Tony is a Geek

Okay, I'm not going to teach anything myself here, I'm going to share 3 videos that are rather interesting. I'll go back to stating "AI is not magic" ( there is a video of me with that title knocking around on a hard-drive somewhere that I keep teasing people with - I'll find & share it one day - okay that day became TODAY ) These 3 videos are a great tutorial introduction to show "under the bonnet" how genetic algorithms work and how they can be applied. The first 6mins or so are a great intro to how genetics work for humans/animals and this is key to understand in order to understand how the cars "teach" each other.  Spoiler warning: there is no teaching In order to follow along at home, you can either just watch the 3 videos or set this up yourselves: You'll need a copy of: UNITY 2021.3 & this starter car pack:  https://www.holistic3d.com/resources Within Unity, Open the race-track and then the car.  Turn the car on...  actua...

 what is real & what is hype? very good article to reset the ground truth.......  https://blogs.gartner.com/anthony_bradley/2022/02/08/what-is-ai-really-looking-behind-the-hype/ some very valid & well thought out points that I totally agree with. A.I. = X Artificial intelligence is a computer program that accepts inputs and infers desired outputs using rules-based or statistics-based algorithms. M.L. = Machine Learning More accurately, machine learning is a computer program based on mathematical algorithms that use an example data set to determine the variable input parameters that deliver a desired output Artificial Neural Networks In business terms, neural networks are computer programs that break big problems into small pieces and aggregate the results to find an acceptable solution. Model Training In business terms, model training is using numerous examples of a desired result, most often in the form of large data sets, to build a mathematical model that can m...

You may recall my Digital Music Tangent post a little while back?....  It may have sounded a little odd and off-the-wall, but it's funny how things sometimes connect up in the universe. Welcome to the IBM Watson bEAT.   You can use this open-source software to create rich compositions from simple input melodies.  That's right, if you can hum it (and record it), you can get Watson to then take these elements and combine to make some non-man made music. Check it out and run it on your own laptop and get creative: https://github.com/cognitive-catalyst/watson-beat Using machine learning to spur human creativity is so 2018! Watson has used a combination of reinforcement learning and neural networks to create the Watson Beat. The first album "Space" is actually very melodic and has replaced my usual "meditation music" that I usually listen to when I start the working day. ( Full album on YouTube here ) Full length original article is HERE ...

some "light" reading for the next month or so....... should keep me busy and out of trouble....or it could get me "into" trouble  :-D