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Matt Henderson
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maths, visualisations, conversational AI. VP Research @polyaivoice prev: @RekaAILabs, @Apple AI/ML, @GoogleAI, PhD @Cambridge_Eng
Edinburgh, UK
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    Matt Henderson
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    May 4, 2024
    a thread with some of my top animations 📍🧵
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    Matt Henderson
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    Jul 2, 2022
    give each pixel a random Pokemon type, and then battle pixels against their neighbors, updating each pixel with the winning type (using the Pokemon type chart) we quickly see areas of fire > water > grass > fire, electric sweeping over, ground frontiers taking over etc etc
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    Matt Henderson
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    Jul 2, 2022
    give each pixel a random Pokemon type, and then battle pixels against their neighbors, updating each pixel with the winning type (using the Pokemon type chart) we quickly see areas of fire > water > grass > fire, electric sweeping over, ground frontiers taking over etc etc
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    Matt Henderson
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    Sep 21, 2021
    the dumbest way to solve a maze? simulate a gas of thousands of particles diffusing from the start point, until one particle reaches the exit. trace back the winning particle
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    Matt Henderson
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    May 30, 2020
    we can model a lightning strike by finding the shortest path in a random maze, from a point at the top to the ground. To find the path, we send out a frontier through the maze, and trace it back once it reaches the ground
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    Matt Henderson
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    Apr 1, 2023
    to tell if a maze is solvable, just hang it by its corners! The first maze stays in one piece, so there is no path from the entrance at the top to the exit at the bottom. The second maze splits apart along the solution.
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    Matt Henderson
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    May 3, 2020
    a method of drawing infinitely many touching circles
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    Matt Henderson
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    May 26, 2020
    when an object is pulled out of this magical lake, its reflection comes with it. We can make a 3D fractal through repeatedly rotating, submerging, and scaling an initial cube
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    Matt Henderson
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    Jul 31, 2021
    visualizing prime factors
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    Matt Henderson
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    Nov 27, 2022
    watch a 2 layer neural network learn to separate two classes to the left and right
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    Matt Henderson
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    May 15, 2021
    isn't it surprising that such a simple system is chaotic? Two balls start at almost exactly the same point, but their trajectories rapidly diverge after only a few bounces
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    Matt Henderson
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    Apr 11, 2020
    a parabola is formed when circles radiating from a point meet lines moving at the same speed. this is equivalent to slicing a cone parallel to its slope
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    Matt Henderson
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    Feb 20, 2022
    I was a bit surprised that you can post a Pringle through a letterbox- because twisting straight lines trace out the hyperbolic paraboloid Pringle shape
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    Matt Henderson
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    Apr 17, 2021
    zoom in
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    Matt Henderson
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    Sep 4, 2022
    de-impressionizing a Monet