https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/In computer science, AI is defined as the study of "intelligent agents." These devices absorb information about their environment and take actions. Join our AI Group for online learning, discussion of AI development platforms, and more.en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57161/this-is-how-i-compare-laplace-conjecture-with-ai-hype-conjecture/237850Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:18:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3510bf93-80bf-495e-9bb0-000520be01cccolporteurIt is not my intention to monopolize the topic but I just found this quote and it is so how I feel. "Future shock is the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time." quote by writer Alvin Toffler. It describes the psychological paralysis, anxiety, and disorientation people experience when the pace of technological and social change outstrips their ability to adapt. They is a picture of me next to this!https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57161/this-is-how-i-compare-laplace-conjecture-with-ai-hype-conjecture/237848Fri, 14 Aug 2026 23:56:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3a22d351-0e8e-4b93-a7d1-c986d44d218dcolporteurK, I am more and more becoming a believer that if we do not learn AI we are at a disadvantage. Since joining ChatGPT Plus, I’ve had to confront many personal biases to maximize my effectiveness. I refused to upgrade my big-button cell phone until finally it prevented me from doing what I wanted to do. The same for my AI subscription. I had reached a point that no AI or free AI limited, me. I have 40 years of learning to apply when I use AI. I find it difficult to direct its actions toward my goals, as it asserts its own will. Microsoft unilaterally determines this approach, removing your choice. My quest at the moment is to learn how to talk to AI. If you could follow my problem-solving chats with ChatGPT, you would find the response. STOP: Tell me how to tell you how I want our interaction to occur. Since getting a subscription, I have discovered there are personal settings that i am using more often. Learning how to interact with AI appears to be a self-learning exercise. If you find someone willing to share their insight, it can make the interaction more fruitful. I wish I could still have my big button cell phone. That is not reasonable, but then again I liked wooden hockey sticks. You bring one of those into a dressing room today, no one will sit next to you. Bt the way. Great topic. I only wish it was with a bunch of folks around a table drinking coffee and trying to solve world hunger. P.S. I even used AI to proof this document so these are not my words. No that statement is not true. AI doesn't like my grammar or lack of spelling skills. My grade 10 teacher had the same AI issue.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/b/blog/posts/this-ai-chip-behaves-similarly-to-the-human-cerebellumFri, 14 Aug 2026 20:31:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:54fbb9b3-2c19-4569-bcfd-cac9e99a95aeCatwell(Image Credit: BrianPenny/ pixabay ) Northwestern University engineers developed an AI chip that behaves like a cerebellum. Rather than continuously analyzing, the chip reacts to unexpected events. During tests, the device detected arrhythmias within one-fifth of a heartbeat and with over 98% accuracy. The team says the chip could lead to low-power, always-on AI systems for wearable health monitors, self-driving vehicles, autonomous robots and cybersecurity systems. “In the world of brain-like computing, researchers typically try to mimic the cerebrum, which is often viewed as the brain’s ‘thought center,’” said Northwestern’s Mark C. Hersam, who co-led the study. “In our work, we developed a device that mimics the cerebellum, which controls reflex reactions seemingly without even thinking. The cerebellum is excellent at ignoring the expected and reserving its resources for reacting to the unexpected. That approach ultimately translates into lower energy consumption, and that is where we achieve orders of magnitude improvement.” The team is building on earlier work on improving AI hardware by combining memory and computation into a memtransistor. Modern computers consume a lot of power by shuttling data between separate memory and processing units. In a 2023 study , they demonstrated that two memtransistors performed AI classification requiring over 100 transistors while consuming 100 times less energy. Their AI chip goes even further. It replicates the cerebellum’s internal circuitry that detects unexpected events and makes quick decisions. Instead of analyzing routine information, it detects unexpected changes, including an irregular heartbeat in a wearable, a human stepping into a robot’s path, or potential cyber threats. “Today’s AI is remarkably good at recognizing patterns, but it often spends enormous amounts of computing power to continuously analyze streams of data — even when nothing has changed,” Hersam said. “Therefore, it burns energy on unnecessary analysis.” The cerebellum balances excitatory and inhibitory signals to determine if there’s unrecognized activity or unexpected events. Typically, those two signals offset each other. However, a sudden change affects that balance, prompting a response. With that in mind, the team replicated that behavior in a memtransistor with two operating modes. In one mode, the device’s response strengthens as stimulation