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Introducing Nx - José Valim | Lambda Days 2021

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2 HN users recommended this talk in 2 different months between 2021 and 2021.

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Recommended in Elixir and machine learning threads as the introduction to what Nx makes possible.

Jose Valim introduces Nx, the project bringing numerical computing to Elixir, covering multi-dimensional tensors, automatic differentiation and JIT compilation to CPU and GPU.

Pull quote: “I recommend you watching José’s talk introducing Elixir Nx” (HN, 2021)

Also tagged: numerical computing in elixir, elixir, nx, tensors, automatic differentiation, machine learning

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3 labeled comments from the HN archive; up to 20 are kept per video, favoring different commenters. Each one links back to the original thread.

Recommends rmetzler March 2021 under Caramel: An OCaml for the Erlang VM
Shows what Nx makes possible currently
Lots of people mention Nx and of course I want to do the same but with a link to a youtube video, in case you wonder what's possible currently. [this video]

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Cites it Rich_Morin July 2021 under Ray: A Distributed Framework for Emerging AI Applications
Intro to AI capabilities coming to Elixir
Although it's early days, José Valim and some other folks are working on adding AI-related capabilities to Elixir and the (Erlang) BEAM. See "Introducing Nx" ( [this video] ) for an intro. Given that they already have a robust Actor model as a base to work from, it occurs to me that they may be able to use some of Ray's ideas as they go along...

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