Posts in Category ‘English’
When the Stochastic Parrot Spoke for Itself… and Flew Away
The latest versions of popular chatbots are shedding their reputation as
stochastic parrots and demonstrating skills far beyond their training data such
as self-improvement and original problem-solving – and in the process exposing
the potential for a new era of superhuman AI capabilities. Read more
Problem des Handlungsreisenden: Durch absurde Touren zum Ziel
Das komplizierte Problem des Handlungsreisenden wird zugänglicher, indem man es noch komplizierter macht: Man erweitert die Menge der denkbaren Lösungen um solche, die eigentlich absurd sind. Der Gewinn an Bewegungsfreiheit im abstrakten Raum der Lösungen wiegt diesen Nachteil auf. Read more
A Random Walk on the Wild Side
It is midnight in New York. A drunkard sets off from home, and goes for a walk. In their inebriation, at each crossroads they randomly choose a direction with equal probability. North with probability ¼. East with probability ¼. South with probability ¼. West with probability ¼. Will they find their way home?
This is an example of what is called a random walk. A random walk is a process by which your location is determined from a sequence of random steps. Read more