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MacMind

HyperCard demo of a transformer neural net running on a 1989 Macintosh.

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Retro AI-on-old-hardware is exactly the kind of delightful constraint play HN latches onto.

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Hacker News Mentions

2026-04-17

Commenters called it quietly impressive, loved the old-HyperCard feel, and said it reminded them of early backprop days.

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