#or fantasy robot w/e

[monstyra]

knight saint doodles, as a treat

[secretmellowblog]

I feel weird about Arcane S2 because ….. It'd be rad if Arcane was super leftist or w/e, but I never expected it to be. And I was happy with that! I always expected Arcane to continue having its “X-men level” of political takes— “both sides are at fault and we need to come together and have compassion." I don't need a leftist moral political justification to enjoy a fun fantasy story.

But season 2 really did surprise me? by swerving off and being like “actually the political oppression storyline Does Not Matter, never mattered, and won’t even get a resolution— not even a conservative or centrist resolution?” XD

They don't even resolve the political storyline with the classic X-men “both sides are suffering, why cant we get along" type of ending; instead they just abandon it completely. By the last four episodes the show is all about fighting random Evil Outsiders and Magic Robots from the League of Legends Cinematic Universe to advertise upcoming League skins and spin-offs, while the plot about the warring political factions gets completely dropped without any resolution beyond Vague Implications.

I guess my take is that, unlike a lot of people, I was never expecting Arcane to be any more politically radical than an x-men movie— and I still enjoyed it a lot!

But I was expecting it to care about the storyline it had set up? And I was genuinely surprised by how little it did.

In hindsight it now feels odd how much time they spent emphasizing the characters experiencing police brutality and political divides and riots and violence at border crossings and class disparity and being crippled by pollution, because now we know none of this was ever going anywhere? XD

My surprise was not that all that politically loaded imagery was building up to a centrist message about how there are good people on both sides and we need to reach across the aisle. Because that’s always how I thought it would end, and that’s Fine for a fun fantasy show? But I was surprised to realize that none of the imagery was ever intended to be building up to anything, not even a general centrist message about reaching across the aisle. It was using political imagery in a hollow way, without intent, for Shock Value, for the Aesthetic.

the actual story is just a generic comic book fight between humans who want people to live vs robots who want to kill everything; everything else is just there to dress that up.

[ohnoitstbskyen]

I know Riot would never do it, but do you feel like there's any champion in League that could benefit being split from their kit? Meaning the kit is perfectly fine, doesn't merit a rework, it just doesn't fit the Champion and their lore the best. If I were to give an example I'd say Morg.

When her Blackthorn skin came out I felt like it was such a perfect match for the kit and made a great case for why the kit deserves to be on a swamp warlock/witch. With its grasping vines and poisonous ground. This would give Morg the chance to get a new kit to better support her lore as a protector of the people and rivalry with Kayle.

I mean, yeah, Morgana is a great example of that kind of thing - her character's whole vibe is resistance against unjust exercise of power, forgiveness and redemption, but her KIT is nothing but chains and pains.

Her abilities are like Q: imprison a person, W: make them walk on flaming coals, E: a shield, and E: imprison even more people.

Of those, only her shield, which protects from crowd control, really works thematically with the idea of her as a liberator or a guardian against undue imprisonment and punishment. If anything, her kit seems like a much more natural fit for Kayle as a character.

Blitzcrank is another character whose kit isn't that great a fit for his character - in his story he's a heroic service-robot who spends his time helping the deprived of Zaun, cleaning up toxic waste and averting disasters. Like, his Q should at LEAST be useable for dragging allies out of danger as well as hooking enemies, but basically none of his kit supports that character fantasy AT ALL, and his ult straight up sucks for what he's supposed to be.

Kennen has the problem that his powers... it's not that they're a BAD fit for his story role, it's more that they're NO fit for it. They don't detract, but they also don't support it at all. He's supposed to be the agent of balance between the Eye of Twilight (Shen) and the Fist of Shadow (formerly Akali), a diplomatic mediator spurring the Eye to action and the Fist to calm, and that's just... NOT at all related to his lightning powers. Like, at ALL. They seem like utterly separate things.

Which is the same problem Skarner has - no real connection between his abilities and his story, although I guess maybe the rework is about to do something about that. Theoretically. If it ever comes out.

