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yogrish··on Yann LeCun to depart Meta and launch AI startup focused on 'world models'
I think World models is way to go for Super Intelligence. One of teh patent i saw already going in this direction for Autonomous mobility is https://patents.google.com/patent/EP4379577A1 where synthetic data generation (visualization) is missing step in terms of our human intelligence.
yogrish··on What is a color space?
Recently saw this useful video on colors https://aeon.co/videos/after-centuries-of-trying-weve-yet-to...
yogrish··on Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
May I know what is the name of app that is built using LLM? 10k MRR is highly successful app.
yogrish··on A stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom
Now the fourth element is the seminal paper " Attention is all you need" which has taken AI into next level with openAI LLMs and the likes. Another story that rightly fits in here. https://www.ft.com/content/37bb01af-ee46-4483-982f-ef3921436...
yogrish··on How I ship projects at big tech companies
this is a reality in organisation: " it’s paradoxically often better for you if there is some kind of problem that forces a delay, for the same reason that the heroic on-call engineer who hotfixes an incident gets more credit than the careful engineer who prevents one." Its ironic in many areas. A leader (Project or Political) who ran projects and shipped smoothly is less valued than a leader who created a mess and got them fixed ...who is more celebrated. :(
yogrish··on AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consumption by 95%
we used to use Fixed point multiplications (Q Format) in DSP algorithms on different DSP architectures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_(number_format). They used to be so fast and near accurate to floating point multiplications. Probably we need to use those DSPs blocks as part of Tensors/GPUs to realise both fast multiplications & parallelisms.
yogrish··on Ask HN: Resources for Learning Graphics Programming
I found this one to be useful. OpenGL GUI based demos: http://www.songho.ca/opengl/
yogrish··on China's Taichi-II Chip: First Optical AI Processor Outperforms Nvidia H100
Can any expert in this domain validate the claimed performance over H100? Any pointers on how optical processors work and how mature they are over traditional processors.
yogrish··on Zen 5's 2-ahead branch predictor: how a 30 year old idea allows for new tricks
When I began my career as a DSP optimization engineer, I worked on ZSP processors. I had a particular passion for branch predictions. By analyzing data, we would code and recode branch instructions to minimize mispredictions. I loved that super- scalar architecture of ZSP and its Branch prediction feature was amazing, apart from its multi Instruciton execution in a cycle.
yogrish··on Indian Elections: Can EVM(Electronic Voting Machines)Be Hacked/Tampered?
India recently concluded its general elections. However, some opposition parties in southern states, who suffered significant losses, are alleging tampering, hacking, and even replacement of "lost EVMs" (Electronic Voting Machines). Is this possible? EVMs are generally not connected to WiFi or Bluetooth, but are there other ways the system could be manipulated as claimed by the losing parties? what do you think?
yogrish··on Chandrayaan-3 Soft-landing [video]
Chandrayaan-3, Successfully Soft landed. Amazing feat by ISRO. Kudos to all engineers behind this.
yogrish··on Ask vs. Guess Culture
I have similar situation at home. I am from guess culture and always think about what the guests might need and offer them ahead. But my wife expects them to ask and doesn't bother much or ignores them. I see people from guess culture tend to be more empathetic as they think from others POV but the downside is they have anxiety of what others might judge and be more stressed. Ask culture people tend to be more situationally unaware and don't bother much and are relaxed.
yogrish··on Our conscious experience of the world is a memory, says new theory
Recent article on this topic. Off late am curious to know more on consciousness. https://aeon.co/essays/how-blindsight-answers-the-hard-probl...
yogrish··on Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, and hear
This infographic gives better perspective

https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/the-6-companies-that-own...

yogrish··on Voice Lessons – How coaches get in athletes’ heads
Its behind pay wall. Any other way to read this article?
yogrish··on Moral Machine
But it turns out that Self driving cars must save people inside at any cost. If not,the whole purpose of selfdriving cars to reduce accidents (coz of human error) gets defeated. Because people prefer driving themselves than to buy self driving cars.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2015/10/22/165469/why-self-...

yogrish··on Best Wordle guessing strategy
Best start would be to start with a word with maximum VOWELS.(PIOUS,SAUTE etc). Next guess can be based on previous yellows/greens.
yogrish··on The chip shortage keeps getting worse – why can't we just make more?
If any one is interested to knwo how complex the chio making process is and why it is not so easy to set up a plant. https://youtu.be/CkNn98WE5_k
yogrish··on Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome
Reminds me of Dunning Kruger Effect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
yogrish··on Ford Patents Tech to Annoy Drivers with In-Car Advertisements
How is it even an inventive step to be patentable?
yogrish··on Ask HN: What was the biggest leadership challenge of your career?
The challenge I faced earlier was to get things executed ( expected outcome) from different teams. When I found my first follower , the one who really buys my vision and takes it down, things started to roll faster. This might give you an idea of first followers.

https://youtu.be/fW8amMCVAJQ

yogrish··on Ask HN: Anyone know any funny programming jokes?
there are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who dont.
yogrish··on Why do we dream? A new theory on how it protects our brains
In this article, there is a mention of "constant battle going on inside our brains between different sets of neurons, fighting over who gets control of certain parts of the brain." Because of which visual cortex always gets activated (even in sleep)so that it's neurons are not repurposed for other activities. Hence we dream. http://m.nautil.us/issue/91/the-amazing-brain/your-brain-mak...
yogrish··on Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B
SoftBank isa true banking company .. invested (Bought) in ARM and selling it now for meagre profit. A company that says it has 300 year vision
yogrish··on Chess is taking over the online video game streaming world and it will change
My son and his online class teacher uses lichess extensively. He is learning a lot with it.
yogrish··on The Trolley Problem Problem
This video summarises trolley problem well for driverless cars. https://youtu.be/ixIoDYVfKA0
yogrish··on The silence of the owls
Watch the exact scene how an owl catches its prey while they are totally ignorant. Watch for pair of lights(owlEyes) to see the onset of owl. https://youtu.be/2Ol4rbYPYQc
yogrish··on The 5th-generation Waymo Driver
Even in broad day light and hith High Res videos and with ML algos, we cannot extract all information accurately that are needed. For example, at what velocity the other vehicle is moving and also at what distance we have an obstacle etc. is very difficult to extract from camera alone and impossible when it is night or extreme weather conditions. Hence we need Radar & Lidars also for ADAS & Self driving applications.

Radar: It can accurately measure Distance and Velocity information of objects around ego vehicle and also can track objects. It works well in all weather conditions (Day/night/rain/fog etc). Lidar: Good distance measurement, Rich in data (3D Point cloud) for ML, OK in doing classification (pedestrain, bicyclist etc) even in nights. But expensive sensor.

yogrish··on Andreessen-Horowitz craps on “AI” startups from a great height
Now a days DL models are becoming commodities very fast. By the time you train NN to solve a particular problem, a new efficient model is out somewhere and is available public. So you need to go through the process entirely or else you risk losing business. Unless your NN is so unique like you are handcrafting your own in which case you take lot of time to arrive at a best model and you need more PhDs.
yogrish··on Why do incompetent managers get promoted?
Can’t agree more. Currently I am in same situation. I lead a small core technical team that delivers cutting edge tech. My peers lead very big teams that do maintenance work. But my BU head measures success by how many people his reportees handle, new initiatives taken (process wise or fun wise etc ) that bring high visibility and mileage to him. He doesn’t bother about guiding and managing a technically motivated team that brings lot of innovations. He uses same yardstick for all.

Edit: grammar correction

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