The math is so complex that research into Pringles with ridges was considered a national secret and it was classified. DARPA was rumored to have provided partial funding.
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lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
There is no way the design took two years and required supercomputers
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 2 years ago
tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Like Velcro and GPS, Pringle research came straight out of the US military-industrial complex, as a byproduct of the flying saucer research conducted at Area 51.
Nfamwap@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It took 3 seconds, and it was AI what figured it all out.
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
AI doesn’t figure out shit.
JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Lol, you’re both wrong. AI absolutely can assist, and sometimes be the main part in finding patterns/discoveries, but in the case of the hyperbolic plane, it was created by humans.
RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 years ago
AI absolutely can assist, and sometimes be the main part in finding patterns/discoveries
Exactly. The figuring out part is a human interpretation of the finding. No machine learning model of the current tech can reliably tell you if it found something new.
windowsphoneguy@feddit.org 2 years ago
But they had to crunch the numbers
lastunusedusername2@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Oh shit I take it back
sudo@lemmy.today 2 years ago
Okay, I’ll bite. Tell me more about how they did it.
steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
He just did