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Lumoz: Decentralized Compute Infrastructure for the Era of AI, ZK, & RaaS | HackerNoon

This report, by Tiger Research, examines how Lumoz addresses ZKP challenges with modular infrastructure and advances AI and TEE technologies. TL;DR ZKP Promise and Challenges: ZKP is a powerful blockchain technology that solves both privacy and scalability issues. However, it requires intensive computation resources, leading to high computing costs and centralization risks. The Power of Decentralized Modular Compute Layer: To solve ZKP’s problems, Lumoz uses a modular infrastructure to gather network computing power, accelerating ZK

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What Makes AI Work? A Breakdown of the Key Proofs | HackerNoon

Authors: (1) Jongmin Lee, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University; (2) Ernest K. Ryu, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University and Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University. Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 Notations and preliminaries 1.2 Prior works 2 Anchored Value Iteration 2.1 Accelerated rate for Bellman consistency operator 2.2 Accelerated rate for Bellman optimality opera 3 Convergence when y=1 4 Complexity lower bound 5 Approximate Anchored Value Iteration 6 Gauss–Seidel

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Breaking Down Complex Concepts in Reinforcement Learning | HackerNoon

Authors: (1) Jongmin Lee, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University; (2) Ernest K. Ryu, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University and Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University. Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 Notations and preliminaries 1.2 Prior works 2 Anchored Value Iteration 2.1 Accelerated rate for Bellman consistency operator 2.2 Accelerated rate for Bellman optimality opera 3 Convergence when y=1 4 Complexity lower bound 5 Approximate Anchored Value Iteration 6 Gauss–Seidel

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Unpacking Key Proofs in Reinforcement Learning | HackerNoon

Authors: (1) Jongmin Lee, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University; (2) Ernest K. Ryu, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University and Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University. Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 Notations and preliminaries 1.2 Prior works 2 Anchored Value Iteration 2.1 Accelerated rate for Bellman consistency operator 2.2 Accelerated rate for Bellman optimality opera 3 Convergence when y=1 4 Complexity lower bound 5 Approximate Anchored Value Iteration 6 Gauss–Seidel

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How To Build a Multilingual Text-to-Audio Converter With Python | HackerNoon

“To have another language is to possess a second soul.”— Charlemagne Imagine you are traveling to a new country and had the ability to seamless have a conversation in their local language. That is what we will be trying to achieve in this article by building a simple text-to-audio converter app using Python, googletrans API and gTTS for text-to-speech conversion. We will go over the complete code, how the different components work, and how to

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The 3 Major Actions in Favor of the Bitcoin Revolution That Donald Trump Must Take Immediately | HackerNoon

Donald Trump made a lot of promises to the Bitcoin community during his 2024 presidential campaign. We even saw him turn up at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville to secure ever more votes but above all, funds for his campaign. Donald Trump has talked a lot and promised a lot. With his inauguration set for January 20, 2025, the time has come for Donald Trump to keep his promises. There have been doubts in recent

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The New Yorker’s Attack on Skycoin: A Case Study in Media Bias | HackerNoon

Today on X (formerly Twitter), Skycoin founder Brandon Smietana formally demanded a public apology and retraction from Condé Nast and its flagship media, The New Yorker. The demand follows the publication of an article titled “Pumpers, Dumpers, and Shills: The Skycoin Saga” in August 2021, which Smietana alleges is filled with false claims and fabrications. “Today, I am demanding a formal, public apology and retraction from Condé Nast and its flagship media, The New Yorker,

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Making Sense of AI Learning Proofs | HackerNoon

Authors: (1) Jongmin Lee, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University; (2) Ernest K. Ryu, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University and Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University. Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 Notations and preliminaries 1.2 Prior works 2 Anchored Value Iteration 2.1 Accelerated rate for Bellman consistency operator 2.2 Accelerated rate for Bellman optimality opera 3 Convergence when y=1 4 Complexity lower bound 5 Approximate Anchored Value Iteration 6 Gauss–Seidel

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Breaking Down the Inductive Proofs Behind Faster Value Iteration in RL | HackerNoon

Authors: (1) Jongmin Lee, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University; (2) Ernest K. Ryu, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University and Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University. Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 Notations and preliminaries 1.2 Prior works 2 Anchored Value Iteration 2.1 Accelerated rate for Bellman consistency operator 2.2 Accelerated rate for Bellman optimality opera 3 Convergence when y=1 4 Complexity lower bound 5 Approximate Anchored Value Iteration 6 Gauss–Seidel

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Foundational Lemmas for Bellman Optimality and Anti-Optimality Operators | HackerNoon

Authors: (1) Jongmin Lee, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University; (2) Ernest K. Ryu, Department of Mathematical Science, Seoul National University and Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence, Seoul National University. Abstract and 1 Introduction 1.1 Notations and preliminaries 1.2 Prior works 2 Anchored Value Iteration 2.1 Accelerated rate for Bellman consistency operator 2.2 Accelerated rate for Bellman optimality opera 3 Convergence when y=1 4 Complexity lower bound 5 Approximate Anchored Value Iteration 6 Gauss–Seidel

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