Pythagoras initial assumption of all numbers being fractions got us to use our current notation for representing numbers which is near equivalent to trying to read religious texts literally.
Africa’s ruling class isn’t a fully independent bourgeoisie, they’re intermediaries.
They manage extraction on behalf of foreign capital in exchange for personal accumulation
I received His Excellency President Bola Tinubu on his arrival at the Fairmont Hotel in Windsor ahead of the State Visit. We have a productive couple of days ahead and I am looking forward to the progress we will make for our state and the country.
🇨🇳🇳🇬 Nigeria, thanks to China, has started selling gasoline instead of just oil.
China helped build the $20 billion Dangote Oil Refinery.
As a result, approximately 44,000 barrels of gasoline were exported per day in March.
Whoever this Daniel Anthony is, the manner in which this story has been presented and portrayed does not reflect goodwill toward our dear country. The unfortunate incident in question is not actually new and it has already been widely condemned by all people of good character, including the leaders of the Ozoro community. It is so concerning that Mr. Anthony has chosen to project this matter to an international audience in a way that casts Nigeria in a negative light.
We’re proud to announce the opening of our 30th American Space in Nigeria at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), especially during the United States’ 250th celebration year of independence!
The new @UnilagNigeria Window on America is a welcoming space where the public can experience American excellence and discover U.S. culture, explore study opportunities, build skills, and connect with America through programs, trainings, books, films, and more.
Consul General Rick Swart and UNILAG Vice Chancellor Professor Folasade Ogunsola officially opened the Space with a ribbon-cutting and tour of the facility.
Find out more about the new UNILAG Window on America or locate the American Space nearest you: https://t.co/AdsUxI90J6
#USinNigeria #Freedom250
Information Geometry for Machine Learning
Distances between multivariate normal/Gaussian distributions:
① Approximate Fisher-Rao distance
② Pullback distances from the SPD cone to Gaussian manifold
The Mathematics of Moving a Cursor with Neural Signals
What might Neuralink @neuralink be doing Mathematically?
Consider the task of moving a cursor without touching it. The machine is not looking for a full thought, a sentence, or an image. For this Control problem, the useful object is an intended movement state.
sₜ = (pₜ, vₜ)
Here, pₜ is the cursor position at time t, and vₜ is the velocity the user is trying to express. The implant records neural activity through many electrode channels, then the decoder tries to estimate vₜ from that activity. Neuralink’s PRIME material describes the N1 Implant as recording and transmitting brain activity with the goal of enabling computer control.
For channel i, a simple population model is
rᵢ(t) ≈ bᵢ + aᵢ max(0, dᵢ · vₜ) + ηᵢ(t)
where rᵢ(t) is the measured activity, bᵢ is baseline activity, aᵢ is channel gain, dᵢ is the channel’s preferred movement direction, and ηᵢ(t) is noise.
One channel is not the command. The useful signal is the pattern across many channels:
rₜ = (r₁(t), r₂(t), …, rₙ(t))
The decoder subtracts the baseline vector b and applies a learned map W:
v̂ₜ = W(rₜ − b)
This gives an estimate of the intended velocity. The cursor then updates by
pₜ₊₁ = pₜ + Δt v̂ₜ
This is the loop shown in the render:
neural activity -> decoded velocity -> cursor motion
The cortical network and electrode threads show the measurement side. The N1 Implant is described as using 1,024 electrodes distributed across 64 flexible threads, each thinner than a human hair.
The decoder panel shows the computational side with activity rₜ, decoded velocity v̂ₜ, and the cursor state pₜ changing over time.
A noisy biological pattern becomes a state estimate. That estimate becomes motion on a screen.
Therefore, the first lesson is not that Neuralink makes the brain a screen. For cursor control, the Mathematics is more precise:
A small piece of intention is represented as a hidden state, measured through neural activity, decoded as a vector, and turned into action.
#Neuralink #BrainComputerInterface #NeuralEngineering #Mathematics #StateEstimation #Neuroscience #MachineLearning #BiomedicalEngineering
BREAKING: President Tinubu appoints Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu as Nigeria's Minister of Foreign Affairs, following the resignation of Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, who stepped down from the position to participate in the 2027 elections. Bianca previously served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
President Tinubu also nominated Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye as the new Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, subject to Senate confirmation.
Until his nomination, Ambassador Enikanolaiye, from Kogi State, served as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and International Relations.