> > hmmm, so it recognizes number 0-9 and can do a little bit of simple > arithmetic, as well as write the numbers. > I guess that's impressive for a neural net. Though with optical character > recognition, and motor controls for writing characters can accomplish the > same thing, likely with a lot less computer resources.
Probably so, but I think it's also significant that it's the *same *system doing these different tasks. On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh and in terms of buying the latest hardware, my suggestion is to save > your money. I spent like $60 on a hardrive for a desktop computer, back > when I wanted to have 2 desktops as kinda like a backup server, though now > I just have online hosting for my website, anyways so I decided to sell my > desktop, but I only managed to get $50 for the whole thing, even though it > was amd64 with 3Ghz. > > If you genuinely need the computing power, it may be cheaper to use a > Beowulf cluster out of cheap used machines, good for practicing parallel > computation. > > I got this laptop for free, since my dad decided to upgrade his to a newer > model. > > > You may remember Kasparov vs Blue Gene, which basically brute forced it's > way to winning. However years later, there were more efficient chess > programs such as Deep Fritz, that could also defeat the world's chess > masters with a mere 3Ghz and 512MB RAM. > > Point being, I think efficiency is important in the long term. > Especially considering there are many relatively slow embedded processors. > > neuro-nets are a brute-force approach, having algorithms that are > task-specific is efficient. > > > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Logan Streondj <[email protected]>wrote: > >> hmmm, so it recognizes number 0-9 and can do a little bit of simple >> arithmetic, as well as write the numbers. >> I guess that's impressive for a neural net. Though with optical character >> recognition, and motor controls for writing characters can accomplish the >> same thing, likely with a lot less computer resources. >> >> Of course, considering it takes several hours to simulate a second, it's >> not going to be a threat any times soon. >> Though in general, I don't consider people making models of birds much >> closer to building a flying machine. >> >> I used to use a desktop with perhaps as much as 4GB ram, and 3 or 4 Ghz, >> and still have it available. but it's kinda noisy, and I don't really need >> it, so I just use a laptop with 2GB RAM and 2Ghz, with Lubuntu, it runs >> lightning fast. >> >> Since my AGI project is coded in assembly, I don't really need nearly >> this much computer power for the R&D. Though likely it'll eventually be >> useful, when at the operating system stage and above. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 3:01 PM, just camel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Chris Eliasmith on Singularity 1 on 1: We Have Not Yet Learned What The >>> Brain Has To Teach Us! >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=ZjDp8EnfDvo<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjDp8EnfDvo> >>> >>> >>> On 12/02/2012 04:15 PM, Alan Grimes wrote: >>> >>>> 'ello. >>>> >>>> I'm going to have to issue a singularity alert for a package called >>>> Spaun. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**------------- >>> AGI >>> Archives: >>> https://www.listbox.com/**member/archive/303/=now<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> >>> RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/**member/archive/rss/303/** >>> 5037279-a88c7a6d<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/5037279-a88c7a6d> >>> Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/**member/?&id_** >>> secret=5037279-8beb0005 <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >>> Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com >>> >> >> > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
