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Mysterious animation wins best illusion of 2011 – Motion silencing illusion
The 2011 Best Illusion of the Year uses motion to render color changes invisible, and so reveals a quirk in our visual systems that is new to scientists.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_silencing_illusion
“It is a really beautiful effect, revealing something about how our visual system works that we didn’t know before,” said Daniel Simons, a professor at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. Simons studies visual cognition, and did not work on this illusion. Before its creation, scientists didn’t know that motion had this effect on perception, Simons said.
A viewer stares at a speck at the center of a ring of colored dots, which continuously change color. When the ring begins to rotate around the speck, the color changes appear to stop. But this is an illusion. For some reason, the motion causes our visual system to ignore the color changes. (You can, however, see the color changes if you follow the rotating circles with your eyes.)
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MiniMax-01 goes open source
MiniMax is thrilled to announce the release of the MiniMax-01 series, featuring two groundbreaking models:
MiniMax-Text-01: A foundational language model.
MiniMax-VL-01: A visual multi-modal model.Both models are now open-source, paving the way for innovation and accessibility in AI development!
🔑 Key Innovations
1. Lightning Attention Architecture: Combines 7/8 Lightning Attention with 1/8 Softmax Attention, delivering unparalleled performance.
2. Massive Scale with MoE (Mixture of Experts): 456B parameters with 32 experts and 45.9B activated parameters.
3. 4M-Token Context Window: Processes up to 4 million tokens, 20–32x the capacity of leading models, redefining what’s possible in long-context AI applications.💡 Why MiniMax-01 Matters
1. Innovative Architecture for Top-Tier Performance
The MiniMax-01 series introduces the Lightning Attention mechanism, a bold alternative to traditional Transformer architectures, delivering unmatched efficiency and scalability.2. 4M Ultra-Long Context: Ushering in the AI Agent Era
With the ability to handle 4 million tokens, MiniMax-01 is designed to lead the next wave of agent-based applications, where extended context handling and sustained memory are critical.3. Unbeatable Cost-Effectiveness
Through proprietary architectural innovations and infrastructure optimization, we’re offering the most competitive pricing in the industry:
$0.2 per million input tokens
$1.1 per million output tokens🌟 Experience the Future of AI Today
We believe MiniMax-01 is poised to transform AI applications across industries. Whether you’re building next-gen AI agents, tackling ultra-long context tasks, or exploring new frontiers in AI, MiniMax-01 is here to empower your vision.✅ Try it now for free: hailuo.ai
📄 Read the technical paper: filecdn.minimax.chat/_Arxiv_MiniMax_01_Report.pdf
🌐 Learn more: minimaxi.com/en/news/minimax-01-series-2
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