AI and Random Numbers

<p>Frances Buontempo joins Phil and returning guest co-host, Matt Godbolt. Frances talks to us about her new book on modern C++ as well as her the topic of her previous book on machine learning. We discuss the differences between LLM-based AI and more statistical approaches, as well as where random numbers fit into all this and the limitations of their current support in C++.</p> <h2>Show Notes</h2> <h3>News</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://cppcon.org/cppcon-2023-program-announced/">CppCon programme announced</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5XXu3X6L7jtXSfqjaQnVXJOCFRyfHrS6"> C++ on Sea videos</a></li> <li><a href= "https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/2023/08">"Inside STL" - The Old New Things</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/16b4mz2/opensourced_c_projects_that_use_modern_c_features/"> Open source C++ projects that use modern C++ features (Reddit)</a></li> </ul> <h3>Links</h3> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.manning.com/books/c-plus-plus-bookcamp">"C++ Bookcamp" (title may change) - Frances' new book</a></li> <li><a href= "https://pragprog.com/titles/fbmach/genetic-algorithms-and-machine-learning-for-programmers/"> "Genetic Algorithms and Machine Learning for Programmers" - Frances' previous book</a></li> <li><a href= "https://accu.org/journals/nonmembers/overload_issue_members/">Overload issues</a> (<a href="http://accu.org/">submit articles on the main ACCU site</a>)</li> <li><a href= "https://accu.org/conf-docs/PDFs_2013/paper_bag_certificate.JPG">Frances' paper bag escapology certificate</a></li> <li><a href= "https://this1that1whatever.com/miscellany/mind-reader/Shannon-Mind-Reading.pdf"> Shannon's mind reading paper</a></li> <li><a href= "https://nsandi-corporate.com/media-resources/ernie">ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment)</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2020/p2059r0.pdf"> P2059R0 - "Make Pseudo-random Numbers Portable" (defunct)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x