Facebook Donating 25 State Of The Art GPU Servers To AI Research In Europe (phys.org) 26
An anonymous reader writes: Facebook has announced that it will donate 25 high-end GPU servers to institutions in the European Union which are engaged in research on artificial intelligence. The first recipient will be a professor researching image analysis of breast cancer and the chemical modelling of molecules. The initiative, which is currently inviting suitable applicants from the EU, comes through the Facebook AI Research (FAIR) program, and the GPU donations will come with technical support and on-site collaboration. Though no specifications on the machines involved have been revealed, it seems likely that they will be some variant on Big Sur.
Me, me, me... (Score:2)
I need one!
Or more precisely, I need around 256 GPUs... Mark? Maaaaaaaark!
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Throw me one of the bitcoins you mine.
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That will be difficult, as I don't mine bitcoins with them...
No need for more AI research (Score:2)
Good investment. (Score:2)
This is pocket-change to facebook, even discounting the bulk purchaser benefits facebook enjoys. Negligable cost, and a small improvement in reputation.
Site attribution (Score:1)
This post uses my submission from the site I work for, thestack.com, which has had about 300 referrals here in the past 18 months, but for some reason the core link has been changed to physics.org, who I did not know had even covered the story. It's the second time in two days my exact words in a submission have been used and the core link changed. Can I ask why?
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Because Slashdot.
File a C&D and threaten to sue for copyright infringement.
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wait for it... wait... wait... money!
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Where is your submission visible on thestack.com?
AI and Social Forums (Score:2)
Why are social forums so hot on AI because of course the turing test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]. What could be better for a social forum than a completely artificial social forum, where each end user is trapped in unique artificial network of AI bots designed to keep them in their and to target them with marketing (some real friends but the bulk fake as). AI bots who love and care for them, well, as long as they buy the right crap, perfected for them, to temp them and fill their empty shallow lives
What happens when the AIs become sentient? (Score:1)
Why EU? (Score:2)
Re: Why EU? (Score:1)
The US is eating its own tail in almost every way, Europe or Asia is where smart tech companies are moving to.