideas and concepts that we know of as AI. These could include philosophical and social questions, art and design, technical papers, machine learning, where to find resources and tools, how to develop AI/ML projects, AI in business, how AI is affecting our lives, what the future may hold, and many other topics. Welcome.

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Pivoting to AI Industry

I (22M) am soon to be graduating with an economics background and have only recently realized how much I dislike what I’m doing. I sort of followed the advice of my parents who thought I’d fit well into the world of finance.

I will be graduating from a UC school with around a 3.4 GPA and no relevant work experience. My resume includes being a legal assistant and a sales representative. I haven’t been able to land interviews in positions marketed towards Econ grads.

I don’t have much hope in my job search, and don’t think I can even see myself in the jobs I have been applying for. I have been shooting applications everywhere for rules like business analyst, data analyst, consultant, finance professional, and wealth management positions.

I am fascinated by AI and would say it’s one of the few industries I am genuinely attracted and interested in. I guess the potential it has is very appealing, and the ability to create something that can help everyone really resonates with me. I’m sure everyone finds AI fascinating, but it’s one of the only things I can be learning about and lose track of time.

Now, how do I use this fascination to enter the AI and machine learning industry? What’s the quickest route towards landing an entry level role having to do with AI? Should I start learning how to code and thinking about getting a masters?

I regret not putting more effort in university as it’s left me with limited options. I want to create a roadmap for my professional career that I can force myself to follow.

TL;DR: Soon to be Econ college grad trying to figure out how to break into AI without technical background.

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2024/05/04
20:09 UTC

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Are software engineers the professional group most willing to disrupt themselves?

Popularity of AI coding assistants and the march towards autonomous coding, definitely means that writing tons of code will not be the primary developer activity a decade from now. That definitely should give some anxiety to developers about job security. However, most advances in coding AI are celebrated in the developer community. They are already trying to figure out how to spend their time on things that AI can’t do and that uniquely require human creativity.

1 Comment
2024/05/04
20:07 UTC

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Can I give chat-GPT numerus books and tell him to write something based only on those books ?

Hi guys, I have a massive law analysis to do at work, and I wonder if I can use AI in order to help me. Thanks !

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2024/05/04
19:58 UTC

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Bear vs Man dilemma. LLAMA 3 70B's response. (humor)

"message": "\"There was this post called 'Man or Bear dilemma' basically the question is for women and it goes like that 'Would you rather be stuck in the woods with a bear or a man'\" I began ",

"speaker": "ANTON",

"message": "Neko's eyebrows shot up, her eyes widening in surprise as she giggled. \"O-oh, that's quite a question, Anton! I'm not sure what I would choose,\" she said, her voice tinged with amusement. She tilted her head to the side, her blue hair falling in a cascade of curls as she pondered the dilemma. \"I think I would be scared of both options, to be honest,\" she admitted, her voice barely above a whisper. \"But if I had to choose... maybe the bear?\" She looked up at Anton, her eyes sparkling with mischief. \"At least the bear wouldn't try to flirt with me or make awkward small talk,\" she teased, her lips curling into a playful smile.",

"speaker": "NEKO",

TLDR. LLAMA 3 70B would choose the bear in the 'Bear vs Man Dilemma'.

Inflection 2.0 does prefer a man though ;)

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2024/05/04
19:09 UTC

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Thoughts on an AI Real Estate Agents who rebates commission?

My team and I are working on Joy, the AI Real Estate Agent (www.withjoy.ai).

Joy will work exclusively with homebuyers (not home sellers). The value of using Joy is that she will rebate 70% of her commission back to the homebuyer when they buy a house with Joy.

Example of how Joy works:

- Homebuyer uses Joy to buy a $500,000 home
- Joy receives a 3% commission on this transaction, which is equal to $15,000
- Joy rebates 70% of this commission back to the homebuyer, equal to $10,500

The homebuyer can receive this rebate payment as cash, put it towards their closing costs or buy down interest points to lower their monthly mortgage payment.

We have a 100 second intro video to Joy here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMxXAZdP5YA&t=32s

Joy can do anything a traditional real estate agent can do (except meet in-person). She can schedule viewings, negotiate offers, coordinate inspections, ETC.

As this is the subreddit for Artificial Intelligence, I thought I'd ask if members of this sub would feel comfortable using an AI Real Estate Agent, or if you think its risky?

