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- Neural networks are a class of models. Genetic algorithms are a class of learning algorithms. You use learning algorithms to train models. Genetic algorithms are a valid way of training neural networks, but this is not currently in vogue. They’re typically trained via gradient descent. 
- Not all machine learning is AI - The other way around. Machine learning is a subset of AI. 
  3·16 days ago 3·16 days ago- Everyone ignores prop 65 because the consequences are so distant. But anaphylaxis is very immediate. No one is going to take that kind of risk. That gives a much higher incentive to properly label things. 
  2·16 days ago 2·16 days ago- I’ve seen videos of those TikTok farms. It’s so much more dystopic than any fiction can come up with. 
- We’ve already adapted via medical science and technology. There’s no more evolutionary pressure to biologically adapt. 
- Bamboo rats go through three stages when eating bamboo. The initial phase is the quick motion of the bamboo entering the rat’s mouth. The intermediate phase is the movement of the teeth chewing the bamboo and the final stage is the state of the rats’ teeth right after eating the bamboo. - Um, what? 
  1·21 days ago 1·21 days ago- TIL Winners of the prize aren’t limited to people 
- We’re talking about it here because of her. 
  01·7 months ago 01·7 months ago- I can stand by this for an established business. But we live in a capitalist society where you need money to make money. Until that changes, your ability to pay for work doesn’t have any bearing on the value of your new business venture. 



Depends if you count undergrad. One that comes to mind is the RWKV paper.