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Yes, irrelevant, and the code somewhere is readable. Take an example like gravity: is there an algorithm for how gravity acts even though it varies per each mo
by abduhl 5y ago
Yes, irrelevant, and the code somewhere is readable.
Take an example like gravity: is there an algorithm for how gravity acts even though it varies per each molecule based on a kajillion other molecules? Of course there is.
- pavlov 5y ago
- zbentley 5y agoComputer systems, even AI/ML-driven ones, aren't uncomprehended the way some areas of science that we haven't developed a strong understanding of are. Systems comprised of (or generated by) comprehensible parts can be comprehended, we just often opt not to put in that work. There's a reason model interpretability is such a significant and increasingly-demanded area of expertise.
- marcinzm 5y agoIf I have your DNA can I recreate a perfect copy of you as you are now including your mind? It is after all the code you were made with.
- vasco 5y agoThe point is not to recreate it or explain it, or to have a way to say "tweet X will get rank Y" but to open source what there is. It doesn't matter if no single person can explain it, it'll still be open source and readable and the types of inputs will be known. But this doesn't look like a discussion on open source and more about politics at this point. I for one haven't worked at FAANG and think it'll be super interesting to read this code, I can't believe software engineers are complaining about a potentially super complex bleeding edge codebase for timeline recommendations / ranking being open sourced. This is going to be great reading material if it ever gets published!
- abduhl 5y agoNobody is trying to “recreate a perfect copy” of Twitter. Do you think that code which produces random numbers is also not an algorithm because it doesn’t recreate a perfect copy of a previous random number?
- stjohnswarts 5y agoNo you can't, you can only make a twin, but the mind is shaped by experience also and not just genetics. As is the body.