I'm slowly trying to learn Italian and the word "Che" is probably the hardest thing so far for me wrap my mind around. Sure, verb conjugation may be odd... but the single word Che is another animal altogether...
What, how, and that are seperate concepts and words in English and Italian... yet Che is all of them too. Why?! How?!
Someday I will understand properly.
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I frequently have opinions on things I know too little about.
"From cradle to cradle I shall say many stupid things"
Finally? I guess it's good taht they finally entered,l the industry, but it's looking like AMD will always play the catch-up game. How long can they keep that up for, I wonder? ๐ค
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AMD unveils its first 1B-parameter large language model, AMD OLMo, with strong reasoning capabilities
โข AMD has introduced AMD OLMo, its first series of fully open-source 1-billion-parameter large language models (LLMs), trained on the company's Instinct MI250 GPUs. These LLMs offer strong reasoning, instruction-following, and chat capabilities, aiming to enhance AMD's position in the AI industry and enable clients to deploy them with AMD hardware.
โข The AMD OLMo models were trained on a vast dataset of 1.3 trillion tokens, utilizing 16 nodes with four AMD Instinct MI250 GPUs each. The training process involved three steps: pre-training on a subset of Dolma v1.7, supervised fine-tuning on various datasets, and alignment to human preferences using Direct Preference Optimization.
โข In testing, AMD OLMo models demonstrated impressive performance against similar open-source models in general reasoning and multi-task understanding benchmarks. The two-phase supervised fine-tuning approach significantly improved accuracy, and the final AMD OLMo 1B SFT DPO model outperformed other chat models by at least 2.60% on average.
โข AMD also evaluated the models on responsible AI benchmarks, such as toxicity, bias, and truthfulness, and found that they were comparable to similar models in handling ethical and responsible AI tasks.


Tom
AMD unveils AMD OLMo, its first 1B-parameter LLM with strong reasoning
Can run both on Instincts and on Ryzens.
Oh great, pollution synergy exists.
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Combined Impact of Microplastics and PFAS on Aquatic Life: Study Reveals Greater Environmental Harm
โข A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Birmingham has shed light on the combined impact of microplastics and PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) on aquatic life, revealing that their combined effect is more detrimental than either chemical alone.
โข The study utilized Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, as a model organism due to their high sensitivity to chemicals, allowing researchers to assess the long-term effects of chemical mixtures on their entire life cycle.
โข The findings indicate that the combination of microplastics and PFAS leads to severe toxic effects, including developmental failures, delayed sexual maturity, stunted growth, and reduced reproduction in Daphnia.
โข The study highlights the importance of considering the chronic effects of chemical mixtures, as previous exposures to other chemicals and environmental threats can weaken organisms' ability to tolerate novel chemical pollution.
โข The research emphasizes the need for regulatory frameworks that address the unintended combinations of pollutants in the environment and calls for a revision of current methods for assessing environmental toxicity to better understand the risks posed by emerging contaminants like microplastics and PFAS.
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-microplastics-pfas-daphnia-combined-impact.amp
It's depressing to know Canada is actually debating a Pre-crime bill (Bill C-63).
The Borderlands movie was even more disappointing than I had feared.
So attempting to use the AI re-write inside of Signal gives blank messages. Good to know this functionality exists before Gemini Nano rolls out onto more devices.


Wtf is up with these ReplyGuy bots? Does anyone know which relay I remove to avoid this nuisance?
A single Pic from my weekend at Troutspawn lake. Kayaking at midnight is fun