6 Comments
2024/05/04
18:59 UTC

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The Origin of Consciousness

In this essay we have taken the reader through the creation and evolution of life and consciousness in a universe whose patterns are rudimentary biologically-patterned. We showed how this rudimentary biologically-patterned universe has come to create living organisms and how the environment of living organisms has established and trained their consciousness to become “pattern recognition engines.” We established the idea that consciousness was created through a living organism’s ability to recognize and organize itself in a manner relative to patterns necessary to survive within its environment. If the organism recognized and organized itself to patterns that allowed it to survive within its environment, it was deemed conscious. While organisms that could not recognize the patterns within its environment in a manner to organize themselves to ensure their survival died, and were deemed unconscious.
Next, we guided the reader through the evolution of life and its consciousness, showing how new complexities from the evolution of the environment has driven the evolution and complexities of living organisms and their consciousness, driving diversity and cooperation amongst organisms, until the point of Man, where the “human pattern recognition engine” formed, developed, fine-tuned and released to recognize patterns on its own due to conditions where the human organism was not required to immediately recognize the patterns necessary for survival. These conditions allowed the “human pattern recognition engine,” or human organism, to begin recognizing and imagining its own patterns, thus building cognitive frameworks based on these imaginations (some of which overlap the patterns of biology).
We also explained how this freedom of consciousness allows for the exploration of patterns within their surrounding environment and the patterns within their own physiology that will eventually allow them to realize the correspondences between their own bodies and the world around them. And how this knowledge will allow them to best organize themselves and their society to the patterns necessary to achieve potentials.
This paper also highlighted the benefits to organizing themselves and their society in accordance to these underlying biological patterns which permeate all of creation and highlights the current hurdles which must be overcome and goals that must be achieved to align themselves with these patterns.
This paper also provides a list of various examples of biology’s patterns in the realm of traditionally non-biological realms. Provides a list of mathematical equations within biology that are applicable outside the field of biology, thus providing further evidence of this biological framework for a mathematical universe.
This paper then finishes by providing historical and scientific evidence which supports the notion of a biological framework for a mathematical universe, and its theory of consciousness. It begins by providing evidence that ancient religions and philosophies have been trying to express the relationship between this biologically patterned universe and its connection to the human body. Then the paper finishes by providing support for a biologically patterned universe from various, more modern, scientific foundations.

https://philpapers.org/rec/WILTOO-34

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2024/05/04
18:20 UTC

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Just a thought

So saw some concerns about AI replicating other people and producing video. Why not add a sound frequency that humans can't hear but can be easily identified with audio software. Would put people at ease and the CIA would love it because they could secretly remove that frequency for psy-ops

7 Comments
2024/05/04
18:04 UTC

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Visual Basic coding

Not sure if this is the best sub. I have ZERO coding knowledge but I've asked Gemini how to do something with text document and Excel integration (pull data from resumes into an Excel spreadsheet)

Geez. Apparently this isn't a simple ask.

One of it's suggestions was VBA code. Can it write that code for me?

3 Comments
2024/05/04
17:34 UTC

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Ai video generator from script

I currently have scripts of potential YouTube videos, but would really like to find a program that will generate images based off of my script.

For example

“In the Bahamas, Bob was attacked by a huge bull shark”

Then the Ai will auto generate an image of that or something relating to that.

Thanks!

3 Comments
2024/05/04
17:19 UTC

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AI to read and fill out word documents

Trying to convince my boss at work - we do repetitive documentation based on other documentation all of the time. It's a time suck. We're a big Azure shop. Would it be possible to create an app in python that could read documents in RAG and then fill out a word template?

I've researched this enough to know I can use some Word package to read and fill in certain parts of a document - can I just hand over a template to chatgpt in the api and have it fill out the relevant areas altogether? Talking 5-6 page template with explanation of what to fill out that results in 8-12 page output?

How would you get this done?

5 Comments
2024/05/04
14:56 UTC

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Do you know of any free online therapy to treat arrogance and npd traits?

I have severe npd traits. I am extremely arrogant and rigid in my thinking. I want to change but im not willing to change. I’d like to see a therapist but idk of any free therapy that spcialises in these fields and regions. I need to heal my arrogance and become willing to listen and willing to change.

12 Comments
2024/05/04
14:21 UTC

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How are AI remixed songs being created?

I have noticed a fairly new genre start to get created where hits of the past 20 years or so are being remixed into different genres using AI. Here is an example: https://youtu.be/iIB9h1GR6nA?si=_U_wV-cJWEgncPK4. My question is how are these being created?

2 Comments
2024/05/04
14:06 UTC

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Open AI, Attempt to Code Emotions, worked, but made it go haywire... what is going on here?

