[Max-q]

Innovation goes in steps and iterations ;) When mp3 came out, I could just barely play a song encoded from 44.1kHz/16 bit stereo on my PC, taking almost 100% CPU. Today they can be played on a cheap microcontroller.

I like that they share their work, it can lead to something some day.

[kazinator]

MP3's were playable on cheap boom box stereos, and portable CD players, 20+ years ago. Such consumer devices capable of decoding MP3's appeared within less than half a decade of MP3 itself, by my recollection.

[Max-q]

I think you are correct on that one. How long will it take to run this neural net on cheap consumer devices? It might take more than 5 years. But if all the new AI stuff is not a hype, but continues to be used, we will probably see hardware for running it on cheap circuits in a not to distant future. Maybe using a GPU+RAM like structure. Maybe the analog circuits with analog flash will win? The future will show us :)

Maybe add this URL to the calendar on today's date in 5 years an go back and reply with the answer :-D

[vardump]

When MP2 came out, my computer was barely able to play a song in 44.1 kHz 16 bit mono. I think bitrate was 192 kbps, but not sure.

(Later on I was so surprised MP4 didn't replace MP3!)

[hbn]

If you thought it was weird that they went to video with MP4, imagine my shock that the next generation they got into firearms.

[MrDrMcCoy]

That escalated quickly