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Re:When to assume neural networks can solve a problem by kelvin0 on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:48AM (#22728432)
Wow, I had never read this gem before. Made me laugh, thanks for sharing this piece! I'm surprised they did not ask him to log everything in a blockchain :)
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Re:When to assume neural networks can solve a problem by teraflop on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:59AM (#22728528)
Check the date -- the article predates the Bitcoin white paper by two years. (It also predates most of the modern "deep learning" hype.)
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Re:When to assume neural networks can solve a problem by tmoravec on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:59AM (#22728524)
I think that's only because the story is from 2006 so blockchain was not a thing, yet.
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