The Turing machine worked on tapes of bits. On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 10:16 AM, Barry MacKichan < [email protected]> wrote:
> “How, or what, can you do with a "single bit."?“ > > Start a discussion on Friam. > > --Barry > > On 1 Jul 2017, at 23:42, Tom Johnson wrote: > > Friam Friends: > > A recent article > <http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/microsoft-puts-ai-on-a-raspberry-pi/#HKAb_h1pvaqc> > passed along by George Duncan says: > > "Now, Varma's team in India and Microsoft researchers in Redmond, > Washington, (the entire project is led by lead researcher Ofer Dekel) have > figured out how to *compress neural networks, the synapses of Machine > Learning, down from 32 bits to, sometimes, a single bit *and run them on > a $10 Raspberry Pi > <http://%20%28the%20entire%20project%20is%20led%20by%20ofer%20dekel%29/>, > a low-powered, credit-card-sized computer with a handful of ports and no > screen." > > How, or what, can you do with a "single bit."? > > TJ > > ============================================ > Tom Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > 505.577.6482 <(505)%20577-6482>(c) > 505.473.9646 <(505)%20473-9646>(h) > Society of Professional Journalists <http://www.spj.org> > *Check out It's The People's Data > <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Its-The-Peoples-Data/1599854626919671>* > http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] > ============================================ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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