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Re: Why birds do not fall while sleeping

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Post by defrost »

ndheebebe wrote: post #6
defrost wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So do humans, babies and the elderly especially. What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening? The key here is how relaxed is the interpretation of "permanent".

Birds migrating are mostly zero legging it! To answer the question: a yacht race?

I like the answer, I'm just not sure it's correct - are there any yacht races that have that many legs?

(Aside from AI Yacht's, of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U79-kDQnbPE )

Re: Why birds do not fall while sleeping

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Post by Crazyontap »

When I was younger, I was fascinated by evolution, especially the intricacies of how things just work. This fascination also explains why many people believe in the intelligent design theory.

However, witnessing the rapid evolution of AI with just a few hundred GPUs, enough data, and power, I no longer wonder what a billion years of feedback loops and randomness can achieve.

Re: Why birds do not fall while sleeping

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Post by winwang »

ndheebebe wrote: post #6
defrost wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So do humans, babies and the elderly especially. What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening? The key here is how relaxed is the interpretation of "permanent".

Birds migrating are mostly zero legging it! To answer the question: a yacht race?

something something wings are air-legs

Re: Why birds do not fall while sleeping

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Post by utkarsh858 »

Crazyontap wrote: post #12

When I was younger, I was fascinated by evolution, especially the intricacies of how things just work. This fascination also explains why many people believe in the intelligent design theory. However, witnessing the rapid evolution of AI with just a few hundred GPUs, enough data, and power, I no longer wonder what a billion years of feedback loops and randomness can achieve.

Rapid evolution of AI needs a director, a human training and guiding it to get tangible results.

Re: Why birds do not fall while sleeping

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Post by FireBeyond »

dhosek wrote: post #3
ndheebebe wrote: post #2

> The only permanent bipeds of the animal kingdom alongside humans Kangaroos?

Kangaroos engage in quadrupedal (actually pentapedal—using their tail as well) locomotion at slow speeds.

Indeed, their trademark hopping is actually only really when stressed/startled.

Many of the animal sanctuaries in zoos in Australia actually have little signs telling visitors not to be disappointed if they don't see the animals actually hopping: "Laying down and sunbathing, and the slow walk with their tail is a sign of relaxation and a lack of stress on the animal."

Re: Why birds do not fall while sleeping

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Post by rawgabbit »

defrost wrote: post #5
dhosek wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kangaroos engage in quadrupedal (actually pentapedal—using their tail as well) locomotion at slow speeds.

So do humans, babies and the elderly especially. What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 in the afternoon, and 3 in the evening? The key here is how relaxed is the interpretation of "permanent".

Baby crawling adults walking and old man with cane?

Re: Why birds do not fall while sleeping

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Post by willglynn »

The document to which this article refers was published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, and the article links there. It is also available as open access, which was not linked:

https://hal.science/hal-04287433v1

https://hal.science/hal-04287433/file/Version%20HALL.pdf

Re: Why birds do not fall while sleeping

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Post by cryptoz »

utkarsh858 wrote: post #14
Crazyontap wrote: post #12

When I was younger, I was fascinated by evolution, especially the intricacies of how things just work. This fascination also explains why many people believe in the intelligent design theory. However, witnessing the rapid evolution of AI with just a few hundred GPUs, enough data, and power, I no longer wonder what a billion years of feedback loops and randomness can achieve.

Rapid evolution of AI needs a director, a human training and guiding it to get tangible results.

For now.
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