--- title: One dude, One old laptop, watching the entire industry... description: A self-published project called NUMEN (Pi-Origin Architecture) claims to replace neural network AI with a deterministic, integer-only computing framework built... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/one-dude-one-old-laptop-watching-the-entire-industry-dance-around-with-no-legs-to-stand-on-i-have-cdvsb0snn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: One dude, One old laptop, watching the entire industry dance around with no legs to stand on. I have the proofs. Come and learn . | daily.dev og:description: A self-published project called NUMEN (Pi-Origin Architecture) claims to replace neural network AI with a deterministic, integer-only computing framework built... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/one-dude-one-old-laptop-watching-the-entire-industry-dance-around-with-no-legs-to-stand-on-i-have-cdvsb0snn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/cdvSb0SnN.png og:image:alt: One dude, One old laptop, watching the entire industry dance around with no legs to stand on. I have the proofs. Come and learn . og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [](https://daily.dev/fatmandandan)[Dan Dragolich @fatmandandan • Yesterday10](https://daily.dev/fatmandandan) # One dude, One old laptop, watching the entire industry dance around with no legs to stand on. I have the proofs. Come and learn . This title could be clearer and more informative. Try out Clickbait Shield for free (5 uses left this month). 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