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Iumenta: A generic framework for animal digital twins

(arxiv.org)
27 points sandwichsphinx | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 03:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.784s | source
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thom ◴[19 Nov 24 08:45 UTC] No.42181255[source]▶
I have no idea why it needles me so much, and I will cathartically accept any downvotes, but why has the phrase “digital twin” entered our lexicon when it just means “model” or “simulation”? I’ve worked with incredibly smart AI engineers who talked about “building a digital twin” when they just meant “storing some data”. Maddening.
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1. leonheld ◴[19 Nov 24 13:05 UTC] No.42182966[source]▶
This is my personal opinion, from working in such places: research institutes in Europe get grants very, very easily if they mention anything related to "Industrie 4.0", and one of those keywords is "Digital Twin". Another good one is "Real-Time".

Note that I'm not directing this comment specificaly at the authors of these papers (I haven't read it, just skimmed through it). Just observations from experience.