kukanani

6 ms·

1.
by kukanani 21d ago
You’re probably thinking of the Bay Bridge Lights or Bay Lights. They first ran from 2013-2023. They were so popular, that starting this year, the lights are back on, every night. https://illuminate.org/projects/thebayl
2.
by kukanani 1mo ago
There are smart, non-AI people who are paying attention to this field, and they are ringing the alarm bells. Whether we listen is another matter. I blogged about this recently: https://allevato.me/2026/08/01/r
3.
People Who Called for Averting Nuclear War Are Calling for AI Slowdown(allevato.me)
3 points by kukanani 2mo ago|1 comments
4.
by kukanani 2mo ago
Make that N=2, the one person I know who suffers from phone-induced motion sickness says that having this feature on makes the sickness worse.
5.
The Design Landscape of Robot Learning Is a Minefield(allevato.me)
1 points by kukanani 6mo ago|0 comments
6.
by kukanani 6mo ago
Apologies - the source code was shared with me in confidence, dropping it on GitHub was explicitly one of the things I would not do with it. Will update you if that stance changes!
7.
by kukanani 6mo ago
The personality also comes from the system prompt, but I’ll grant you, it’s pretty minor. I’m looking forward to a future where everyone could have their own personality model that is actually fine tuned at the weight level. Plus if we come
8.
by kukanani 6mo ago
Local inference is definitely a good way to go here. Latency when talking to an embodied robot is extremely noticeable though, and pauses during voice chats are way worse than during text chats. It’s something I’m exploring - stay tuned :)
9.
An AI robot in my home(allevato.me)
69 points by kukanani 6mo ago|28 comments
10.
Reviving a Robot(allevato.me)
1 points by kukanani 6mo ago|0 comments
11.
by kukanani 1y ago
Are you perhaps thinking of torch.matmul? torch.mul (and torch.multiply, and the * operator) perform element-wise multiplication. torch.matmul was one of the first functions I implemented on WhyTorch and it uses and highlights rows and colu
12.
by kukanani 1y ago
An open source website I built to explain tensor functions in PyTorch: https://whytorch.org It makes tricky functions like torch.gather and torch.scatter more intuitive by showing element-level relationships between inputs and o
13.
Show HN: WhyTorch – visual explainer for PyTorch Functions(whytorch.org)
2 points by kukanani 1y ago|0 comments
14.
Dracula Daily(draculadaily.substack.com)
2 points by kukanani 4y ago|0 comments
15.
by kukanani 5y ago
I have a PhD in robotics. Got my start with Lego Mindstorms and highly recommend them. Another commenter mentioned FIRST LEGO League, which is a great idea. However, it does require that you have a nearby league, and the experience is proba
16.
by kukanani 6y ago
Yes. Here's Delta IV: https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/rockets/delta-...
17.
by kukanani 6y ago
It may be marketing, but believe it or not, this is standard practice for rockets! Here's the ULA Delta IV User Guide - https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/rockets/delta-...
18.
by kukanani 6y ago
Hello, Hacker News! I'm the dev for this project. Our early testers have found Cherry very useful for preventing interruptions during recording sessions. It works for any size studio, home or pro. We are trying to remove barriers to cr
19.
Show HN: Sync your smart lights with your recording studio(cherrylivelight.com)
1 points by kukanani 6y ago|1 comments
20.
Sending Alerts After a Terminal Command Is Finished(ros.guru)
2 points by kukanani 8y ago|0 comments
21.
Home Robotics Are Out of Our Reach, and Here’s Why(ros.guru)
2 points by kukanani 8y ago|0 comments
22.
Commit Clickbait(github.com)
1 points by kukanani 9y ago|0 comments
23.
A.I. Researchers Leave Elon Musk Lab to Begin Robotics Startup(nytimes.com)
3 points by kukanani 9y ago|0 comments
24.
by kukanani 9y ago
Yep, I think it was a Twitter trending topic.
25.
by kukanani 9y ago
It was pretty incredible. The "diamond ring" really bursts out over the edge of the moon, and then it's glasses on or look away, because the sun's back.
26.
by kukanani 9y ago
You couldn't buy a ticket, invite and media only.
27.
by kukanani 9y ago
I was on this flight, and it was incredible! AMA