Hello
from SLC again! So things have changed a little bit since I last wrote. For
starters, it has finally started snowing. ARGH!!! Oh well, it hasn't gotten
really bad, but it's still annoying to deal with. Another big change that has
happened is that the Family History Library is now open on Saturday nights,
meaning that we have to be working there during that time. Thankfully, though,
I'll only have to be serving there every other Saturday night since they are
planning on having the elders who aren't in the FHL to help out, since it would
be unfair for one half of the mission to have a free Saturday night off and the
other half to not have one, so we'll be alternating with them. Also, I forgot
to mention this, but last Monday I gave a short talk in the Monday morning
devotional that my mission has each week. It wasn't to interesting, but I feel
like it is worth noting.
Okay, now on to the
subject that I named this email after. Recently, the young elders in this
mission have been given this new project called the AGES project. This project,
in basic terms, is teaching an AI the written form of Chinese characters. What
happens is the AI will pull have an example picture of what the character looks
like and a digitized version of it thinks is the same symbol. We then decide
whether or not if the symbols are identical, different, or if the digitized
picture is not even a symbol and just weird smudge. I've gone through 3000
pictures so far, and I'm having a ton of fun with it. I find it so exciting
going through all these symbols and seeing how many I can do! Sure it might not
be as cool as some might think, but I think it's great! Hopefully you are all
having a fun time wherever you are this winter. Have a great week and remember
why we have the Christmas season in the first place!!
Till then,
Elder Wright
Elder Wright also told mom that he's enjoying the Christmas lights on Temple Square and he got to go to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional. He's having so many exciting opportunities serving at the SLC Headquarters!
Also, here is Elder Wright's Christmas ornament this year
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