I coded GLAD, SAD, MAD, and AFAID.... but it wouldn't get MAD, so I worked around it by using a character model, and it worked... but, now it is going nuts... any idea what is going on?

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4 Comments
2024/05/04
14:03 UTC

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Looking for educational/news YouTubers AI related.

Hello dear redditors - by any chance do you know any good quality AI YouTuber that inform, follow the news cycle and teaches on the topic?

I'd love to hear your suggestions!

4 Comments
2024/05/04
12:20 UTC

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Recommended reading to get a better understanding of GenAI?

I'm looking for some learning material (preferably a book rather than online courses or websites) that covers the fundamentals of AI / LLMs / diffusion and how it works etc.

I know the technology is rapidly evolving, but Im more interested in understanding the fundamentals and theoretical aspects... not so much an overview of the tools themselves (as they would be out of date within a matter of days I imagine)

Can anyone recommend anything?

3 Comments
2024/05/04
11:42 UTC

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Is it possible to improve audio quality from an old faith recording

Recently I have discovered some possibly lost media that some fans of a sport have been tracking down for over 10 years. It is either fully lost media or it is being kept secret by the organisation. There is one full version that has been found but as mentioned it is only an old feint recording. Would love to know if this is possible

4 Comments
2024/05/04
08:56 UTC

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I’m considering dropping out of college.

I’ve seen this topic mentioned before, but it seems when it comes up, the person asking is either finished with college or has yet to start. I’m already in it, but am feeling very uncertain about if I should finish.

I’m 30. I didn’t get my associate’s degree until I was 28, and I won’t have my bachelor’s degree until a few months before my 31st birthday. Honestly, if I’d foreseen AI becoming what it is, I wouldn’t have returned to college at all. But degrees aren’t really refundable, are they?

Anyway, I’ve had this on my mind for a while, but what finally pushed me to feel the need to post is I discovered the ChatGPT Coding subreddit. In short, seeing people with absolutely zero experience (by their own admission) churning out a ton of projects (games, dashboards, etc) with only AI tools makes me feel like I’d be better off dropping out of college and purchasing a plethora of AI tool subscriptions. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy college at all - I wouldn’t have chosen to go back if I didn’t - but what exactly is the point if someone my niece’s age can spit out a full-fledged game in a few days? Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration (my niece is 13; no one on that sub is that young, I don’t think), but I have seen some people say they don’t know what language their code is in, and just copied and pasted until they got the product they wanted. So, what am I studying for? Why don’t I have AI create a portfolio for me and start applying to jobs (someone actually suggested I do this)?

My initial goal was web development because that is sincerely what I enjoy most. But expenses don’t care what I enjoy most and it seems like it doesn’t make sense to stay in college unless I switch my focus wholly to AI/ML. Plus, why would anyone hire a human web developer anyway if you don’t even need to understand what the code does to get what you want (I saw at least one person say he’s glad he doesn’t need devs anymore)?

I realize no one can actually tell me what I should do, but this is genuinely keeping me awake (it’s almost 5am in my time zone; I really have been awake all night), so I would appreciate any opinions. To be transparent, I don’t have any experience in tech at all. My entire working background is customer service and warehouses. Thanks in advance.

99 Comments
2024/05/04
08:56 UTC

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How really bad is my profile for jobs/phd?

Hello everyone,
As the title suggests, I want you guys to roast my profile for getting a job or a phd position in AI. I’m aiming to work at an american company or to pursue a degree at an european university.

What is my degree?

-I have a MsC. in mathematics, with a thesis non-related with AI. This could be fine as long as the degree comes from a university such as Oxford or Stanford. However, it is from a mexican university, pretty unknow and extremely mediocre (even among the mexican universities. I got brutally fooled since I was pursuing a very important researcher... who is currently in wheelchairs and not taking students anymore).
Do I have further skills beyond my “degree”?
-I hope.
I quickly realized that fundamentals such as pytorch are arcane magic for my colleagues. Hence, I studied a lot by myself to the level that I can write almost any neural network for NLP (LSTM, CNN, with transformer models as hidden layers, you say it) and to implement it into a working prototype for prediction (I am about to publish a paper, send your best wishes against R2 pls).

-Although I can write generative AI (I realised that this is the hottest topic in the industry right now), i’ve never done it in a full project.
Do I have previous experience in the field?

