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Interesting. If languages like C and C++ are really first to be vulnerable, why are they the ones used for building AI (computer vision) instead of category the

• beigeoak 7y ago
  The author is saying that the main reason to use something like C++ instead of Python or even Java is for speed. He assumes that optimizing for speed is a problem that can fit neatly under the machine learning domain. If a machine can optimize performance better than humans, then it would not make sense to use C++, in the context of performance.
  • kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
    We have JIT compilers that can optimize "better" than static. People are still using the latter because there are other benefits that nobody from the ivory tower can beat.
• brianpgordon 7y ago
  I suppose if someone successfully created an ML-powered optimizer, powerful enough to level the playing field with C++ as the author suggests, in a higher-level language then they could run it on itself and there would be no need for C++ in the loop. Training the first unoptimized version of the model might be expensive, but if Google can throw $1.4 million of capacity (https://twitter.com/eturner303/status/1223976313544773634 https://twitter.com/eturner303/status/1223976313544773634) at training a chatbot...