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Comment Re:When I read AI tech discussions ... (Score 1) 95

The vast majority of people have neither the theoretical background, nor the necessary attention span for understanding how an AI model works. You can catch up on the theory if you have the attention span. My parents, for example, never got around to even using computers. My uncle, however, did. He did not become a programer, but he could use a computer somewhat comfortably, although he did fall victim to fraudsters once.
So, keep reading, look up wikipedia and youtube for learning, and keep your pins private. You'll be fine.

Comment Re:If anyone wants to know why people buy vinyl (Score 2) 165

You're missing the point. It's not about electronics per se, but DRM. Audio quality is irrelevant. So, unless that electronic turntable is monitoring what it is playing and cross-references that to a database of your licensed music, or needs a stupid app to work (I hope I'm not giving them ideas...), then your argument is moot.

Comment Deng, Hani, Ma: thanks! (Score 1) 24

I will not pretend I understand the paper, but this is a big deal! I find it annoyingly funny that the very mathematical definition of the continuity hypothesis (on which fluid dynamics is based), that the density equals the limit of DeltaMass/DeltaVolume for DeltaVolume going to zero, will break up if you actually apply it in reality: for volumes down at the atomic level the mass is not equally distributed anymore unless you use probabilities. This is very helpful in explaining some fluid dynamic principles, like Bernoulli's principle. Deng et al. got our back!

Comment Re:Confused by claims (Score 3, Interesting) 50

Getting to the moon, or mars, in general only requires a single push. Without drag there is nothing to slow down the spacecraft afterwards and you don't need to keep pushing. So you can push once against the magnetic field of the earth if you are pointed in the right direction, and also get to your destination in a reasonable amount of time. The actual questions are: 1. can you push hard enough for accelerating to a reasonable velocity within a reasonable time? 2. What about correction burns/pushes? I suppose you will still need conventional thrusters for course corrections.

Comment Re:Human brain (Score 1) 111

Well, one thing you're missing is the fact that when humans learn something, they don't start from scratch. The driving instructor teaches you not only the basic rules, but also empirical cues so that you can learn quickly. Ditto for chess, learned and self-obtained experience informs the grandmaster that some opening moves are better than others. Those others and their algorithmic children don't need to be checked. A computer brute forcing a problem like chess or driving will be lousy, but if you give it more empirical information (weights and biases), like teaching a human, it will perform better.

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