26K views · Feb 19, 2021 · 52:59 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2021
Jose Valim introduces Nx, the project bringing numerical computing to Elixir, covering multi-dimensional tensors, automatic differentiation and JIT compilation to CPU and GPU.
Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended in Elixir and machine learning threads as the introduction to what Nx makes possible.
“I recommend you watching José’s talk introducing Elixir Nx”HN comment, 2021
“in case you wonder what's possible currently.”
Shows what Nx makes possible currently
Lots of people mention Nx and of course I want to do the same but with a link to a youtube video, in case you wonder what's possible currently. this video
“I recommend you watching José’s talk introducing Elixir Nx”
Talk introducing Elixir Nx
If you have not been following the work José and Sean have been doing lately, I recommend you watching José’s talk introducing Elixir Nx this video
“See "Introducing Nx" ( ) for an intro.”
Intro to AI capabilities coming to Elixir
Although it's early days, José Valim and some other folks are working on adding AI-related capabilities to Elixir and the (Erlang) BEAM. See "Introducing Nx" ( this video ) for an intro. Given that they already have a robust Actor model as a base to work from, it occurs to me that they may be able to use some of Ray's ideas as they go along...
