What a disaster and complete failure on the local government in the way they handled this situation. If we ever get hit by an earthquake or other larger disaster, it's safe to assume we're all on our own.
Also, as someone affected by this, it has been extremely frustrating getting updates via xitter. Do we really have no other options?
Yea after skimming the samples on Amazon I noticed that nearly every single sentence had at least one comma in it (adding zero value). It feels like I'm reading someones thoughts.
Personally, I love abusing commas for comments and shitposting, but they should be avoided in informative resources like books, otherwise, it looks like a word salad. Say your thoughts and ideas with boldness and certainty.
But hey you write better than I did at 18, so I ain't judging. Just trying to provide helpful feedback for you (the op) to improve on.
Same reason why WordPress is the de facto for businesses. You can create a "full" website with a few clicks and add some plugins to make it look complete despite it running like shit. It's all perception.
I just have a workstation at home that I SSH into from whatever device I feel like (within my tailnet). All my tools available on the CLI and vscode available via remote-ssh. You can connect from an iPad, macbook, chromebook, etc. The only thing it doesn't handle well is creative apps (video editing, blender, photoshop, etc.).
Obviously this whole setup requires an internet connection, but I'm rarely without one so it works great for me. Anyone else do something similar?
Pandora's box has already been opened and there is no going back. I doubt OpenAI, et al will get anything but a slap on the wrist in court because punishing AI companies would have a negative effect on the US economy.
>Can the same be said about DeepSeek or any other open-source model provider performing distillation?
Open source models that distill from SoTA reminds me of the story of Robin Hood -- robbing the rich and giving it to the poor. So to answer your question: yes, but it's better than the alternative where only a select few companies have SoTA models.
We are one technological breakthrough away from AGI. Seriously what happens when, for example, a viable room temperature superconductor (remember LK-99 lol) gets discovered? Next thing you know we have 3d stacked chips operating at THz speeds with virtually zero heat output, batteries that can charge instantly, etc.
I know a RTSC is the holy grail, but it really feels like AI is in the same stage computers were in the 80s. I used to be extremely bearish and think AI was useless, but I've taken a total 180 the last 6 months. If these things get better (they will), nobody's job will be safe.
In all seriousness, what is the game plan for society moving forward as AI takes more jobs? The government doesn't seem to care. The AI labs don't seem to care.
What happens when more and more people can't afford housing, kids, food, health insurance, etc.? Nothing more dangerous than a man who has no reason to live...
I don't advocate for violence, but I do foresee more headlines like this as things get worse.
This is awesome! I did a similar project in college for one of my classes and ran into the same exact walls as you.
- The more filters I added the worse it got. A simple EMA with smoothing gave the best results. Although, your pipeline looks way better than what I came up with!
- I ended up using the Teensy 4.0 which let me do real time FFT and post processing in less than 10ms (I want to say it was ~1ms but I can't recall; it's been a while). If anyone goes down this path I'd heavily recommend checking out the teensy. It removes the need for a raspi or computer. Plus, Paul is an absolute genius and his work is beyond amazing [1].
- I started out with non-addressable LEDs also. I attempted to switch to WS2812's as well, but couldn't find a decent algorithm to make it look good. Yours came out really well! Kudos.
- Putting the leds inside of an LED strip diffuser channel made the biggest difference. I spent so long trying to smooth it out getting it to look good when a simple diffuser was all I needed (I love the paper diffuser you made).
RE: What's Still Missing:
I came to a similar conclusion as well. Manually programmed animation sequences are unparalleled. I worked as a stagehand in college and saw what went into their shows. It was insane. I think the only way to have that same WOW factor is via pre-processing. I worked on this before AI was feasible, but if I were to take another stab at it I would attempt to do it with something like TinyML. I don't think real time is possible with this approach. Although, maybe you could buffer the audio with a slight delay? I know what I'll be doing this weekend... lol.
Again, great work. To those who also go down this rabbit hole: good luck.
Indeed it was (I was listening to it while stumbling across this post). Also, fun fact: The Gambler was written by Don Schlitz while working as a Computer Operator in 76' which makes it all the more relevant [1].
Gemini on the web as a chat app is great (as well as NotebookLM). But Antigravity is an embarrassment and the reason I cancelled my Gemini subscription. I'd recommend avoiding it at all costs. It has degraded so badly in the last two weeks it's hardly usable anymore.