If something existed on a computer, somewhere, the models sucked it up. Every single byte streamed through the ever more complex networks, subtly influencing trillions of weights and biases.
Text, images, sounds, videos, 3D models, user profiles, social graphs, medical records, software and its code, DNA sequences, contracts, bank statements, LIDAR scans, flight plans, city layouts, recipes.
Everything.
The AI models were hungry for data.
Nov 2, 2017 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Here's what just happened in France
After the November 2015 attacks in Paris, then president François Hollande declared the state of emergency, a set of exceptions to common law that allow more restrictive control, for a maximum of twelve days
Twelve days turned into a month
A month turned into a year
And this November the 1st, almost two years after the attacks, the state of emergency has been lifted
