I spoiled Wordle with this one weird trickI wouldn’t describe myself as competitive, exactly. It’s just that whenever there’s an opportunity to do so, I absolutely must prove that…Jan 14, 2022A response icon4Jan 14, 2022A response icon4
Bat Milk: Ranking mammals’ milkGenerally speaking, adult humans are reluctant to consume bodily secretions. I hesitate to over-generalise, but I feel confident in saying…Feb 7, 2020A response icon1Feb 7, 2020A response icon1
Published inTDS ArchiveHow Computers ThinkIt’s the final frontier in artificial intelligence. It’s the star of countless films and novels, both the greatest villain and hero of…Oct 20, 2019A response icon1Oct 20, 2019A response icon1
Published inTDS ArchiveBot Ross: Teaching a Computer to PaintI am not, I will admit, a terribly good artist. Not with a brush and paint at least. I can make a credible effort with a pen or pencil…Sep 22, 2019A response icon1Sep 22, 2019A response icon1
Published inTDS ArchiveI fed a bot eight hundred burgers, and this is what it threw upIt seems there’s nothing a human can do that some clever jerk with a computer won’t come along and do better. First it was simple…Aug 17, 2019Aug 17, 2019
Published inTDS ArchiveHow Computers See: Image Recognition and Medieval Pole ArmsDeath, they say, is the great equaliser. It comes for all of us eventually, and none of us escape its icy grasp. This was as true…Jul 7, 2019Jul 7, 2019
Published inTDS ArchiveTen-Thousand First Dates: Reinforcement Learning RomanceHow Computers ThinkJun 7, 2019Jun 7, 2019
Burger Wellington Data — 2019Barely recovered from the depredations made on our wallets and appetites by last year’s burger frenzy, we are once again on the precipice…May 31, 2019May 31, 2019
Published inTDS ArchiveThe Brains in Games: Video Game AIHow Computers Think: Part FiveMay 10, 2019May 10, 2019
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