Well, I agree with him/her... Google has got too big and now seems to think that it is the centre of the computing world. They buy or steal other people's approaches to things and then claim them as their own inventions, a bit like a huge Thomas Edison....
Actually, it was Richard Pearse, from New Zealand, several months before the Wright Bros. And, for the record, wherever you see the phrase 'invented by Edison' substitute 'patented first in the USA by Edison' - it is a very important distinction.
Agree totally on that definition of AI. I would include some of the expert systems stuff though as the use of languages like prolog and LISP took things to a whole new level, arguably introducing some 'cognition'. I would probably also include stuff like route-finding, and anything heuristic.
Oh yes, (see my comment about the French). I thought I remembered reading that increased risk taking behaviour was linked to this, particularly in France, where people like raw meat.
I remember reading somewhere that the highest concentration of human hosts of the parasite was France (due to their propensity to eating raw meat). That article noted a correlation between this and 'fiery temperament' and increased risk taking behaviour.
One possible answer would be to insist that the stupider devices (embedded stuff like dishwashers, boilers, even DVRs) would only be able to communicate via some sort of home hub (purpose built for IoT *not* a generic router). This could provide services such as data buffering/caching as well as firewalling/rate limiting to prevent a) direct access to the devices from the wider Internet and b) the 'proliferation of misbehaviour'. Yes it's one more device but possibly pretty cheap - esp if running open source software - which would also improve security.
Are Americans vacinated against spotting their own hypocrisy at birth or does the constant rewriting of history by Hollywood cloud their ability to reason based on fact rather than patriotic fervour?
(What an excellent sentence!!)
I just wonder who won the contract for the hypocrisy vaccine!
The tram system in Helsinki has had a service for ages that uses SMS to tell school-kids when their next tram is due to arrive, thus preventing them from having to stand outside in -40C temperatures.
In order to damage the lens, the sticker would have to be on the data side of the DVD/CD, wouldn't it?!! Why would Blockbuster put a sticker there - copy protection:-) ? Sounds like Microsoft need to insert a BS cleaning disk into their customer support employees.
You're the person who prevented me from using Arthur Dent as my uid!:-) There's a Slartibartfast in there too! In fact all the major characters are accounted for - serves me right for only being 552807th (or is it...8th?) in the queue... A few people have pointed out the brake-lights flaw to me before. I guess it depends on people's driving style. I was thinking that it might be more effective when people are already driving close together as (I do this anyway) tend to be more attentive to brake lights when queues have already started forming and cars are driving closer (probabably more than they should) to each other. And certainly at night.
On another note, one of the biggest problems I can see is with our (at least in Europe) slow lane, medium lane, fast lane system. It's not the system really (and I suppose you need a system like that especially at sliproads), but the way people interpret it. You often see massively inefficient use of the 'road bandwidth' because people tend to sit in the centre lane(s), this causes queues of people in the fast lane trying to get past. Often there is nothing in the slow lane! It does my head-in. I guess people either don't like changing lanes, or they get hypnotised by the repetitive nature of motorway driving. Any thoughts? Any gadgets that could help with this?
I always thought that one of those LED message boards (as seen in shops etc.) and a proximity sensor whould make a fine tailgater-scarer. You could get it to flash up 'Police - Stop' or something if they got too close (better switch it off if being followed by real police though). Actually you could get it to display any choice message you felt like. The same idea could be used to fire up the brake/hazard lights instead. (We aren't allowed cannons/guns in the UK).:-)
Apparently Jaguar have a heads-up display that overlays the view of the road ahead as seen by an infra-red night-vision camera. Handy in the dark - and lets dangerous people drive at night without headlamps.
I'm getting fed-up with people who don't bother to use their direction indicators - it really isn't any effort. But for people who can't be bothered, an automatic direction indicator would be handy.
A few years ago, I also had an idea to stop those motorway 'standing waves' of traffic - you know the inexplicable stoppages on highways caused by people driving too close to each other. The idea was to add a *variable* time delay to the brake lights, so that they continue to be lit for a *speed related* amount of time after the driver has lifted their foot off the brakes- higher speed, longer delay. This would have the effect of spacing-out the traffic a bit. I know that fixed delays have been tried, but these would cause, rather than prevent the stoppages. Anyone doing this? - Or have I just blown away the possibility of riches beyond my wildest dreams?
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Well, I agree with him/her... Google has got too big and now seems to think that it is the centre of the computing world. They buy or steal other people's approaches to things and then claim them as their own inventions, a bit like a huge Thomas Edison....
Actually, it was Richard Pearse, from New Zealand, several months before the Wright Bros. And, for the record, wherever you see the phrase 'invented by Edison' substitute 'patented first in the USA by Edison' - it is a very important distinction.
They have been investigating other methods though, like Synthetic Gradients https://iamtrask.github.io/201...
