The TL;DR for this whole blog post is:"Bad labels are a major problem for modern AI. I'm building a company to tackle this problem (already have an approach that is 10x better…Jul 25, 2022Jul 25, 2022
“Amateur” Data Science vs. “Professional” Data ScienceIt has never been a better time to learn new tools and techniques in data science, for free. Many publications on Medium alone aggregate…Sep 13, 20181Sep 13, 20181
Published inHackerNoon.comdThe 3 Tricks That Made AlphaGo Zero WorkThere were many advances in Deep Learning and AI in 2017, but few generated as much publicity and interest as DeepMind’s AlphaGo Zero. This…Jan 7, 201814Jan 7, 201814
Published inTowards Data ScienceThe 4 Deep Learning Breakthroughs You Should Know AboutThe First in a Series on Deep Learning for Non-ExpertsDec 4, 20172Dec 4, 20172
On Andrej Karpathy’s “Software 2.0”Andrej Karpathy published an essay called “Software 2.0” a couple of weeks ago. In it he describes a paradigm shift in software: the prior…Dec 1, 2017Dec 1, 2017
Published inTowards Data ScienceFull Stack Basics for Data Scientists and Other Non-Web Developers, Part 2: jQuery, D3, AJAX and…This is part 2 of a 2 part series on the basic full stack web development tools Data Scientists would need to build basic interactive…Sep 17, 20171Sep 17, 20171
Full Stack Basics for Data Scientists and Other Non-Web Developers, Part 1: HTML and CSSThis is the first of a two-part tutorial on building basic dynamic and interactive visualizations using all the tools that Data Scientists…Sep 16, 2017Sep 16, 2017
Published inTowards Data ScienceSudoku and Doing Your Best WorkA lot of our lives, both our working lives and our personal lives, are spent doing repetitive, uncreative tasks. Many of these tasks are…Aug 5, 20171Aug 5, 20171
Published inTowards Data ScienceOrganizing vs. CreatingI have always wanted to write more, but until a few weeks ago I hadn’t made the time. This is true not just about writing but about a lot…Jul 25, 20171Jul 25, 20171
Most are missing the big picture of the Amazon-Whole Foods acquisitionThere have been many great analyses of the specifics of the Amazon-Whole Foods acquisition. But most are missing the big picture. This…Jul 15, 2017Jul 15, 2017