So the AI boom of the last 12 years was made possible by three visionaries:
One was Geoffrey Hinton, a University of Toronto computer scientist who spent decades promoting neural networks despite near-universal skepticism.
The second was Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, who recognized early that GPUs could be useful for more than just graphics.
The third was Fei-Fei Li. She created an image dataset that seemed ludicrously large to most of her colleagues. But it turned out to be essential for demonstrating the potential of neural networks trained on GPUs
Clicker games are the product of stripping a game down to nothing but the microtransactions and trading elements, which is likely why the developers of “Banana” don't care if it's bots or humans playing, so long as users are buying and trading content. They're earning about 10% of every sale between players, human or not
In Hamburg ging der Stromverbrauch von Straßenlaternen seit 2020 um 30 Prozent zurück, da zunnehmend LED verwendet werden. So auch in Ampeln und Leuchtverkehrszeichen, dort lagen die Einsparungen durch LED-Lampen demnach bei 69 beziehungsweise 83 Prozent
Working on problems in the order I noticed them is rarely the most effective order. So the WTF Notebook gives me a place to park the impulse to fix it now, damn it! until I have more context for deciding what to work on first
A 20-minute nap is recharging, Dautovich says, and 60 to 90 minutes of sleep can be even more restorative. The nap to avoid is one lasting more than 20 minutes and less than 60 minutes
Bereits an diesem Donnerstag wären die für dieses Jahr verfügbaren natürlichen Ressourcen der Erde verbraucht, wenn alle Menschen so leben würden wie die in Deutschland. Es wären drei Erden nötig, wenn alle Länder pro Einwohner so viele Naturgüter verbrauchten und Emissionen produzierten wie die Bundesrepublik, teilte die Umweltorganisation Germanwatch mit
Tjop: Stockholmer Friedensforschungsinstituts Sipri historische Vergleiche: Die Militärausgaben in Europa sind demnach im vergangenen Jahr so hoch gewesen wie seit dem Kalten Krieg nicht mehr