Miscellaneous
The release of this latest ChatGPT model sparked rumors that General AI has been achieved.
What is o3?
This Qualcomm founder and former UC San Diego engineering professor, is honored through the naming of UC San Diego’s engineering school.
Who is Irwin Jacobs?
This UC San Diego building, named after the author of The Cat in the Hat, is often compared to a spaceship due to its futuristic, stacked design.
What is Geisel Library?
This is the mysteryfunct
def mysteryfunct(a, x, y, z):
while x <= y:
m = x + (y - x) // 2
if a[m] == z:
return mid
elif a[m] < z:
x = m + 1
else:
y = m - 1
return -1
What is binary search?
This optimization algorithm helps a neural network "learn" by gradually adjusting weights.
What is Gradient Descent?
This UCSD alumni, now an American actor and stand-up comedian, is best known for starring as Jian-Yang in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley.
Who is Jimmy O Yang?
Synonymous with addiction, often used to describe a gambler.
What is dedication (dedicated)?
This is a collection of public art scultures around the UCSD campus. It includes the Sun God statue, Warren Bear, Fallen Star, and more.
What is the Stuart Collection?
This is the product of these two matrices.
| 1 | -1 |
| -1 | 1 |
| -1 | 1 |
| 1 | -1 |
What is
| -2 | 2 |
| 2 | -2 |
The period of time between 1970-2000 where many researchers gave up on researching AI is called this.
What is the AI winter?
This British computer scientist developed the Turing Test, a measure of a machine’s ability to exhibit intelligent behavior similar to humans.
Who is Alan Turing?
What do the actors in Squid Game Season 2 say as they march around the rainbow in the game "six legs?"
What is "Hawk Tuah?"
This is UCSD's motto.
What is 'Fiat lux' (latin for "Let there be light")?
This is the country where the first drone delivery was made.
What is the United Kingdom?
This "human computer" calculated John Glenn’s orbital flight for NASA and inspired the film Hidden Figures.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
"From the Screen to the Ring, _____"
What is From the Pen to the King?
This is the year UCSD was offically founded.
What happened in 1960?
These are the answers to the two riddles:
What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich don't need it, and if you eat it, you'll die?
What goes on four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?
What is nothing and human?
This is the name of the first expert system.
What is DENDRAL?
Often referred to as the "father of artificial intelligence," this American computer scientist developed the Logic Theorist, one of the first AI programs.
Who is John McCarthy?
This is what one pound can get you in London.
What is fish?
This is who the Peace Memorial near Revelle Plaza was built to commemorate.
Who is George Winne, Jr.?