/sci/ - Science & Math

What's the best branch prediction algorithm? Do Deep Neural Networks outperform the classic algorithms? Is there anything better than Deep Neural Networks for branch prediction?

What are some good platforms where independent AI/comp. sci./electronics researchers and engineers can meet together and discuss their ideas in a serious manner?
Is there anything other than Usenet platforms dedicated to this?

Fundamentally, is branch prediction a form of hardware-level heuristic?

It is hard to increase intelligence.
But what about cognition? Can cognition be increased?
I heard there are many interventions for increasing cognition in people with psychiatric illnesses (depression, bipolar disorder), stroke, and so on.

What are some evidence-based ways/practices to lower brain excitation?

What determines the way the wave function is going to collapse?
That is, what determines the state into which the quantum system is going to decohere?

Is there even one instance in physics where the subjective world and conscious experience would have any effect whatsoever on the physical world?
I know there are many interpretations of quantum mechanics, some of which allegedly suppose that this is the case.
But is there any evidence to such interpretations?