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[eccentric-nucleus]

i'm really approaching being 'done' with engine-level concerns for my game-thing (still have to do: houses & interiors; redoing the shader in general to handle interior spaces including caves; npcs; npc schedules. i'm not counting ui screens for game mechanics or stuff like biome simulation w/e as 'engine-level' since they'll mostly be game logic) and so now i'm having to think about actual Game Stuff like setting and plot and the like

i think i've posted about it before, but there was this moment when i was first getting into kenshi and really enjoying it. like, okay there's this squad rpg system, and you can roam around the world and eventually settle down to build your own town anywhere you want. and i was like, hmm, are there any other games like this? and looking it up people were like: mount and blade! medieval dynasty! and to me so much of the appeal of kenshi was this bizarre world it was set in, these horrible failing racist slaver states you bounce between, the old robot empire ruins, the one area that's just constant laser bombardment during the day. weird bugpeople with pheromone issues. and all the games would were saying were 'like kenshi' were just, medieval europe. and i was like: god i am so sick of medieval fantasy. there's nothing wrong with it, it's just so so so oversaturated. and i like the desert as a setting. so.

(when i was writing the new hive i was really thinking about how like, there's trigun influence there and there's gears of war influence there. and like any shooty game post-2001, the desert in gears of war is meant to evoke the middle east, iraq, afghanistan. meanwhile trigun's deserts, the whole of planet gunsmoke is obviously much more of a western. it's the american southwest. very different kinds of desert!)

anyway currently i'm drawing references from the todra river gorge in morocco and the aïr mountains in niger. the aïr mountains in particular have been interesting b/c they do actually match the geography i had been thinking of: oasis-village fed by mountain runoff. when clouds come, the colder mountain air wrings out the moisture so you get rain on the mountain, and the mountain is mostly impermiable rock so the rain all sheets off into gullies and turns into torrential flooding. hence all the arroyos surrounded by vegetation and farmland on the satellite imagery

so that's neat, but now i'm thinking about the process of actually procedurally generating that kind of landscape and it's pretty intimidating. watersheds are always complicated to generate b/c they're fundamentally non-local, since they require knowledge of how all the local elevations come together into a flow network. aaah

[gamercats-fight]

Welcome everyone to the Gamer Cats Tournament!!!

Under the cut is a list of all the participants in alphabetical order!

I will come up with the bracket hopefully in a couple of days, and I'm aiming for the voting to start AT THE LATEST on Feb. 4th, but I'll keep you all posted!!

#'s

707's Robot cat from Mystic Messenger

A's

Alexander the Great from Identity V

Ankha from Animal Crossing

Ann's cat from Identity V

Ashes from Fallout 4

Astrid from Spiritfarer

B's

Big the Cat from Sonic the Hedgehog

Blaze the Cat from Sonic the Hedgehog

Bloodfang Sabertooth from Far Cry Primal

Bob from Animal Crossing

Bongo from Life is Strange

C's

Cait Sith from Final Fantasy VII

Castle Town cats from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Cheka Kingscholar from Disney Twisted-Wonderland

Cheshire Cat from Alice: Madness Returns

Chilly from Soul Knight

Cisco from Gotham Knights

Coco from Cattails: Wildwood Story

D's

Daffodil from Spiritfarer

E's

Ebony from Marve's Midnight Suns

Eevee from Pokemon

Elizabeth the 3rd from Mystic Messenger

Espurr from Pokemon

Eve from Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Evil the Cat from Earthworm Jim

F's

Frou-Frou from Scarlet Hollow

Fat Cat from Final Fantasy XIV

G's

Giovanni from Spiritfarer

Giovanni's Persian from Pokemon

Gizmo from Sally Face

Goomba Cat from Super Mario 3D World

Gouto-Douji from Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army

Grim from Disney Twisted-Wonderland

H's

His Majesty from Baldur's Gate 3

Hunter Slime from Slime Rancher

J's

Jean from Stardew Valley: Jorts and Jean the Helper Cats mod

Jibanyan from Yo-kai Watch

Jorts from Stardew Valley: Jorts and Jean the Helper Cats mod

Judd from Splatoon

Judge from Off

K's

Kabegami from Ōkami

Keats from Professor Layton and the Last Specter

Kiki from Animal Crossing

King Tom from Ni no Kuni

King from Tekken

KITR from ULTRAKILL

Kitties! from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Kittyball from Chuzzle 2

Krampy from Cattails: Wildwood Story

L's

Léon from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All

Leona Kingscholar from Disney Twisted-Wonderland

Leopard from Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Lucius from Disney Twisted-Wonderland

