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[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 27 points 8 months ago (4 children)

"could lead to faster, more efficient"

Ooh, ooh, game engines? No. Physics models? Nope, not that. Cryptography, maybe useful against the coming Quantum Cryptodoom™ ? No, not that either. DSP? Image compression? Something? Hmmmm, what could benefit from faster matrix maths? What one singular thing could be so important that- it's a meme, of course it's a freaking meme. Ayyy Aaaiiiiyyyeeee must be the only possible thing of interest because that's the latest meme fad thing >:( grumble grumble grouch bite et cetera

Yes, I will hate every single meme-fad-thing as it happens unless it involves kittens. Or maybe one of a few other things, but NOT THAT. Hmph! Grr! And so on!

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 14 points 8 months ago

Also, reading the article, the immediate practical implications of this improvement are almost nonexistent. This is a theoretical breakthrough, that may or may not lead to further theoretical breakthroughs that may or may not be practically more relevant.

Certainly important research, but nothing that AI people (or any other scientists) must celebrate. Feeds the AI hype though.

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