continues. The other mode reacts strongly to an earlier signal before quickly fading. To switch between the two modes, the applied voltage must be reversed. The device’s behavior occurs due to its asymmetric transistor design. In this case, it uses an extremely thin layer of molybdenum disulfide and an electrode that partially overlaps it via a thin insulating layer. The device uses these features to distinguish routine activity from unexpected changes without constantly processing all the incoming signals. They used ECG recordings containing normal heart rhythms and arrhythmias to test the AI chip. It didn’t use up power by analyzing every heartbeat, ignoring the normal ones instead. The system also detected an abnormal heartbeat within milliseconds. The team wants to make the chip learn and adapt over time. For instance, repeated events eventually become familiar, causing the brain to no longer treat them as novel. “We have demonstrated one part of the cerebellum neural circuit, but there is more that we have not yet emulated,” Hersam said. “We intend to continue going down this path to mimic more and more of this complicated system.” Have a story tip? Message me here at element14.researchhmiartificial intelligenceon_campusmachine learningaibiomimicryuniversitybraininnovationhttps://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57161/this-is-how-i-compare-laplace-conjecture-with-ai-hype-conjecture/237797Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:52:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:6ba7c5e4-b1b7-4dab-a370-7125f0658dbckmikemooI think "AI" is such an ambiguous and ill-defined concept that it can succeed and fail at the same time. Those segments that fail will be defined as hype and those that succeed will just become part of what we do - like the "decision systems" of the 1980's.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57161/this-is-how-i-compare-laplace-conjecture-with-ai-hype-conjecture/237777Sun, 09 Aug 2026 19:42:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:2d837704-413c-4779-83a5-012bce58947cDABYou make the assumption that AI will succeed. I have been following AI for nearly 50 years and in all of that time, it has yet to produce what I call a killer app. Yes there are some fancy tools that people say are AI, but so far I have been underwhelmed. There are far more things in the world that will work without AI then there are things that will be done by AI. Until AI is verified and validated, it is a very dangerous piece of software. It is only when it gets you into trouble, not if. When I see a useful product out of AI I will evaluate it, but it will have a high bar to reach before I am willing to pay money to use one.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57161/this-is-how-i-compare-laplace-conjecture-with-ai-hype-conjecture/237775Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:51:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:487722e7-d6f7-47dd-b108-2de856f7c096robogaryIn Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Scotty says, "The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57161/this-is-how-i-compare-laplace-conjecture-with-ai-hype-conjecture/237774Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:55:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:2e28c3ce-7ac6-4b0b-8ea6-bdcddf516264manojroy123Very interesting article.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57161/this-is-how-i-compare-laplace-conjecture-with-ai-hype-conjectureSat, 08 Aug 2026 08:43:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:37aac399-b293-432a-aff9-ff0c84f86a90HKPhysicistLaplace Conjecture: If you gave me a long enough rigid stick and a fulcrum, I were able to displace the Earth. At that time, Laplace's Conjecture was believed to be very true by classical physics. 100 years later, his conjecture was disproved by a completely new space-time structure. AI Big Hype Conjecture: If we could get enough processing power (resources, investment and finally, money of course), our data centres and their software would finally turn out to be omnipotent. However, those AI big hype corps cannot even estimate a formula of their conjecture. "Total Volume of Context Stored represents Intelligence and Skill" This is another conjecture always boosted by AI Big Hype corps. Here is how a net buddy responds to the above conjecture (credit to him): If a land-based continental creature (for instance, a chimpanzee) reads all the swimming tutorials which human have ever authored, does it imply that the chimpanzee could swim as well as the swimming trainers? In the future, there are only 2 sets of people left - one set who knows AI and the other set who doesn't. The implication of this statement is that - if you do not learn AI and pay money to buy AI services right now, you will belong to the 2nd set - the set of poor people. This is how I respond to the above statement with these analogies: After the invention of vehicle driven by combustion engine, people were divided into 2 sets - the one who could drive and another set of people who could not drive. As we know, professional drivers are usually considered as labours; while some very rich people might even do not need to drive a car. so many similar analogies.Laplace Conjecture vs AI Conjecturehttps://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237715Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:42:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:50643023-1141-45a9-888a-39441fe940b6vmateWell, your point about reflecting got to me. Indeed, my original response was significantly harsher than it should've been, although I didn't intend any of it towards you, but rather the, let's just say 'lack of pride in their work' of the people making these AI courses. My intention was getting to the point quickly and effectively for someone who'd just skim through these texts: do not use these guides, they are straight out misleading. At least by the end, we're both better off I guess: hopefully you know not to trust these oversimplified comparison tables the next time, and I learned to think a few more times about what I write, to make sure I don't come off as inconsiderate and offend someone I didn't mean to.