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NNadir

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3. My son's Ph.D work involves convolutional neural networks for...

Reply to highplainsdem (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 11:18 AM

Nov 2024

...image processing of TEM for printed steels.

I'll let him know it's immoral and pornographic to conduct his work.

I'll also be sure to let all the folks i know working on protein dynamics simulations to understand that their work is immoral and pornographic.

You learn something every day.

It is possible of course to generate electricity without releasing dangerous fossil fuel waste, but it's had rather dishonest bad press.

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Disgusting. And this is mostly about that nearly worthless genAI used for student cheating and other highplainsdem Nov 2024 #1

Yes, let us all kneel and praise Shiny New Thing!! hatrack Nov 2024 #2

My son's Ph.D work involves convolutional neural networks for... NNadir Nov 2024 #3

Don't misread my post. I said nearly worthless.There are some good uses for AI, but they don't excuse highplainsdem Nov 2024 #4

It would be interesting to hear of any technology that is immune... NNadir Nov 2024 #5

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Well, should I assume you are an expert and can provide... NNadir Nov 2024 #7

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Oh. I see. We have to make distinctions about how servers are used. I'm a bad guy, I guess. I use Google Scholar... NNadir Nov 2024 #9

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