PinnedPublished inCtrlStackWhy Siloed Monitoring Hit the Wall“The data between the data…is what turns noise into signal.”Aug 31, 2022Aug 31, 2022
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What separates us from AI, Part 3: Get Meta (recursive automation, not automated recursion)See Part 1 and Part 2 here.Sep 4, 20171Sep 4, 20171
What separates us from AI, Part 2: Efficient Search is the Real Goal of AI/MLIn Part 1, we noted in passing that the F1 models are the ‘final output’ of most machine learning endeavors (however you get there). These…Sep 3, 20171Sep 3, 20171
What separates us from AI, Part 1: The Periodic Table of Machine LearningAI is one of those fields that see-saws back and forth in the public consciousness (sometimes wired, sometimes tired) yet seems to reach…Sep 2, 20173Sep 2, 20173
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Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) in 50 lines of code (PyTorch)tl;dr: GANs are simpler to set up than you thinkFeb 11, 201733Feb 11, 201733
Short Story: How does a penniless entrepreneur attract gold diggers?Author’s Note: I originally wrote this in March of 2010 on Quora, anonymously. Now that Quora is starting to phase out anonymous content…Feb 11, 20172Feb 11, 20172
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