“This one is very interesting and unexpected.”
Swift for TensorFlow talk, interesting and unexpected
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This one is very interesting and unexpected. Swift for TensorFlow: The Next-Generation Machine Learning Framework: this video
Swift for TensorFlow: The Next-Generation Machine Learning Framework (TF Dev Summit '19)
41K views · Mar 7, 2019 · 31:22 · 1 HN recommender · 4 mentions · discussed 2019–2023
Chris Lattner and Brennan Saeta present Swift for TensorFlow at the TensorFlow Dev Summit 2019, covering language-integrated automatic differentiation and tooling for machine learning in Swift.
Why Hacker News points people here: Cited as the source for Google's Swift for TensorFlow effort, later remembered as a once-hyped ML language.
“This one is very interesting and unexpected.”HN comment, 2020
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“Google are beginning to use it for Tensorflow”
Google using Swift for TensorFlow
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Google are beginning to use it for Tensorflow: this video There's a course currently running in University of San Francisco run by Fast.ai which is using Swift-Tensorflow taught by Chris Lattner for two lessons: link Not exactly what you asked, but pertinent.
Swift creator at Google making Swift primary language for TensorFlow
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> Almost 0% chance any reputable company relies on something like go or swift to drive an automobile out on public roads. You couldn’t be more wrong. Tesla hired the creator of Swift to run Autopilot software. He’s now at Google where he’s working on making Swift a primary language for TensorFlow.[1] [1] this video
“I'm old enough to remember when Swift for Tensorflow was going to be the new ML language hotness”
Swift for TensorFlow as a once-hyped ML language
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Exactly. Lattner himself has been involved in some of this - Swift for Tensorflow comes to mind. I'm old enough to remember when Swift for Tensorflow was going to be the new ML language hotness: link and this video