The AI reverse engineered a cheap camera's AI chip and built the compiler it never had

Used the AI to reverse-engineer a neural network accelerator in a Chinese WiFi camera SoC and implement an ONNX compiler and runtime, resulting in a working 20 dollar AI smart camera.

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How it works

The AI reverse engineers the neural network accelerator in a Chinese WiFi camera chip
Implements an ONNX compiler and runtime
He ends with a working $20 AI smart camera

Why it’s worth knowing

The chip shipped with no way to program it; now it has one.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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