Agree totally on that definition of AI. I would include some of the expert systems stuff though as the use of languages like prolog and LISP took things to a whole new level, arguably introducing some 'cognition'. I would probably also include stuff like route-finding, and anything heuristic.
'Forgetting' is also a fundamental part of Long Short Term Memories (LSTMs).
So what happened to his own theory about how backprop works in the spike-train networks of the human brain?
Oh yes, (see my comment about the French). I thought I remembered reading that increased risk taking behaviour was linked to this, particularly in France, where people like raw meat.
I remember reading somewhere that the highest concentration of human hosts of the parasite was France (due to their propensity to eating raw meat). That article noted a correlation between this and 'fiery temperament' and increased risk taking behaviour.
"Researchers Unveil First Ever Blueprint To Construct a Large Scale Quantum Computer" - or not???
So you built a Tor Onion for a site that requires a login?? Isn't that kind of a major oxymoron?
Our last Prime Minister actually did that.
I think you'll find it's *metres* - there's the problem...:-)
One possible answer would be to insist that the stupider devices (embedded stuff like dishwashers, boilers, even DVRs) would only be able to communicate via some sort of home hub (purpose built for IoT *not* a generic router). This could provide services such as data buffering/caching as well as firewalling/rate limiting to prevent a) direct access to the devices from the wider Internet and b) the 'proliferation of misbehaviour'. Yes it's one more device but possibly pretty cheap - esp if running open source software - which would also improve security.
Shouldn't that be kilogramme?
Are Americans vacinated against spotting their own hypocrisy at birth or does the constant rewriting of history by Hollywood cloud their ability to reason based on fact rather than patriotic fervour? (What an excellent sentence!!)
I just wonder who won the contract for the hypocrisy vaccine!
Good job ILM had nothing to do with the actors (see Star Wars)!
All this is a moot point as:
Terry Pratchet - (humour+cleverness) = Harry Potter
The tram system in Helsinki has had a service for ages that uses SMS to tell school-kids when their next tram is due to arrive, thus preventing them from having to stand outside in -40C temperatures.
In order to damage the lens, the sticker would have to be on the data side of the DVD/CD, wouldn't it?!! Why would Blockbuster put a sticker there - copy protection :-) ?
Sounds like Microsoft need to insert a BS cleaning disk into their customer support employees.
You're the person who prevented me from using Arthur Dent as my uid! :-) There's a Slartibartfast in there too! In fact all the major characters are accounted for - serves me right for only being 552807th (or is it ...8th?) in the queue...
A few people have pointed out the brake-lights flaw to me before. I guess it depends on people's driving style. I was thinking that it might be more effective when people are already driving close together as (I do this anyway) tend to be more attentive to brake lights when queues have already started forming and cars are driving closer (probabably more than they should) to each other. And certainly at night.
On another note, one of the biggest problems I can see is with our (at least in Europe) slow lane, medium lane, fast lane system. It's not the system really (and I suppose you need a system like that especially at sliproads), but the way people interpret it.
You often see massively inefficient use of the 'road bandwidth' because people tend to sit in the centre lane(s), this causes queues of people in the fast lane trying to get past. Often there is nothing in the slow lane! It does my head-in. I guess people either don't like changing lanes, or they get hypnotised by the repetitive nature of motorway driving. Any thoughts? Any gadgets that could help with this?
I always thought that one of those LED message boards (as seen in shops etc.) and a proximity sensor whould make a fine tailgater-scarer. You could get it to flash up 'Police - Stop' or something if they got too close (better switch it off if being followed by real police though). Actually you could get it to display any choice message you felt like. :-)
The same idea could be used to fire up the brake/hazard lights instead. (We aren't allowed cannons/guns in the UK).
Oops, didn;t read the whole question... Sorry :-)
Although you can pick up PCMCIA wireless cards for next to nothing at the moment.
You could just set everything up as an Ad-Hoc wireless network, you don't need a hub.
I did most of my drug discovery as an undergrad...
Apparently Jaguar have a heads-up display that overlays the view of the road ahead as seen by an infra-red night-vision camera. Handy in the dark - and lets dangerous people drive at night without headlamps.
I'm getting fed-up with people who don't bother to use their direction indicators - it really isn't any effort. But for people who can't be bothered, an automatic direction indicator would be handy.
A few years ago, I also had an idea to stop those motorway 'standing waves' of traffic - you know the inexplicable stoppages on highways caused by people driving too close to each other. The idea was to add a *variable* time delay to the brake lights, so that they continue to be lit for a *speed related* amount of time after the driver has lifted their foot off the brakes- higher speed, longer delay. This would have the effect of spacing-out the traffic a bit. I know that fixed delays have been tried, but these would cause, rather than prevent the stoppages. Anyone doing this? - Or have I just blown away the possibility of riches beyond my wildest dreams?