Neat.. of course it seems obvious now, but that's funny - I'm Ukrainian and I think that without explicit explanation it would have never occurred to me to read, let alone pronounce it this way - the dot before the extension somehow puts an insurmountable boundary after "olive".
As a long-time beginner student of several Slavic languages, I like that word play too, with ".c" being "ts". It makes me wonder what missed opportunities there are for C library names with a funny pun.
For those less informed about its history, is there any transparent accounting of ARPA's cost-vs-success during its initial decades that you recommend reading?
I am only marginally familiar with some of the 'big-impact wins' that are frequently mentioned, so I would love to read a comprehensive analysis of its accomplishments.
Have you come across any other interesting resources? I've recently been delving into topics surrounding echo state networks for my thesis, so I'd appreciate any pointers.
Some of the Italians at University of Pisa seemed to want to understand the echo state property better. Gallicchio and Filippo Maria Bianchi (I assume his student) wrote a couple of interesting papers I haven't totally absorbed yet, probing the critical ridge in various ways.
That said, it's pretty marginal stuff. ESNs are weird. Cool weird anyway.
If I were looking at it in a serious way rather than reading the funny papers, I'd think about ways of applying topological ideas to ESNs. ESNs on the critical ridge probably have an interesting graph when projected onto a topological space.
They stated explicitly that this was a recruitment event, so personally I feel like some of the hype can be forgiven.
The tone of this article is negative and I instinctively want to defend Neuralink because I hope that we can eventually achieve all of those sci-fi ambitions. But I think that's the wrong approach, and possibly insulting to researchers who have been working on these problems for decades only to be overshadowed by what I have to admit was not the most impressive demo.
However, this event does attract attention, so what I'm really hoping for is an influx of long-read articles and in-depth analyses coming from experts in the various fields surrounding Neuralink's aims as a result of the hightened interest in the topic.
I see that kind of narrative very often as well, and maybe it's just because that kind of story is more appealing to us in the audience.
Regardless, not all businesses are like that (and I would wager that most are not). For example, I really enjoyed Sam Walton's autobiography. He started with a store, and managed to keep expanding his business. Retail is as old as time, and there was nothing "accidental" about Wal-Mart, just good business strategy and a strong relationship with the customer. It's a great read, I cannot recommend it enough.
From the readme.