Luciano StrikaHi Zachary, thanks for your comment. I love the AIDungeon project.This post is very outdated in terms of what I know about NLP, and I wrote it when I'd just learned about LSTMs and RNNs... but hadn't…1 min read·May 5, 2021----
Luciano StrikainTowards Data ScienceFeature Visualization on Convolutional Neural Networks (Keras)What is each individual filter doing in a Convolutional Neural Network? Which kinds of images is it learning to detect? Here’s a way to…8 min read·May 30, 2020--1--1
Luciano StrikainTowards Data ScienceMarkov Chains: How to Train Text Generation to Write like George R. R. MartinFrom predictive keyboards to applications in trading and biology, Markov Chains have proven to be versatile tools.9 min read·Oct 25, 2019----
Luciano StrikainTowards Data ScienceMapReduce in C from Scratch Using Threads: MapHadoop’s MapReduce is not just a Framework, it’s also a problem-solving philosophy.9 min read·Oct 19, 2019----
Luciano StrikainTowards Data ScienceWhy do Neural Networks Need an Activation Function?Each layer in a Neural Network has an activation function, but why are they necessary? And why are they so important? Learn the answer…7 min read·Jul 1, 2019--1--1
Luciano StrikainTowards Data ScienceLSTM: How To Train Neural Networks to Write like LovecraftLSTM Neural Networks have seen a lot of use in the recent years, both for text and music generation, and for Time Series Forecasting.12 min read·Jun 24, 2019--1--1
Luciano StrikainTowards Data ScienceProbability Distributions Every Data Scientist Should KnowProbability Distributions are like 3D glasses. They allow a skilled Data Scientist to recognize patterns in otherwise completely random…9 min read·Jun 17, 2019--2--2
Luciano StrikainTowards Data ScienceConvolutional Neural Networks: an Introduction (TensorFlow Eager API)Convolutional Neural Networks are a part of what made Deep Learning reach the headlines so often in the last decade. Today we’ll train a…9 min read·Jun 12, 2019--1--1
Luciano StrikainTowards Data ScienceK Means Clustering with Dask (Image Filters for Cat Pictures)Applying filters to images is not a new concept to anyone. How do we make it cooler with Machine Learning?5 min read·Jun 2, 2019----
Luciano StrikainTowards Data Science3 Machine Learning Books that Helped me Level UpThere is a Japanese word, tsundoku (積ん読), which means buying and keeping a growing collection of books, even though you don’t really read…5 min read·Apr 28, 2019--2--2