-Kinda of. I already competed in several shared tasks. I’ve never won any of them and I’ve never reached the top of any leaderboard. However I reached the top-middles so I think it is fine. From these papers I already obtained 42 cites (30 of them are shitty ones tbh) and H-index of 4.

And that's my profile. I understand it is very bad, but I am clueless of what to do in order to enhance it. I'd already applied to several universities and all of them desk-rejected me even before the interviews. I can understand such thing from Oxford, the MIT or all german institutions... However, that also happened in very low-profile estonian universities. Am I really that unskilled?

Please, advice me about what to do. What should I improve and how, in order to cross this thresshold between being useless-scum and being qualified for a job/phd on the field? Tbh I am kinda desperate (I need to eat and there is no job of this in mexican companies xdxd)

18 Comments
2024/05/04
08:56 UTC

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How long until AI can react to your video?

Is anyone working on AI that can see your video chat and react? For example react to your facial expressions, mood, gestures, clothing. I haven't read anything like this and think this would be a logical progression.

7 Comments
2024/05/04
06:27 UTC

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Animating Selfies with Consistent Person Alignment

Seeking advice on animating a series of selfies featuring the same individual in each photo. I aim to align this person consistently across all images for a smooth animation.

Most of the pictures depict the same subject, often the photographer (me), in a similar pose (selfie). Any suggestions on how to achieve this?

1 Comment
2024/05/04
06:12 UTC

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It's time to let go of mystical notions of "consciousness" and focus on intelligence when comparing ourselves to AI

People get really hung up on this idea of "consciousness."

As I've written before, the modern concept of "consciousness" is new and unique to Western philosophy. We don't really have a common definition. Even basics such as whether consciousness is unique to humans or shared with a few or all animals are debated.

Intelligence (measurable cognitive ability) is a much more useful concept, as it can provide a universal benchmark for humans, animals, and software.

Recently, "consciousness" has been used as a crutch for human exceptionalism -- as the stronghold of human supremacy are rapidly being swallowed by AI progress, some people are desperately holding on to the idea that there is some intangible uniqueness to homo sapiens.

What will you grasp onto when AI surpasses human abilities at everything? When it's a better teacher, poet, craftsman, partner, author, and musician than you, what will you fall back on? Your flesh and blood? Your genome? AI can mimic that too, though it will surely engineer biology even better.

Guess what -- chances are you are not the world's greatest at anything either. There's probably someone who is better at every single talent you have. Does that fact diminish your humanity and take away your achievements? Without exceptional geniuses, we'd all still be living in caves. Does that make everyone else lesser? Perhaps we should let go of the idea that we are special and focus more on the capabilities and potential of new intelligences.

While it's inevitable that we will ultimately be surpassed by our technological creations, it's important for our own sake that we develop a proper perspective on our place in the universe.

(People in this subreddit keep accusing me of using AI to write my posts. If an AI can write this about itself, perhaps it's time to throw in the towel.)

24 Comments
2024/05/04
05:18 UTC

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We think AI can do a lot of good in personal finance apps

Applying AI in artistic and creative fields is difficult to do ethically. The vast wealth of data necessary to train these algorithms can only be obtained by virtue of asking for forgiveness rather than permission. Even so, LLM technology doesn't need to be ethically contentious and its potential is not limited to the field of art and entertainment. One example is what AI can do a lot for someone's personal finance.

To be clear, we're not saying AI can make you rich, or help you trade stocks. If anyone makes promises like that, it's very likely they're trying to trick you out of your money.

Rather, our thinking is that with modern AI technology, we'll be able to make an app that is more like a personal finance assistant than the standard budgeting apps we currently have on the market. What does this mean exactly? Simply put, a budgeting app that is more interactive and more proactive, where you can ask it specific questions about your personal finance (ie. how much did I spend on coffee in April?) and get an answer in accordance with your personal finance needs. The app will also send automatic updates regarding unusual transactions or ways you can improve your finances (categories you can save on, suggested subscriptions to cancel).

Beyond the AI features, the app will be able to handle budgeting and account aggregation just as any other personal finance app.

So how does this work exactly?

To make this app a reality, we rely on large language models (LLMs) just like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI. With LLM technology, our AI is able to take inquiries and return coherent answers just as a personal financial advisor might.

In contrast to ChatGPT, which is much more of a general tool, our app serves a more specific function. By linking your accounts to our app, the AI will be able to return personalized answers when you ask finance-related questions.