Lumi from Cats are Liquid

M's

Mae Borowski from Night in the Woods

M'aiq the Liar from The Elder Scrolls III

Meowth from Pokemon

MEWO from OMORI

Minecraft cats from Minecraft

Mitzi from Overwatch

Momo from Love Nikki

Morgana from Persona 5

Mr. Mew from The World Ends with You

Mr. Midnight from Fran Bow

Mr. Whiskers from Identity V

Ms. Fortune from Skullgirls

N's

Neko from Genshin Impact

Nintendogs + Cats's cats from Nintendogs + Cats

Nyan Cat from Nyan Cat: Lost in Space

O's

Orchynx from Pokemon: Uranium

P's

Pepi from The Arcana

Pete from Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth

Pixel from Scarlet Hollow

Pocket from Boyfriend Dungeon

R's

Raymond from Animal Crossing

[REDACTED] from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Remlits from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Rover from Animal Crossing

S's

Saber-toothed Tiger from Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Stardew Valley cats from Stardew Valley

Shoe from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All

Simba from The Lion King (video game)

Sims Urbz cat from The Urbz: Sims in the City

Slip from Cattails: Wildwood Story

Spider-Man/Bodega Cat from Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Spring from Lies of P

Steelclaw from Baldur's Gate 3

Stray cat from Stray

Super Mario 3D cats from Super Mario 3D World's + Bowser's Fury

Sushi Cat from Sushi Cat

T's

Tabby Bee from Bee Swarm Simulator ROBLOX

Tabby Slime from Slime Rancher

Talking Tom from My Talking Tom

Tally from American Acardia

Tango from Mega Man V

Tara from Baldur's Gate 3

Temmie from Undertale

The Beast from Slay the Princess

The Empress from A Hat in Time - Nyakuza Metro

The Star from The Arcana

The Tiger from Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

Tiger from Tomb Raider 2

Toro Inoue from Doko Demo Issyo

V's

Vivi from Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku

W's

Wagahai from The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures

Y's

Yuumi from League of Legends

[themightymoose]

Bad Hair Day

fuck Blythe can whistle too???

I'm just being petty at this point :/

Blythe volunteering to groom the pets I see this not going wrong in any way shape or form

Okay no it's just Zoe

The fact that Minka is the one I kept forgetting about when she's one of the first pets to have any direct focus

Vinnie skitters so fast on the wall he's so cute

"What? I can be smart in fantasies!"

Minka is giving Pinkie vibes rn

"Yes! Even I can help! Even though no one has done the same for me." W H E E Z E

BLYTHE LOOK AT THE DOG

Blythe you absolute dumbass

Blythe is such an unreliable narrator smh

"Will you please stop fussing with my hair?" What hair Russell

Help Pepper asking the real questions here 💀

I love the slow motion "no"

Yaps in distress

Zoe looks like she's dead

I think girlie lost it

Pepper calling Minka "our little monkey" I love them

so... Minka's a robot???

[lets-make-a-thing]

poll is below!

In case you haven't heard, we're making a fantasy worldbuilding project involving magic technology, floating islands, an adventurer jackalope girl, an INFP robot shapeshifter, and some other interesting things. Scroll down for the poll and vote for how we structure the elevation of the floating islands!

I traced our map again so it will be easier to add colors later. This green is placeholder, does not necessarily mean that the area is forested or plains :)

With that said, I want to ask how we divide up the larger floating islands by elevation.

(I accidentally forgot to put a letter on that bottom row, so let's call it E)

Your percentages will become the elevation out of 100. The closer the percentage is to 0 means the elevation will be closer to the center of the world, or "sea level" (except... our world doesn't have an ocean below hahaha). The closer the number is to 100 means the closer it is to outer space!

This poll will be done 2x, one with letters and one with numbers. This poll will determine the range of elevation, whereas the number polls will be more specific and take the percentage of the range.

For example...

Let's say you're voting between areas W, X, Y, Z.

Y gets 11%, W gets 14%, X gets 33%, Z gets 42%. This means Y will have a range between 0-11-14, W is 11-14-33, X is 14-33-42, Z is 33-42-100. The middle number is the typical value (most voted value) and the other two numbers are the extremes, the highest or lowest possible elevation. Those are for the entire rows, so the next poll will be based on the numbers 1-8 on the map picture. That will determine the specific elevation of all of the possible islands.

It might sound confusing right now, but I'll construct a graph or some visual element later to help visualize it after the results come in.

note: Not all of the map looks like islands yet either, but we can figure that out as we go. :)

[jacquesthepigeon]

Prestigious arts school? Oh I want to know what everyone is doing there now. I mean Marinette easy but how did Chloé get in(and why?) What about Kim? Sabrina?

Luka, Juleka, Rose, and Ivan are all music that's easy.

Chloé for Dance?

