Super cool!
I'm not sure if they did a writeup for m8trix (a predecessor) but I tried dissecting it around when it came out (2014): https://scot.tg/2014/05/31/amazing-code-density/
Wake up! 16b
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Re: Wake up! 16b
#32I once made a ray tracer demo in 4K. I thought that was hard…
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#33Definitely thought this was a 16b parameter llm, not a 16 byte demo.
9 orders of magnitude difference!
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#34There are only 2^128 of such demos. How much of those are valid DOS programs? If we narrow it down to ones that generate both video and sound, I guess there are much less, which should motivate more people to try and find one :)
2^128 is still a huuuuuge space.
It is big but the preconditions shave off a lot. You need to get to display memory and also get to a sound port and need to do both in a loop where each varies. And you need to build it out of valid instructions. That puts you at more like 2^75.
Only a tiny fraction of those outputs will have any complexity. And only a tiny fraction of those will be aesthetic.
I don’t bet on us finding a -ton- of interesting sound plus video demos in 16 bytes.
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#35Really, really small generative code like this has me shouting "Witch!"
Bravo.
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#36And cool creations like this is why we get excited about technology
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#37I'm curious how easy it would be to run this on a Win10 or Win11 64bit PC.
Like, would it need dosbox? Virtualbox running a DOS VM?
When I try it in Dosbox I do get a very vague impression of matrix rain but no sound. The characters in the matrix rain are all uppercase and lowercase M's and U's though and they do not seem to cycle through many states at all (just partly on screen and nothing).
Re: Wake up! 16b
#38I'm curious how easy it would be to run this on a Win10 or Win11 64bit PC. Like, would it need dosbox? Virtualbox running a DOS VM? When I try it in Dosbox I do get a very vague impression of matrix rain but no sound. The characters in the matrix rain are all uppercase and lowercase M's and U's though and they do not seem to cycle through many states at all (just partly on screen and nothing).
It requires specific graphics card setup ( it simulates an old system) Use the provided config from here https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=106210
Edit: for Dosbox X
Re: Wake up! 16b
#39Definitely thought this was a 16b parameter llm, not a 16 byte demo.
I was the opposite hehe
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