Re: Just wondering: any AI kernel/system optimization cq. control projects?
Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 22:03:48 +0200 (CEST)
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Benjamin Saller Bender wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Alex Ninaber wrote:
>
> > An AI controlled kernel/system using for instance a neuralnet seems to be
> > a pretty nice feature to show off with. Are there any people currently
> > working on this? Or has it been shown to be completely useless. I wouldn't
> > mind playing around with stuff like that...
> >
> I've spent a little time in this area. As a word of warning,
> remember any time spent in the kernel is time not spent doing userspace
> work, hence time lost. Nerual nets are costly. There are other options
> though...
There are several pieces of self-tuning code inside the
kernel. The most obvious ones are in the TCP code and
in the mmap() readahead (mm/filemap.c)...
It might not be AI, but it'll pass the AI Turing test nicely :)
Rik.
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