Kim for Synchronized swimming?

Sabrina for... ummm no idea. Oh! Championship Gundam model building.

Nino is film.

Alya.... maybe theater too? She's looking into broadcast journalism but it's a start.

Mylene: film

Nath:art

Who am I missing?

Chloe def for dance

Fhkdhdkdbjdkd gundam building (maybe theater tech?)

Max for uhhhh sculpture???? That’s the closest I can think of to robotics (or also theater or maybe special effects tech) WAIT FUCK GAME DESIGN IM SO DUMB

Alix for (graffiti) art

Nino could also be music production

Alya could be literary arts as well

I think I’m getting too specialized for high school arts but w/e its a fantasy world so they could be more specific than real world unis for all I know 🤪

EDIT: did some research and edited Max’s accordingly

[kinneys]

I’m definitely #s4succcritical in that i didnt think it was bad ofc some of the finest television of all time BUT i did think it was weaker than every other season. my problems boil down to 1) 24hr format was a trap that made some episodes (notably 5 and 8) truly have nothing happen in them except for one big blow-up convo in the final 10 minutes 2) really think it was a big mistake to make kendall such a dead-eyed daddy’s number one boy zombie all season w almost no relief. s1 he was our emotional gateway to the show, the brilliant finale rests on his fateful actions, s2 widens the scope a bit to shiv and roman but ken’s the big finale boy again, s3′s main trajectory is ken v daddy (but could he really pull it off this time?. absolutely exceptional world class acting from jeremy in each finale particularly 3, his crumbling ‘i’m all apart’ meltdown a moment for the tv ages truly. 

s4 we got none of that at all, he was totally shafted imo and became deeply unlikeable and unpleasant and living in a complete fantasy world all the time. they’re all bad people w/e but i really think most of ken’s humanity was totally stripped away w just brute force, its like the character we saw at the end of s3 was taken out and shot and replaced with a mindless Waystar robot who really believed the crazy stuff he was saying. i was waiting all season for him to have some humility and some self-awareness the way roman’s ‘we’re all bullshit’ was brilliantly satisfying but it never came. in fact I was :| during all his scenes and actively rooting for him to kill himself in the last 20min of the show. and not everyone felt like that probably but i did lol and it remains my big gripe of the season

[vibrantfangz]

Wam-Bam!!!

You’re one of my favorite artists, so I hit you with the alphabet of

Questions

A- Are you feeling ok?

B- Barnacles! (What makes you the most peeved?)

C- Color scheme (What’s your favorite color scheme?)

D- Dashing (What fictional character are you most attracted to?)

E- Effortless (What’s your go to hairstyle?)

F- Favorite fantasy world?

G- Girls or boys or neither?

H- Hate (Who do you hate the most?)

I- Intern (If you could be an intern for anyone in the entire world, who would it be?)

J- Jokes (What’s your type of humor?)

K- Kids (How do you feel about kids? Annoying or endearing?)

L- Love (Have you ever been in looooooove?)

M- Movie (What’s your favorite movie?)

N- Nightmare (What’s your worst nightmare?)

O- Obviously 🙄 (What’s a random fun fact that you know?)

P- Powers (If you could have any power, what would it be?)

Q- Q-T-Pie (What’s the cutest thing on earth, would you say?)

R- Really ugly (What is the ugliest feature of a person?)

S- Sad (What’s something that makes you sad?)

T- Tiktoktiktok (What do you like to do in your free time?)

U- Understanding (What’s the most redeeming quality someone can have?)

V- Violence (How much do you traumatize your ocs?)

W- Weather (What’s your favorite type of weather?)

X- IDK WHAT TO DO FOR X I’M SORRY 😔🙍🏻‍♀️

Y- Your biggest hyperfixation rn

Z- Zoopals! (Favorite animal?)

OHHH THOS IS SO SWEET IVE NEVER GOTTEN ASKS LIKE THIS <333 TYSM

A- absolutely! I'm doing fantastic :] how about yourself?

B- Eugh that's a hard one, even though I get peeved easily haha... in terms of art, something that irks me is Art Drama and artists gaining clout over mean trends

C- OOOH pastels!! Rn my favorite combo of colors are yellow, pink and blue!! Aka my signature colors haha

D- Tech from the Bad Batch is the first to top my mind, but when I was younger, I had a huge crush on Darth Vader LOL

E- Oftentimes in a ponytail!! But I used to wear braids ALL the time in middle school

F- OOOH that's a hard one, but probably strange and whimsical ones like the World of Studio Ghibli and The Wizard of Oz, as well as Genshin Impact!

