Jerry_Atrick

I don't have a lot of time, so. I will try to be quick (given I have only skimmed the posts since OME asked the question). The algorithm is not predictive in the sense of predicting the future. The predict what you meant by what you typed, and whether or not their response will make sense. For example, if you asked how many legs a dog normally has, it will predict that 4 is the correct answer; not that my some genetic mutation caused by increasing radiation in the atmosphere, they will grow 5 legs in the future. Well, not unless you ask it, anyway. But even if you did, it would use existing data to try and predict the correct answer based on the data it has, not to perform its own scientific analysis and determine for itself. It may take the factors and apply it to an existing theory to mimic scientific analysis and intelligent conclusion drawing, but it is not doing that itself. In terms of AI implementation, it is likely to be a lower level language such as C or C++ = not python because it is too slow; the end point AI functions can be done in Python, but that is on a precomputed large dataset - usually. The algorithm will be surprising small.. usual Bayes theorem or something similar. It is able to be repeated over billions of nodes - or data points. The code will likely be recursive in building the precomputed data set to apply simpler probability maps across the data you provide. And it will likely be recursive in using that map to answer your question. By recursion we mean the same code calls itself.. So, you will be able to crawl heterogenous data sets, over and over using the same code developing deep nested stacks (well, heaps to be accurate) of responses from which it will map as many of the different types of data that can be used to probably represent what ever bit of data it actually is. Tagging data is old these days.. That is what these maps do. This of something like if you type the number 4 into your LLM. That is easy, because it is represented by whatever coding mechanism you are using... and there are only a handful of coding mechanisms - ASCII, EBCDIC (not used anymore) UTF-8, UTF-16 and a few others. But, they are translated to the discrete representation of 4 to AI. No thinking required. Now, say you provide it a scanned doc, which contains the number 4 somewhere. It has to read all of the pixels and look at the shape of each character to determine if it is a letter, number, whitespace, part of a diagram, etc. Say it worked out it was a digit. Now it was to work out what digit it is? It has to look through its maps/nodes and get the most likely digit it is.. it predicts what digit is is because it spits out a probability index of what it has been taught what that digit could possibly be, across any digit which it may match. Is it a 4, or is it a H.. It also has to take into account font. As you know, a 4 can be represented very differently in different fonts... So, the sort answer to your question is that there will be a set of probability algorithms that will read data, build probability maps, and then apply the same probability algorithms to inputs and compare to what it has learned. Machine learning means it constantly refines its probability maps. The technical implementation is likely to to be a lower level language (a lot of Python maths/stats libraries are written in C++).. and there will be a lot of recursion.

I did a search in case I missed it being posted, but Bill Oddie of Goodies fame (and later a wildlife show presenter) passed away yesterday aged 85.

Already back at Blighty. My last few days became a bit manic; apart from the little training sortie, the rest of the time was spent with my mum, culminating in an assessment at Eastern Health on Thursday morning, of which I had to leg it after the family contributions to get to the airport for a Thursday arvo flight. Arrived at Heathrow Friday morning and straight into the office. It made sense as it is a lot closed than home, has great showers and I had spend my allocated holiday. Train ride home in the evening. I am back out late October/early November.

If it does, it changes the whole of life costs and almost solves the issue of waste, though, more info is required. Sellafield today reprocess spent fuel but there is only so many times you can do it. Of course, it uses a different process. The up front costs don't change and the need to build two different capability reactors also adds so.e complexity and cost.. but the numbers will come down slightly

Well, here is a potential development that can bring nuclear into a viable alternative: A Canadian lab just ran a chemical process on real spent nuclear fuel and pulled out 90% of the long-lived danger in 24 hours, the part that forces a burial site to last 100,000 years, with the leftovers meant to fuel a reactor https://share.google/bEVunnl6sp8t3mOVg

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There is a lot of good with social media, but these fellas are examples of what is wrong with social media. In a world where a lot of people get all their information off social media, they have presented themselves as successful men who work and play hard, and reap the rewards of that hard work. What the solcial media algorithms don't try and do is present all the info - only that which will entice you to keep clicking. So a lot of people looked to them as heroes. Also, most of our MSM and social media are not holding them to account with the intensity it deserves. So, a lot of their crap gets lost in the general noise. Even my daughter, until I pointed out to her what they really do, thought they were being unfairly vilified (she was a bit younger at the time). It has just dawned on me.. One of the benefits of having a physical newspaper (and other media - such as a TV) that was not a personal device was that parents could guide their kids to take a wider view of information and for them to find the information, despite not being availed of the diversity of information at their fingertips in the information age. With the information being more and more recactively presented based on an algorithm rather than being proactively sought, this may well get worse before it gets better.

There is no law requiring an MP live in the constituency they represent, nor is there an issue with someone moving house. But, here is the AI view of the world of Victorian MPs. Interestingly, as in the UK, there appears to be an expectation that the <P does live in their constituency. Though I do wonder how a premier or senior cabinet minister can spare the time t represent their constituency in the same way as a back-bencher, so not sure it matters that much where they live. But, I would guess the coalition and Greens (and I guess, any independents that may be in Vic) do see it as very important. At the leadership level, maybe we should be concerned about her policies, integrity (personal and government), and her (and her team's) ability to execute. Shall we use this thread as a discussion in the run up to the Vic election in November?

The floozie

He is working on Russia v2.0.

Some elderly people's cognitive skills diminish - esp during the onset of dementia.

Blimey! You are right.. The Mars here taste a lot worse than the UK, and the recipe in Aus was swapped from the UK to the USA recipe some years ago. I made the mistake of tarring Cadbury's with the same brush. I will get one tomorrow and check it out.. If better, I will defo take some back.

I did report a post from some "female" on my profile - but I didn't send a site email and a personal email would be from an account that does not have jerry_atrick as the sender. 9:45am seems a bit late, too. On that basis, I wouldn't click the llink - without hovering over it to check it is legit.

Can get them in the UK.. funny about that one 😉 They get rather pungent in the overhead bins and while I could put them in the normal cargo hold where it is colder, they will it for a while in Qatar and LHR (whcih is also hot) - no doubt partially cooking them. May import them to the UK under the free trade agreement 😉

I took an instructional flight from Moorabbin today. To be honest, there's a lot I could write in the gripes thread, particularly around a) the commerical properties that have gone up, and b) the introduction of landing fees. The urban sprawl is there - the training area has less and less open country. But, that is progress. But, the flight was quite a good one. Just practiced stalls and forced landings.. Didn't die, to that is a positive (for some, I guess not ;-)) The young instructor was very professional and a natural instructor.. sad that an airline or other jet career beckons.. The flight was in an Archer with full EFIS.. Took a bit of getting used to - to be honest would need a bit more time to get comfy with it (and a manual and some prep time). Weather played ball as well.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

One two, three o'clock; four o'clock rock

an get Vegemite in the UK - actually has been there at least since I moved there 30 years ago.

Two wrongs don't make it right (or doesn't make it right)

Liked the painting bit - not the injury.. Can't split emoticons, unf. Hope its sorted quicker than expected.

Not sure if this is good, bad, or ugly, but preparing a pack to return to the motherland with: Just need cheezels

My baby tells me you're better shopping around? Or substitute wife for baby?

Nor FIFA, by the looks of things:

It's their modus operandi. Make the place sound bad and offer the snake oil elixir to fix it. Same for Chump and Farage

Believe it or not, I haven't had an alcoholic drink! New laptop I bought at Geelong Officeworks - new Keyboard and small screen - that is what I am blaming 😉