Hi all, Repl.it employee here. It's worth noting that the author of the guest blog post took on this project as part of his EPQ, or Extended Project Qualification, an exploratory project undertaken by some high schoolers (equivalent) in the UK. Repl.it took no part in the origins or the directions of his work; Ollie just chose Repl.it as his tool of choice. He learned the concepts, tools, and code on his own. Regardl…
The internet is a nasty place and you lot should recognise it as such. I did note this: "As a self taught programmer of age 16, I knew from the start that taking on the complex topic of neural networks and then trying to combine it with the famously difficult field of prime numbers would be a challenge." ... and I read on and I am suitably impressed - good skills.
Re: Neural Networks and Primes
#21This is like the mathematical version of trying to build a perpetual motion machine for a science fair project. At 16, I may not have known enough make the GP's argument, but I would have the intellectual humility to pick a project I can reasonably understand.