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Recent Examples of approximation
And, in many cases, these emulations will be reasonably close approximations to our experience, and will also comprise extensions that go beyond our experiences or abilities to enable ultrahuman augmentation.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
To demonstrate that point in a video, a researcher told a robot arm to put a bunch of plastic grapes into a clear Tupperware container, then proceeded to shift three containers around on the table in an approximation of a shyster’s shell game.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
In this context, compression techniques for LLMs have been suggested, with quantization, distillation, pruning and low-rank approximations being dominant and successful in practice.
—Sam Mugel, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians were already using approximations of pi, and Greek mathematician Archimedes is credited with refining its value.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
To demonstrate that point in a video, a researcher told a robot arm to put a bunch of plastic grapes into a clear Tupperware container, then proceeded to shift three containers around on the table in an approximation of a shyster’s shell game.
—Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Mar. 2025
In this context, compression techniques for LLMs have been suggested, with quantization, distillation, pruning and low-rank approximations being dominant and successful in practice.
—Sam Mugel, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians were already using approximations of pi, and Greek mathematician Archimedes is credited with refining its value.
—Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for approximation
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The once-daily version of the pill was in early-stage testing, with researchers trying to figure out the best dose for patients, a spokeswoman said.—
Time,
Time,
15 Apr. 2025
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Ironwood also demonstrates a 4-5x performance improvement across multiple operational functions compared to the previous version 6 Trillium TPU architecture.—
Maribel Lopez,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The scientists, led by fossil track specialist Conner Bennett, used advanced 3D imaging techniques to identify and analyze four sets of vertebrate trace fossils, including impressions left behind by prehistoric birds, mammals, lizards and invertebrates.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Chido Obi has made such an impression in fleeting senior cameos that not registering the 17-year-old for the Europa League could be regarded as an oversight.—
Mark Critchley,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Buddhism, the country’s dominant religion, offers rituals for healing, reincarnation and forgiveness.—
Sophal Ear,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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Spiritual leaders say while the Muslim holy book, the Quran, is a main reference, their faith incorporates certain beliefs found in other religions, such as reincarnation.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Approximation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/approximation. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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