[HN Gopher] The smartest slime [video]
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       The smartest slime [video]
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 79 points
       Date   : 2023-05-25 00:35 UTC (22 hours ago)
        
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       | motohagiography wrote:
       | Ubelievably thought provoking. If it can solve shortest paths,
       | and it can learn, I wonder if they can solve other graph
       | problems, then I'd wonder if there is some fusion of conway's
       | game of life and transformer models that might produce something
       | like a logical slime mold, or a way of integrating training sets
       | for ML models. If life were the expression of a kind of
       | architecture exemplified by the minimum features of these slime
       | molds, and then this may be synthesizable programatically like we
       | do neurons, we'd be into some interesting territory.
        
         | DonHopkins wrote:
         | You can even harvest, cook, and eat Dog Vomit Slime Mold!
         | 
         | Harvesting, cooking and eating Dog Vomit Slime Mold
         | 
         | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfbLSl_4o78
         | 
         | >Fuligo septica is a species of slime mold, and a member of the
         | class Myxomycetes. It is commonly known as the scrambled egg
         | slime, or flowers of tan[2] because of its peculiar yellowish,
         | bile-colored appearance. Also known as the dog vomit slime
         | mold, it is common with a worldwide distribution, and it is
         | often found on bark mulch in urban areas after heavy rain or
         | excessive watering. Their spores are produced on or in aerial
         | sporangia and are spread by wind.
        
       | brianjking wrote:
       | love ze frank.
        
         | WirelessGigabit wrote:
         | I still have nightmares about that toad which carries her
         | babies on her back.
        
         | mproud wrote:
         | _How do you wash a giant baby_
         | 
         |  _With a really big mop? I don't know, maybe?_
        
         | 64StarFox64 wrote:
         | And that Jerry, with his scripts. A true poet.
        
       | goodpoint wrote:
       | Nice images, obnoxious speaker.
        
         | goodlinks wrote:
         | He also made this, which i think of often:
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         | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0sHCQWjTrJ8&pp=ygUUemUgZnJhbms...
         | 
         | (brain crack)
        
       | s0rce wrote:
       | The crowning achievement of my PhD was having some of the images
       | I took featured in one of Ze Frank's videos 10 years later. Who
       | cares about Science and Nature papers!
        
         | zaps wrote:
         | S-s-s-somethin from the comments
        
         | kevin_thibedeau wrote:
         | Now that he's including a bibliography at the end it should be
         | contributing to impact factor.
        
           | s0rce wrote:
           | I was cited in the video description, don't think any other
           | citation to my paper got 3M reads/views.
        
         | ugh123 wrote:
         | Its amazing the kind of reach Youtube can have for science,
         | even if its in an entertainment-context.
        
       | mproud wrote:
       | I love ze frank
        
       | joshuaheard wrote:
       | Nova did a show on these a while back. Fascinating.
        
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