G- If this is about sexuality, I'm currently unlabeled! I know I'm queer and I like everyone, but I don't quite care for labels. Although I did go through a pansexual, omnisexual and lesbian phase haha

H- Definitely 'pray the gay away' conservatives and just unaccepting people in general. Also weirdos like MAPs and Zoos, blegh

I- I've never thought about this!! It's something I'll save for later

J- Humor? Probably really random things LOL, but I find all types of humor unique!

K- Annoying and endearing at the same time. It depends. But I've met some really sweet ones at work! They make my work experience pretty funny sometimes

L- I've been in love a few times! I think- im still figuring out how feelings work haha. Of course, I've had a few childhood crushes, but the most notable was probably with an online friend I sadly cut off. We dated for a few weeks back in 2022 I think?? Ever since I cut them off I've sworn not to online date ever again LOL

M- OOOOH right now it's The Wild Robot, but I also like anything Studio Ghibli!!

N- I've had worse ones than this, but I like to tell this story a lot - when I was little I had a dream that the Cat in the Hat made my toys cone to life, and when I told my parents about it he got mad and made my toys turn on me with pitchforks LOL

O- the insides of figs are lined with dead wasps (yummy)

P- The ability to draw worlds and make them come to life!

Q- CATS!!! I have five, I love them dearly

R- I don't like to say any physical feature is ugly! The only ugly thing about anyone is the evil in their hearts.

S- Probably the thought of those i love passing away, especially my cats and mom </3

T- Draw, daydream, talk with my friends online and browse social media!

U- Learning from their past and choosing to grow from it.

V- A lot, haha :,) but I also love wholesomeness so I add in a good balance! Fret not, my ocs are in good hands!

W- FALL WEATHERRR <33 it's so cozy!!

X- LOLLL DW X IS A HARD ONE

Y- Probably SCAD... its silly but I've been researching Savannah College of Art and Design all week nonstop, and it's my first thought in the mornings

Z- Cats, hehe!! Like I said, I've got five of em!!

Wow, that was a lot- thanks for asking!!! I love to interact with my community ^0^

[jcmarchi]

MIT Leads the Way in AI-Driven Warehouse Efficiency

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MIT Leads the Way in AI-Driven Warehouse Efficiency

In an era increasingly defined by automation and efficiency, robotics has become a cornerstone of warehouse operations across various sectors, ranging from e-commerce to automotive production. The vision of hundreds of robots swiftly navigating colossal warehouse floors, fetching and transporting items for packing and shipping, is no longer just a futuristic fantasy but a present-day reality. However, this robotic revolution brings its own set of challenges.

At the heart of these challenges is the intricate task of managing an army of robots – often numbering in the hundreds – within the confines of a warehouse environment. The primary obstacle is ensuring that these autonomous agents efficiently reach their destinations without interference. Given the complexity and dynamism of warehouse activities, traditional path-finding algorithms often fall short. The difficulty is akin to orchestrating a symphony of movements where each robot, much like an individual musician, must perform in harmony with others to avoid operational cacophony. The rapid pace of activities in sectors like e-commerce and manufacturing adds another layer of complexity, demanding solutions that are not only effective but also expeditious.

This scenario sets the stage for innovative solutions capable of addressing the multifaceted nature of robotic warehouse management. As we will explore in the next sections, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have stepped into this arena with a groundbreaking approach, leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to transform the efficiency and effectiveness of warehouse robotics.

MIT’s Innovative AI Solution for Robot Congestion

A team of MIT researchers, applying principles from their work on AI-driven traffic congestion solutions, developed a deep-learning model tailored to the complexities of warehouse operations. This model represents a significant leap forward in robotic path planning and management.

Central to their approach is a sophisticated neural network architecture designed to encode and process a wealth of information about the warehouse environment. This includes the positioning and planned routes of the robots, their designated tasks, and potential obstacles. The AI system uses this rich dataset to predict the most effective strategies for alleviating congestion, thus enhancing the overall efficiency of warehouse operations.

What sets this model apart is its focus on dividing the robots into manageable groups. Instead of attempting to direct each robot individually, the system identifies smaller clusters of robots and applies traditional algorithms to optimize their movements. This method dramatically accelerates the decongestion process, reportedly achieving speeds nearly four times faster than conventional random search methods.

