EXPOSED: The Dirty Little Secret of AI (On a 1979 PDP-11) @DavesGarage
EXPOSED: The Dirty Little Secret of AI (On a 1979 PDP-11)  @DavesGarage
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Dave uses a PDP-11 to train a real Neural Network complete with Transformers and Attention so you can see them at their most basic.

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EXPOSED: The Dirty Little Secret of AI (On a 1979 PDP-11)

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