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57145/another-china-ai-company-her-open-source-models-which-shocks-usa-ai-monopolies/237676Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:34:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:27aca64b-ee49-450e-ac3f-9cc5fd061e08HKPhysicistYes, never ever post any of your ground breaking ideas or contents to public webs or feed them to AI companies. Publish to paper journals first.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57145/another-china-ai-company-her-open-source-models-which-shocks-usa-ai-monopolies/237665Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:10:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e6c6de88-a033-4003-951b-c0a4b6d3e161cstantonLooks like it's gaining traction: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy9w4q8pgp0o I'm always cautious with ai sites because of the data they collect and retrain upon.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237661Sun, 02 Aug 2026 16:35:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:fb77caba-be43-441d-bdac-c957c7a57358shabazIt's free ( open source ) so the diagram source should always be usable if the site disappears. But I am interested in other options always, I would prefer more design control personally (I am quite picky about positioning of each element, etc!) hence I mostly (ab)use PowerPoint, but that's not efficient use of time. A shortcut I've used a few times for reverse documentation: run all the test cases, capture the log output, and then run that through a parser to generate such ping-pong/message sequence diagrams, and use that as documentation : ) That's only possible if the logging has enough information in it of course. For one project that was so useful, a customer saw me using the parser tool to troubleshoot their setup, and wanted it; so from then on we packaged it with the system, and the customer could turn on logging, and run the tool, and easily see what was going on (the diagram showed external inputs arriving into the system, then the few key functions that were executed internally to ripple through to state changes or a response back out, so they could easily see if things were abnormal or not). It was quite handy to see if things were overloaded (e.g. loads of incoming events) or weird state machine changes, etc. This was for the more tech-oriented users (the more normal way was to use third party tools to monitor the entire solution at once, not just one device).https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237660Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:40:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:e67b0a47-e706-4114-bc9c-aa52ef589a73BigGYep, I tried it although I believe the free option is a time limited trial. Pain. I found https://sequencediagram.org/ to be very handy and works well with AI tools like Gemini/AntiGravity. I just tell it to review my code base and create a sequencediagram script of the sequence process and it does it. Then you just copy the script into the website and out pops a diagram which you can view/download. Very useful.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237659Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:29:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:903103a5-a388-4539-b7cc-bfcbb1bc7edbshabazAnyone tried Mermaid? It's an online diagram-drawing tool that accepts text-based input. I mention it because AI can be prompted to generate Mermaid output. Might not be correct always, but it can be useful to get an idea about a body of code that one might be new to. Example screenshot, where the red box is my microcontroller. To do this was quite simple: 1. Install AntiGravity CLI (or use whatever AI you wish; AntiGravity is the consumer way of accessing the functionality in Google Gemini). 2. I used Windows PowerShell. I went to the folder where my body of code was, and ran AntiGravity (by typing agy ) and then just explained in text what I wanted: If you were say using ChatGPT you could have uploaded the files, or perhaps simply provided the URL if the code was on GitHub, and so on. 3. The output was a file called ARCHITECTURE_DIAGRAMS.md 4. I copy-pasted the diagram from the .md file into the Mermaid website . I can use the diagram to refresh myself about how the code is architected. Personally I like drawing my own diagrams because I prefer reducing them for as much simplicity as I can manage, but it is still useful for a quick reference.