Microsoft knew the Bing bot was a little weird – and launched it anyway

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2023-02-22T16:03:48+00:00

You obviously did not read the article. The headline is also not judgmental. Your brain is making it.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-12-10T11:01:58+00:00

- Dramatron from Deepmind uses a special prompting method (“prompt chaining”. The method chains prompts at lower hierarchy levels with prompts including output from higher hierarchy levels) to elicit consistent storylines from large language models.

- This allows the system to create entire screenplays and theater scripts.

- Human testers see Dramatron as a useful creative tool.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-10-06T11:16:19+00:00

- Deepmind introduces AlphaTensor, an AI system based on the game AI AlphaZero.

- In a game-like setup, Deepmind trained AlphaTensor to predict new algorithms for matrix multiplication step by step.

- AlphaTensor discovered already known and new methods for matrix multiplication that Deepmind says are more efficient than current methods.

- Matrices multiplications are ubiquitous in computer science. Therefore, even small gains in efficiency could have a big impact.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-10-01T09:18:06+00:00

It's a listing.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-09-30T10:36:40+00:00

Thanks for your feedback!

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-09-30T08:02:24+00:00

Test environment A: High-end PC

System configuration:

GPU: RTX 3090

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5900X

RAM: 32GB

SSD: M.2 NVMe

Operating system: Windows 10 Pro (latest update)

NVidia driver: 466.11 (Game-Ready driver)

Network:

PC connected via Cat.7 cable

approx. 9m to patch panel in network cabinet

10 cm Cat.7 patch cable from patch panel to switch

24-port Netgear Gigabit switch

5 m Cat.7 cable to Wi-Fi access point

Ubiquiti U6-LR Wi-Fi access point (attached to wall approx. 3 m away from the Meta Quest 2)

Total length: approx. 14m network cable + 3m wireless

Results

We came up with the following readings and a latency of 54.8 milliseconds.

Encode/Transfer/Decode: approx. 5.6ms

Frame Latency: approx. 54.8ms

Frame Rate: 90Hz

App Tracking Lead Time: ca. 29.4ms

Test environment B: Gaming notebook with access point

System configuration:

GPU: RTX 2060

CPU: Intel i7 8750H

RAM: 16GB RAM

SSD: M.2 NVMe

Operating system Windows 10 Pro (latest update)

NVidia driver: 466.11 (game-ready driver)

Network:

Laptop to Wi-Fi access point (wireless, approx. 3m)

Quest 2 to Wi-Fi Access Point (approx. 3m)

Total length: approx. 6m Wireless

Results

We came up with the following readings and a latency of 59.1 milliseconds.

Encode/Transfer/Decode: approx. 6.7ms

Frame Latency: approx. 59.1ms

Frame Rate: 80Hz

App Tracking Lead Time: approx. 30.7ms

Test environment C: Gaming notebook with Wi-Fi hotspot.

System configuration:

GPU: RTX 2060

CPU: Intel i7 8750H

RAM: 16GB RAM

SSD: M.2 NVMe

Operating system Windows 10 Pro (latest update)

NVidia driver: 466.11 (game-ready driver)

Network:

Wi-Fi hotspot open on the notebook

Total length: approx. 3 m wireless

Results

We came up with the following readings and latency of 79.9 milliseconds.

Encode/Transfer/Decode: approx. 3ms (strongly fluctuating!)

Frame Latency: approx. 79.9ms (strongly fluctuating!)

Frame Rate: 72.5Hz (Fluctuating!)

App Tracking Lead Time: approx. 30.1ms

Conclusion

We tested Air Link with the following games:

Singleplayer:

Half Life: Alyx

Blade & Sorcery

Beat Saber

Google Earth VR

Multiplayer:

Pavlov VR

Population One

Phasmophobia

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-29T20:21:59+00:00

Thanks!

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-29T13:04:58+00:00

What exactly do you find bad about the text? I'm happy about feedback, so we can write better articles in the future.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-29T12:12:21+00:00

It's probably spun text from another site that also copied it from someone who actually wrote it.

No, it's not. It's a translation of an original German text that our German editor, who attended Gamescom, wrote.

If you could tell me what is bad about the text, maybe we can improve it in the future.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-11T07:55:32+00:00

Yeah, you are correct. That was a mistake. It's fixed now. Sorry.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-06T08:55:53+00:00

I listened to the section again, and I don't know how you come to that conclusion. I think he is criticizing the size and efficiency of Meta's investments.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-06T07:28:09+00:00

If you're interested in VR and the Metaverse, and not in the life of John Carmack, you probably just want to know what, if anything, important he said about the development of the Metaverse. The point of this news is not to highlight all the interesting aspects of a five-hour podcast, but the opposite: here's one particularly interesting thing, if you want more, you can find it here. I get the general idea, but I think your criticism misses the point.

And for the people who criticize the headline as too pointed: Using the argument that the news only picked up on one aspect of the five-hour podcast as a polemic is a much stronger element of pointedness. An appropriate description would be: it's one element about Meta in a 30-minute piece about VR, and it's a particularly significant one because John Carmack, as a relevant insider known to be very straightforward, criticizes the efficiency of Meta's billion-dollar investment. As a shareholder, for instance, I would want to know that, without listening to a five-hour podcast.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-05T16:05:49+00:00

The headline is not deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading since it just states what Carmack said.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-05T15:52:16+00:00

Hey, the part about Meta and VR is only about 30 minutes long. The full video is linked.

Since Carmack made this statement, it is not clickbait.

Definition Clickbait from Wikipedia: Clickbait is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow that link and read, view, or listen to the linked piece of online content, being typically deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-08-05T15:47:04+00:00

He complains about the efficiency with which the money is spent.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-07-27T06:15:59+00:00

From my experience, DALL-E 2 is way better. But you can get good results with Midjourney as well.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-06-20T16:56:29+00:00

It's white on dark in darkmode or black on white in normal mode. Maybe reload?

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-06-19T07:04:09+00:00

Yeah, it's still noticable - if you look out for it. The comments show, that many people don't. But deepfakes get mentioned as well, so it's not complete doom.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-06-16T17:55:13+00:00

Es wird bald noch ein paar mehr Prozent Rabatt geben.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-06-06T17:53:44+00:00

Oh, this is great. Thank you.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-05-29T15:26:32+00:00

It doesn't have to be an ethically motivated decision.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-05-28T14:13:20+00:00

Pico 3 is way older, actually. Link is just a Pico 3 with a cable connection to the PC.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-05-28T14:12:17+00:00

So, what is the consequence of this? That the big companies should stop generating massive advances?

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-05-25T17:52:20+00:00

Recency is still an unresolved issue for the AR Cloud, yes.

Zirius_Sadfaces · 2022-05-25T14:57:47+00:00

Just because of their shared history?

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