Interesting Engineering on MSN

Matrix collapses: Mathematics proves the universe cannot be a computer simulation

According to Dr. Mir Faizal, Adjunct Professor at UBC Okanagan’s Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, and his international collaborators, the structure of reality itself makes simulation impossible.
Ars Technica

simple math question: why does the identity matrix imply linear independence?

I know to find if a set of vectors are linearly indepenent I have to put them in a matrix and get the rref. if the rref == the identity matrix, then the vectors are linearl independent. but why? can ...
Chip Chick on MSNOpinion

Sorry, Matrix Fans, Reality Is Real: New Study Says The Universe Can't Be A Simulation

A new study has suggested that the idea of our universe being a simulation does not hold up at all, and it’s not because of a ...
Ars Technica

DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later

Matrix multiplication is at the heart of many machine learning breakthroughs, and it just got faster—twice. Last week, DeepMind announced it discovered a more efficient way to perform matrix ...
The New York Times

Here’s Why ‘The Matrix’ Is More Relevant Than Ever

One scene reflects the themes — A.I., fake news, transgender lives and Gen X — that make the film a classic. By Alissa Wilkinson Neo, the hero of “The Matrix,” is sure he lives in 1999. He has a green ...
NPR

Why 'The Matrix' is a trans allegory

Ahead of The Matrix Resurrections, the fourth installment of The Matrix series, NPR's A Martínez talks to Vox critic Emily VanDerWerff about the trans metaphors in the original film. After more than ...