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237658Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:08:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:afafd9ff-0569-4712-9561-21d9535e1347bradfordmillerI think it depends on what you are building and documenting. One does not normally implement a compiler and then "discover" what language it compiles. One invents the language first and then writes the compiler. System engineering starts with requirements, not implementations. Design generally should put the human user first, and designs around the user goals and interactions. Then people can worry about how to build that. Lower level things like API documentation should at least start with a design so multiple teams can implement concurrently. It can always be adjusted as issues arise (hey we need to include a FOO in the argument list for these functions because ...). Better editors and implementation languages allow making such changes easy (who-calls).https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237654Sat, 01 Aug 2026 22:21:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5b862b92-f8e3-4b06-996b-f5f3bc047988dang74Thanks. I like how the last row shows what each tool is "best for." It's a good way to end the table.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237651Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:36:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:3148d2a5-9c2f-4ea0-a40e-6034a4e293f5colporteurMy ire over the dialog has diminished. I'm chuckling to myself as I post this response. I did some reflection before responding. As I get older I find that seems to be more important than just replying. I went to a very good friend of mine with a problem I was struggling with. He listened attentively asking probing questions to fully understand the issue. After a few moments he said, "I have the answer you are looking for." He then waited before saying, "I just can't tell you." Our friendship has grown over the years. We still laugh over that conversation. It took me ten years to respond. "I would never have listened to you, if you did give me an answer." His response, "I knew that so I wasn't going to give you an answer anyway." "I appreciate that you didn't intend it as a personal attack. My concern isn't your technical disagreement—it's the language you chose. Calling the table 'horrible,' comparing it to astrology, and later referring to AI guides as 'completely useless trash' is dismissive rather than constructive. The sources you later provided were far more persuasive than the original wording. That's the distinction I was trying to make." I confess I didn't write the above prose. After reflecting on your response, I thought maybe it's just me. The reply is an AI's response to the question, "What is an object of an apology?"I also provided the dialog we've had, along with some of my thoughts. I posted the AI response because it reflected my values.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237650Sat, 01 Aug 2026 19:26:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:abf1fc46-272e-421f-9123-0222808372ddcolporteurI started my technology career in 1981. Entering a site required a sign-in and sign-out. Every action taken on the site or work on the equipment was written in a site logbook. If the was an incident, the log book was the first thing ceased by authorities. 4X4 drawings show system interconnect were the norm. On training course you were given a blank schematic. By the end of the course you would have used up half your colour pencils making notation. Green for receive and red for transmit. The lessons learned in those 18 years never left me. Every job I took after that, I carried a notebook. I typically start a project with what I call the "Napkin Drawing." The doodles sometimes on a napkin that flush out an idea. I find it really hard to discard the napkin even after the CAD's are done. Maybe I will miss something I had on the napkin. KiCAD'ing a schematic is time well invested. Up to this point only time has been invested. I have a scope of work, a component list and a way to estimate time. If at this point it never gets built, time can't be returned. I also discovered once mothballed it take time to recover the knowledge that got me to this point. The older I get, the harder it is to recover. I find sharing project experiences on this site a great way to document.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57094/which-ai-tool-do-you-use-for-documentation/237643Sat, 01 Aug 2026 16:12:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:85d1b49e-7669-4c95-9e48-27465adf7b5dHKPhysicistMe Too Movement. I am also a minority in 2030. I even feel vomiting when it comes to designing hardware with AI or designing hardware software with AI. Real world hardware design, AI, are actually different domains. As far as I know, the most complicated robotic actions shown on video are actually fine-tuned for many months before they are shown on the TV stage. From this viewpoint, they are just a remote controlled toys with more degrees of freedom. I had Japanese made remote controlled F1 when I was a boy. At that time, we called them remote controlled toys, not AI.https://community.element14.com/technologies/ai-machine-learning/f/forum/57145/another-china-ai-company-her-open-source-models-which-shocks-usa-ai-monopolies/237636Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:08:00 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:05bce7af-a7fa-462b-af9d-7f50e353f5b2HKPhysicistI am still learning. I have found their software which is free to download. Browse to https://www.moonshot.ai/ On the top menu, click [Download]. There is a list of software for Desktop. It is their public forum. https://forum.moonshot.ai/