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Commodore 64 runs AI to generate images
- _flux 2y agoWell, that was exact-whelming. Pretty cool anyway :).
- layer8 2y agoEqual-whelming?
- redler 2y agoJust plain whelming seems to fit the bill.
- layer8 2y agoI’d say that whelming would be the hypernym. Maybe isowhelming.
- UncleSlacky 2y agoJust "whelming", I'd've thought.
- rob74 2y agoMonochrome 8x8 images to be exact... but still impressive!
- amelius 2y agoDoes this prove that the Commodore 64 is Nvidia-complete?
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- reneberlin 2y agoI missed the prompting! But hey, let's leave room for optimization :)
- russfink 2y agoIs there a name for this phenomena of “let’s run modern algorithms on ancient devices?” Paleoalgorithmics?
- actionfromafar 2y agoCongratulations!
- Locutus_ 2y agoPaleoalgorithmics sounds like something straight out of a Jodorowsky comicbook.
- verticalscaler 2y agoWould Paleoalgorithmics not just be the exploration of ancient algorithms? Here we are taking modern code and teleporting it back in time. Or perhaps rather taking hardware back to the future. Clearly it should be called DeLoreanithmics.
- darby_eight 2y agoArcheocomputation is better imo. "Paleo-" typically implies geological timescales rather than decades.
- tzot 2y agoEven if “paleo-” means “old” and “archaeo- / archeo-” means “ancient”?
- darby_eight 2y agoIn the sense they're used as English prefixes, paleo is many orders of magnitude older than archeo. Hence words like "paleoarchaeology", which starts around 10kya.
- npongratz 2y agoRetroalgorithmics. Similar to the contemporary use of the term retrocomputing.
- aeyes 2y agoBetter link: https://github.com/nickbild/c64_gen_ai https://github.com/nickbild/c64_gen_ai
- whimsicalism 2y agoProbabilistic PCA is not the same thing as modern generative AI
- fnordpiglet 2y agoThis is a bit of cheating. It’s using a C64C - with its fancy refresh of the hardware. Not that there was any material differences in anything that matters, but the molded plastic case difference is definitely something to consider.
- digging 2y agoCan you explain more? If there's no meaningful differences, what's cheating?
- jfyi 2y agoPretty sure it was a hyperbolic No True Scotsman for comedic purposes.
- CharlesW 2y ago(It's HN humor.)
- fnordpiglet 2y agoThat’s what everyone who bought one said!
- layer8 2y agoHe’s also using an LCD screen. It can’t really be taken seriously.
- Gunax 2y agoI think this shows something more important: we are not hardware limited. There's no reason someone could not have implemented this 40 years ago. Our hardware is way beyond our research. I didn't know how to create a general intelligence, but however it's done will probably be something an undergrad could implement in a week using a desktop computer in 2024.
- whimsicalism 2y agoit would be more compelling if the algorithm they used was actually at all similar to modern deep NNs
- sunnybeetroot 2y ago> No reliance on something like OpenAI is needed, though the "probabilistic PCA algorithm" running on the Commodore 64 used for this project was actually trained on a modern computer. So while the model runs on Commodore 64 as advertised, a modern PC was still needed to get this up and running to begin with.
- Gunax 2y agoBah, fair enough. I think the thrust of my argument is true though. We could have gone 10 or 20 years back instead (C64 is downright ancient).
- dole 2y agoPerfect for stocking my Little Computer People house.
- chaos0815 2y agoAm I the only one to be extremly triggered by the typing speed? I get that it's a slow computer, but.. come on man!