Finished The Sirens' Call by @chrislhayes.bsky.social the other day
Frankly, I don't think it's anything new I haven't heard before but I could see this as a good introduction to the issues related to the 'attention economy'
He is risen indeed
Bit behind on my reading thread; better late than never!
Finished Life and Death marking the end of a first complete read-through of the Twilight series.
Had so much fun reading the whole series++ with my friend! It was the perfect last book & frankly it makes me want to read the series again XD
That's fairโ I'm no expert on the mobile side by any means so I can't say much on that. (This is more my focus: cloud.google.com/blog/product...)
I will say I think support has improved for Gemma (and continuing the focus on the OSS community). But I probably have at least a small bias ๐
Random fact of the day I just learned:
1 yearโ โ ฯ * 10,000,000 seconds
โ At least within ~0.5% error depending on how you define a 'year'
Yeah, it being a 'beta' makes sense. It probably makes sense to run something more stable if you *really* want something you can use
But I still think this is pretty cool and I can more easily see something using local models in the not too distant future :D
Totallyโ and it's not like this is the *first* time it's possible to run a model locally. (I've played around running quantized models on my mobile before) But this is my very unscientific evaluation that it actually feels usable (speedy & capable)
See I remembered it being a good day
the score of gifts to me picked out by my kids & wife. They totally nailed it
I don't have a very scientific answer, but it seems minimal; I don't notice any significant change. But it's bursty usage so it'd be hard for me to quantify beyond the normal drain from just the screen being on
To compare, watching a video on the phone has a much more noticeable draw
This is great news! I remember it being an amazingly good day for me
I'm no expert in mobile hardware, but I think the Pixel 8 technically does
But I don't think it can be utilized for this (based on this utilizing AICore: developers.google.com/ml-kit/genai...)
But you still can use at least the CPU with Google' Edge Gallery: github.com/google-ai-ed...
lol to be fair I did say 'briefly explain' (if you let the model go longer, it will list out disadvantages too)
I'll just pretend this is some data science click-bait ; )
Soon: 'Which component is *actually* principal: the secrets your PCA *isn't* telling you!'
Thanks for sharing!
Putting it on my list ๐๐
Hell yeah
Running local models haven't been inconceivable on mobile before, but this with Gemma 4 reaches what I feel is realistically usable (efficient & 'smart'/capable enough)
The Gemma team should be extremely proudโ congrats on the launch!
I recall a friend asking me in early 2023 when things like this 'new ChatGPT' would run on our own phones and me saying something like "oh probably not for another decade if we're lucky"
I was very wrong (quantization is a hell of a drug)
*(this is Gemma 4 E4B running locally on my Pixel 10 Fold)
And now right before bed time my twins were playing 'astronaut' where one asks questions & the other is the astronaut answering
But the best part is that they give a delay before answering XD I love that's what stuck out to them in their little 5 year old minds
This also seems likely
I highly suspect it's in large part because the design is for how it looks over the functionality
But I only have the slightest guess how playgrounds are planned. I picture a 'catalog' over a specific design for an area (at least most being this way)
My kids are watching the recent in-space interview with the Artemis II crew & it's so magical to see my littles w/ wide eyes hearing the astronauts talk
youtu.be/f81dxqUauuk?...
What floors me is that it's feasible to run Gemma 4 E4B on your personal *pocket computer* (aka phone)
developers.googleblog.com/bring-state-...
I totally get thisโ thinking of having a Victor pilot brings me a lot of unearned pride for myself
Good job Victor representing our name to the world ๐ซก
A sideways large blonde hair & blue eyed barbie head that goes down the shoulders with a pink garment
Not as bad as the large detached barbie head they keep leaving around
Gives me shivers every time I see it in a new place in a different room. I'm not brave enough to ask the kids if they're the ones relocating it (I never see them play with it...)
small light blue fuzzy cat toy/statue with eye stickers slightly askew
I was surprised by this little derpy cat toy my kids left in the kitchen and it legitimately made me cackle out loud
(they love putting their little 'creations' throughout the house for me to randomly find)
We've just released Gemma 4!!
Very strong models, small for you to run on your own hardware!!
AMA
blog.google/innovation-a...
black screen: That which I see is data. That which I hear is data. That which I taste is data. All else is illusion. -MESOPOTAMIAN FARMING PROVERB
It's sooo good ๐ artisanal data collectors unite!!
I knew when it opened with the quote and acoustic guitar I was in for a treat lol
'small data' vibes & I'm all for it ๐ฑ๐โฅ๏ธ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDr6...
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Bluesky-sphere, can you give me a recommendation for a podcast on ML, CV or Robotics for boring car commutes (which I rarely do, I normally commute by bike)?
I only know twimlai.com.
Peter Abeel's Robot Brain podcast seems to be discontinued.
Please don't recommend Lex, let's stay serious ๐
