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[D] What AI topics are you curious about but rarely see in the spotlight? (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by GratefullyFriendly73@alien.top to c/machinelearning@academy.garden

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I'm a data engineer who somehow ended up as a software developer. So many of my friends are working now with the OpenAI api to add generative capabilities to their product, but they lack A LOT of context when it comes to how LLMs actually works.

This is why I started writing popular-science style articles that unpack AI concepts for software developers working on real-world application. It started kind of slow, honestly I wrote a bit too "brainy" for them, but now I've found a voice that resonance with this audience much better and I want to ramp up my writing cadence.

I would love to hear your thoughts about what concepts I should write about next?
What get you excited and you find hard to explain to someone with a different background?

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[–] PhilsburyDoboy@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I'm particularly excited about AI accelerating theorem provers and optimization problems (think: traveling salesman). These problems are NP-hard and scale very poorly. We would see huge efficiency gains in most industries if they scaled better. Recently there has been some very exciting research in using neural networks to accelerate and scale MILP and LP solvers.

For reference, optimization problems include:

SpaceX rocket landing
Car navigation systems
Electric grid operations/markets
Portfolio optimization
Stock and options trading
Airline fleet operations
Ship/Truck logistics