December 2020 – Page 4 – Andrew Fairless, Ph.D.

What I Read: Does Time Really Flow?

By Andrew Fairless on December 16, 2020December 4, 2020

https://www.quantamagazine.org/does-time-really-flow-new-clues-come-from-a-century-old-approach-to-math-20200407/ theoretical physicsDoes Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid thisContinue readingWhat I Read: Does Time Really Flow?

What I Read: Neural State Machine

By Andrew Fairless on December 16, 2020December 4, 2020

https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.03950 Learning by Abstraction: The Neural State MachineDrew A. Hudson, Christopher D. Manning “We introduce the Neural State Machine, seeking to bridge the gap between the neural and symbolic viewsContinue readingWhat I Read: Neural State Machine

What I Read: Kids’ brains building AI

By Andrew Fairless on December 15, 2020December 3, 2020

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/2/28/18239993/artificial-intelligence-children-machine-learning-alison-gopnik-psychology Kids’ brains may hold the secret to building better AIby Sigal Samuel “It’s called Moravec’s paradox: The things we thought would be hard — like playing chess — areContinue readingWhat I Read: Kids’ brains building AI

What I Read: The New Business of AI

By Andrew Fairless on December 14, 2020December 3, 2020

The New Business of AI (and How It’s Different From Traditional Software) The New Business of AI (and How It’s Different From Traditional Software)by Martin Casado and Matt Bornstein “JustContinue readingWhat I Read: The New Business of AI

What I Read: Strictly-Typed Schemas

By Andrew Fairless on December 14, 2020December 1, 2020

https://www.kdnuggets.com/2020/02/loving-memory-strictly-typed-schemas.html In Loving Memory of Strictly-Typed SchemasPrateek SanyalFeb 13 “Today, as I lead a team of highly skilled data engineers, it pains me to watch our sprints get crowded withContinue readingWhat I Read: Strictly-Typed Schemas

What I Read: Mental Shortcuts Physician Errors

By Andrew Fairless on December 13, 2020December 1, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/upshot/mental-shortcuts-medical-errors.html How Common Mental Shortcuts Can Cause Major Physician ErrorsTendencies like left-digit bias can have life-altering consequences for patients.By Anupam B. Jena and Andrew R. OlenskiFeb. 20, 2020 “But aContinue readingWhat I Read: Mental Shortcuts Physician Errors

What I Read: Neighbourhood Components Analysis

By Andrew Fairless on December 13, 2020December 1, 2020

https://kevinzakka.github.io/2020/02/10/nca/ Kevin’s BlogkNN classification using Neighbourhood Components AnalysisFeb 10, 2020 “Long story short, NCA allows you to learn a linear transformation of your data that maximizes k-nearest neighbours performance. ByContinue readingWhat I Read: Neighbourhood Components Analysis

What I Read: Reproducible Machine Learning

By Andrew Fairless on December 12, 2020December 1, 2020

https://thegradient.pub/independently-reproducible-machine-learning/ Independently Reproducible Machine Learning06.Feb.2020Edward Raff “How reproducible is the latest ML research, and can we begin to quantify what impacts its reproducibility? This question served as motivation for myContinue readingWhat I Read: Reproducible Machine Learning

What I Read: Tiny Brain Cells Connect Mental and Physical Health

By Andrew Fairless on December 12, 2020December 1, 2020

https://www.wired.com/story/the-tiny-brain-cells-that-connect-our-mental-and-physical-health/ Donna Jackson NakazawaBackchannel01.21.2020 08:00 AMThe Tiny Brain Cells That Connect Our Mental and Physical HealthA new understanding of long-overlooked cells called microglia is challenging the assumption that body andContinue readingWhat I Read: Tiny Brain Cells Connect Mental and Physical Health

Month: December 2020