The deep learning model’s ability to group robots and efficiently reroute them showcases a notable advancement in the realm of real-time operational decision-making. As Cathy Wu, the Gilbert W. Winslow Career Development Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at MIT and a key member of this research initiative, points out, their neural network architecture is not just theoretically sound but practically suited for the scale and complexity of modern warehouses.

“We devised a new neural network architecture that is actually suitable for real-time operations at the scale and complexity of these warehouses. It can encode hundreds of robots in terms of their trajectories, origins, destinations, and relationships with other robots, and it can do this in an efficient manner that reuses computation across groups of robots,” says Wu.

Operational Advancements and Efficiency Gains

The implementation of MIT’s AI-driven approach in warehouse robotics marks a transformative step in operational efficiency and effectiveness. The model, by focusing on smaller groups of robots, streamlines the process of managing and rerouting robotic movements within a bustling warehouse environment. This methodological shift has led to substantial improvements in handling robot congestion, a perennial challenge in warehouse management.

One of the most striking outcomes of this approach is the marked increase in decongestion speed. By applying the AI model, warehouses can decongest robotic traffic nearly four times faster compared to traditional random search methods. This leap in efficiency is not just a numerical triumph but a practical enhancement that directly translates into faster order processing, reduced downtime, and an overall uptick in productivity.

Moreover, this innovative solution has wider implications beyond just operational speed. It ensures a more harmonious and less collision-prone environment for the robots. The ability of the AI system to dynamically adapt to changing scenarios within the warehouse, rerouting robots and recalculating paths as needed, is indicative of a significant advancement in autonomous robotic management.

These efficiency gains are not just confined to the theoretical realm but have shown promising results in various simulated environments, including typical warehouse settings and more complex, maze-like structures. The flexibility and robustness of this AI model demonstrate its potential applicability in a range of settings that go beyond traditional warehouse layouts.

This section underscores the tangible benefits of MIT’s AI solution in enhancing warehouse operations, setting a new benchmark in the field of robotic management.

Broader Applications and Future Directions

Expanding beyond the realm of warehouse logistics, the implications of MIT’s AI-driven approach in robotic management are far-reaching. The core principles and techniques developed by the research team hold the potential to revolutionize a variety of complex planning tasks. For instance, in fields like computer chip design or the routing of pipes in large building projects, the challenges of efficiently managing space and avoiding conflicts are analogous to those in warehouse robotics. The application of this AI model in such scenarios could lead to significant improvements in design efficiency and operational effectiveness.

Looking to the future, there is a promising avenue in deriving simpler, rule-based insights from the neural network model. The current state of AI solutions, while powerful, often operates as a “black box,” making the decision-making process opaque. Simplifying the neural network’s decisions into more transparent, rule-based strategies could facilitate easier implementation and maintenance in real-world settings, especially in industries where understanding the logic behind AI decisions is crucial.

The research team’s aspiration to enhance the interpretability of AI decisions aligns with a broader trend in the field: the pursuit of AI systems that are not only powerful and efficient but also understandable and accountable. As AI continues to permeate various sectors, the demand for such transparent systems is expected to grow.

The groundbreaking work of the MIT team, supported by collaborations with entities like Amazon and the MIT Amazon Science Hub, showcases the ongoing evolution of AI in solving complex real-world problems. It underscores a future where AI’s role is not limited to performing tasks but extends to optimizing and revolutionizing how industries operate.

With these advancements and future possibilities, we stand on the cusp of a new era in robotics and AI applications, one marked by efficiency, scalability, and a deeper integration of AI into the fabric of industrial operations.

You can find the team’s research paper on the technique here.

[boygirlctommy]

I should talk about my ocs more they’re literally all I think about

[equalseleventhirds]

i mean, ok fine, maybe i just want urban fantasy but also with flying cars and without the Big Fucking Metaphor for magic as nature and progress destroys nature blah blah blah. maybe so.

[yeehaww-sims]

Good morning Sir, Ma'am, or uh, Mx. Welcome to your first morning on Halcyon! I am a J1 model, serial id 11-9Y-667. But you can call me Jiji!

[summerwort]

(click for that sweet sweet resolution)

Meet Gevelin! The aasimar monster slayer I’ll be playing for the next month(s?).  We’ll see how that goes. A little different from the usual lore where aasimar are born of angels (they’re considered monsters in this setting), Gev is a frankenstein creation of flesh, metal bones, and angelic blood in an attempt to create god. 

Might also start doing dnd character/design commissions? this was fun