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How Generative AI as a “writing aid” will transform businesses
How Generative AI as a “writing aid” will transform businesses
Introducing AnswerChatAI — an OpenAI powered app that finds “needles in information haystacks” including multilingual Q&A, summarization…
Skanda Vivek
Feb 22, 2023
What are the limits of ChatGPT and current natural language processing?
What are the limits of ChatGPT and current natural language processing?
Taking inspiration from the century old Gödel’s completeness theorem to define the limits of natural language processing and peer into what…
Skanda Vivek
Dec 23, 2022
Would you trust an algorithm that is 65% accurate in handing out prison sentences?
Would you trust an algorithm that is 65% accurate in handing out prison sentences?
I’m pretty sure you would not — yet, the flawed COMPAS risk score is being used all the time by U.S. courts.
Skanda Vivek
Dec 11, 2022
What’s the most important asset for tech companies? Hint: it’s not the codebase
What’s the most important asset for tech companies? Hint: it’s not the codebase
Google’s original codebase would likely be worthless today — François Chollet
Skanda Vivek
Nov 23, 2022
How I Created A Kids Kindle Book Illustrated by AI
How I Created A Kids Kindle Book Illustrated by AI
I recreated the Classic kids story “Going on a Bear Hunt” with illustrations completely generated by Stable Diffusion— and now you can too!
Skanda Vivek
Nov 11, 2022
What is intelligence, resurrecting Steve Jobs, and AI that can reason
What is intelligence, resurrecting Steve Jobs, and AI that can reason
Intelligence is the extent to which actions are likely to achieve objectives. Hallmarks of intelligence like learning, solving problems…
Skanda Vivek
Nov 2, 2022
Natural Language Processing — What’s the big deal?
Natural Language Processing — What’s the big deal?
Grammar and Machines
Skanda Vivek
Oct 24, 2022
Sankarabharnam — The Carnatic equivalent of the major scale
Sankarabharnam — The Carnatic equivalent of the major scale
A spectrogram analysis of the Carnatic version of the C Major scale
Skanda Vivek
Aug 2, 2022
Raga Bhairavi in Carnatic Music
Raga Bhairavi in Carnatic Music
A deep mathematical and musical exploration into the Indian Carnatic Music Raga Bhairavi that is older than 1,500 years. I give key…
Skanda Vivek
Jul 13, 2022
How Important Is Cyber-Physical Security In Drones?
How Important Is Cyber-Physical Security In Drones?
With Amazon announcing drone super-highways, it becomes all the more important to consider cyber-physical security in drones
Skanda Vivek
Feb 15, 2022
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