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Not sure if there's a theoretical basis behind this, but I've noticed that the true game changing technologies tend to sprout up along the fringes of popular fa
by throwbsidbdk 10y ago
Not sure if there's a theoretical basis behind this, but I've noticed that the true game changing technologies tend to sprout up along the fringes of popular fads. The social network hype didn't bring us more social networks, but may have ushered in the hybrids like snapchat and Instagram.
I can say the next big thing probably won't be an AI breakthrough, I'm guessing it will be a new way of using existing machine learning structures like CNN's. Maybe a new use for the incredibly powerful gpu's being pumped out for machine learning applications?
- Chris2048 10y agoWent to an AI event recently - it seems small devices with AI chips with NNs on them is going to be the big new thing?
- throwbsidbdk 10y agoA wild guess, but a lot of the advances in neural networks can be directly applied to control problems normally be handled by PID controllers. It will be interesting to see where this leads
- Chris2048 10y agoCan a pid controller do facial recognition? That is one of the applications.
- throwbsidbdk 10y agoNot just the typical image recognition stuff, but things like process control. A lot of big industrial processes have a ton of different control loops that try to optimize parameters. The systems are usually complicated enough that the ideal state for these parameters is unknown, so controllers try to approximate. An easy example is the engine controller in cars. It tries to optimize for power, efficiency, emissions, engine longevity, etc... Machine learning could crunch tons of historical data from these systems to build a CNN that performs better than the usual controller. In some systems, like stoplight timings or freight packing.... An AI driven controller could possibly be revolutionary, performing orders of magnitude better than current algorithms.