Kind of crazy that a computing device designed for desktop gaming has become critical to the emergence of super useful AI systems.

Feb 10, 2023 · 6:40 PM UTC

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This type of thing has been true historically w other major technology shifts: a testament to how important having many diff industries is to overall inventiveness. Light bulbs to vacuum tubes to...everything. Jacquard loom to Analytical Engine. Synthetic dyes to pharmaceuticals.
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Which device?
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Linear algebra one the pillars of modern computing!
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Gaming drove a lot of tech. Not crazy at all.
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Not crazy at all and just serves to illustrate why everyone should be taking a numerical analysis class Graphics is ultimately just numerical analysis and algorithms
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I guess it is more of "Linear Algebra is Great"
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gaming is more useful than ai
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It's not crazy graphics are heavily relying upon heavy linear algebra computations using floats which is the same for most math heavy algorithms