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Meta presents an AI tool capable of generating images or texts imitating human reasoning


Meta has presented a new tool that allows the generation of images and texts with artificial intelligence (AI) using the prediction of certain parts of the content and imitating human reasoning.

The company has explained that this solution is the result of an idea by Meta’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun, who proposed “a new architecture aimed at overcoming the main limitations of the most advanced AI systems,” as stated in a statement. .

The result of their work is the Image Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (I-JEPA), a tool that collects data from the outside world, creates an internal model of it, and compares abstract representations of images, instead of comparing the pixels themselves.

The company has recalled that humans “learn an enormous amount of prior knowledge about the world by passively observing it”, an aspect that it considers “key to enabling intelligent behavior”.

For this reason, the objective of this model is to predict the representation of a part of a content, such as an image or a text, based on the context offered by other parts of the composition.

Once I-JEPA collects all this information, it is in charge of predicting the missing pixels of an image or the words that do not appear in a certain text, to give it a natural and realistic meaning.

Meta has also commented that, unlike other generative AIs, theirs uses “abstract prediction goals” for which unnecessary detail is removed at the pixel level, allowing the model to learn additional semantic features.

The company has finally indicated that it continues to work on expanding the focus of this tool so that it learns “more general” models based on more specific modalities. For example, allowing spatial and temporal predictions about future events with a video from a simple context.

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Sims 4: Collecting and Generating Water

How do you actually collect water in The Sims 4? Which machine can you use to “produce” and get water yourself? If you build a house in Sims 4 and install equipment such as a bathtub or shower, then you don’t have to worry about the water supply. The invisible water pipes are laid automatically and the water flows to the appropriate devices. Of course, the prerequisite for this is that you always pay your electricity and water bills on time. There is an exception here, however, because there are areas in the game with the property feature or property challenge “Off the grid”. If the property is off the grid, there is neither an electricity nor a water connection and you have to take care of it yourself. In this short guide we will show you how to collect water in Sims 4.

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In order to supply the house with water, you need a so-called dew collector. There are currently three dew collectors in the game that automatically collect the water and then “distribute” it to the equipment in the house. Here, too, you don’t have to worry about the water getting from the defroster to the bathtub, shower or water taps. The dew collectors are part of the “Sustainable Living” expansion and after placing the device near the house, the house will be supplied with water a short time later.

  • Dew Collector “Poor Drip” – 560 Simoleons
  • Dew collector “Lab-Pro X2 – 1,260 Simoleons
  • Atmospheric Water Generator – 1,870 Simoleons

Like other devices, the dew collector and water generator can also break. The devices are particularly at risk during thunderstorms. If lightning strikes the device, it will break and at the same time the water supply in the house will be disrupted. In order to strengthen the devices, you should definitely unlock the “Reinforced Container” as an improvement. The same applies to devices that generate electricity, such as wind turbines.

If you want, you can also use the devices in areas that do not have an “off-grid” feature and thus reduce electricity and water bills.

Produce water without living sustainably?

Both the dew collector and the water generator are currently items from the “Sustainable Living” expansion. Accordingly, there is currently no way to produce your own water without living sustainably. If anything has changed in the meantime, we would be happy to receive a brief note in the comments.