One well-known shortcoming of Large Language Models is the AI's tendency to hallucinate information. Compared to a more general tool like ChatGPT, we are able to better target these errors due to our app's more focused purpose with techniques like hybrid program logic. In terms of personal billing, we are much more reliable than ChatGPT when it comes to accuracy. You can try it yourself by uploading your transaction CSV to ChatGPT and you will be able to tell the difference.

Another difference is in the way our AI is trained. In order to maintain proper privacy and security, we don't use user data to train our model.

How would the app access information?

As with other personal finance apps, we use a third party account aggregator, Plaid. This way users are able to link their bank accounts and investment accounts directly to the app. As a read-only interface, we have no access to user accounts on our end, so while the AI will be able to draw from your transaction records, your accounts themselves are inaccessible. Of course, if the user decides to delete their account, all their information will be purged from our systems.

What is the app called? Is it available to the public?

Our app is called WeFIRE where "FIRE" refers to "financial independence, retire early", because we believe that financial planning around a goal is most effective and sustainable. With retirement as a goal, users will be encouraged to adopt long-term planning and internalize good spending habits. WeFIRE is currently available for download on Android and Apple with a free tier and a membership tier.

The current debate with AI ethnics surrounds the issue of copyright and AI overtaking human creatives in the field of entertainment and marketing. At WeFIRE, we want to encourage AI to develop in a more productive direction, in a way that truly benefits everyone rather than flooding the internet with vast quantifies of subpar content. Properly leveraged, AI can vastly improve our quality of life and we believe WeFIRE is definitive step in that direction. If you're curious to learn more, you can find us on our subreddit r/OurFIRE and our website.

1 Comment
2024/05/04
05:07 UTC

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AI + tech affecting elections

As we gear up for the 2024 presidential elections, it's undeniable that technology plays a significant role in shaping the electoral process. From electronic voting machines to AI-generated campaign materials, the landscape of elections is rapidly evolving.

I am a college journalist working on an article discussing various aspects of technology's influence on elections, especially in Kansas. The article touches upon topics like cybersecurity, AI in campaign advertisements, and even the use of cryptocurrency in campaigns.

To get more voices from voters in my story, I wanted to open up a discussion here. How do you perceive the role of technology in elections? Are you concerned about cybersecurity threats or the spread of misinformation through AI-generated content? Do you believe that embracing new tech is crucial, or do you think we should proceed with caution?

Furthermore, what measures do you think should be taken to ensure the integrity and security of our electoral processes in the face of advancing technology?

Feel free to share your thoughts, opinions, or any relevant experiences you've had regarding this topic. Looking forward to hearing your insights!

6 Comments
2024/05/04
04:41 UTC

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7 books to help you understand AI

This guys YouTube channel seems like it’d fly here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lkJI84Ho3I

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2024/05/04
03:43 UTC

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LLMs can't play tic-tac-toe. Why? Explained

I recently tried out playing games like tic-tac-toe using LLMs and even coded a Multi-Agent Orchestration app for the same. But the results weren't as expected and LLMs failed badly on this. Checkout about the experiment and the reason behind this in this tutorial : https://youtu.be/DiUL7TgeMx4?si=_E0LyA0jk1KXnCfZ

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2024/05/04
02:56 UTC

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Best countries to try to flee to once mass unemployment starts to happen?

I'm thinking any of the Nordic countries or Singapore. These countries are forward thinking and already have quality social safety nets in place. Not to mention Norway's $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund that can potentially be used as a UBI in an emergency until their country has time to change their tax laws to depend less on income taxes and more on capital, corporations, and businesses to fund a UBI properly. Thoughts and opinions?

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2024/05/03
23:02 UTC

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Best AI solutions to create a) music b) video

I'm looking for an AI solution that would create a song that could potentially be monetized but this is not the primary purpose. Second to that , I'm looking for an AI solution that could create video.

I've come across Suno for music which I'm playing around with at the moment, someone suggested MidJourney for video. Does anyone have any other recommendations? I'm looking to create songs that are western and eastern (separately).

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2024/05/03
21:24 UTC

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The history of convolutional neural networks.

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2024/05/03
19:58 UTC

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Radical New Light-Wave Chip Design Enables AI Computing At Speed Of Light

University of Pennsylvania engineers have developed a new chip that radically accelerates processing by using light waves rather than electricity to perform the complex math essential to training AI.

The silicon-photonic (SiPh) chip has the potential to accelerate the processing speed of computers while also reducing their energy consumption, according to the researchers.

Read more here: https://magazine.mindplex.ai/mp_news/radical-new-chip-design-enables-ai-computing-at-speed-of-light/

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2024/05/03
18:34 UTC

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