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What I Read: Artificial Intelligence Will Do What We Ask

By Andrew Fairless on December 9, 2020November 29, 2020

https://www.quantamagazine.org/artificial-intelligence-will-do-what-we-ask-thats-a-problem-20200130/ artificial intelligenceArtificial Intelligence Will Do What We Ask. That’s a Problem.Natalie WolchoverSenior Writer/EditorJanuary 30, 2020By teaching machines to understand our true desires, one scientist hopes to avoid the potentiallyContinue readingWhat I Read: Artificial Intelligence Will Do What We Ask

What I Read: Chain Pharmacies Patients Risk

By Andrew Fairless on December 9, 2020November 29, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/health/pharmacists-medication-errors.html How Chaos at Chain Pharmacies Is Putting Patients at RiskBy Ellen GablerJan. 31, 2020Updated 1:38 p.m. ET “…many pharmacists… said it had become difficult to perform their jobs safely,Continue readingWhat I Read: Chain Pharmacies Patients Risk

What I Read: Replacing do-calculus with Bayes rule

By Andrew Fairless on December 8, 2020November 29, 2020

https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.07125 Replacing the do-calculus with Bayes ruleFinnian Lattimore, David Rohde “…while it is critical to explicitly model our assumptions on the impact of intervening in a system, provided we doContinue readingWhat I Read: Replacing do-calculus with Bayes rule

What I Read: America health care cost problem Maryland

By Andrew Fairless on December 8, 2020December 31, 2020

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/1/22/21055118/maryland-health-care-global-hospital-budget The answer to America’s health care cost problem might be in Marylandby Tara GolshanJanuary 22 2020 1:01 PM “Maryland is the site of two big experiments in containing healthContinue readingWhat I Read: America health care cost problem Maryland

What I Read: Help AI See in Higher Dimensions

By Andrew Fairless on December 7, 2020January 1, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/an-idea-from-physics-helps-ai-see-in-higher-dimensions-20200109/ artificial intelligenceAn Idea From Physics Helps AI See in Higher DimensionsThe laws of physics stay the same no matter one’s perspective. Now this idea is allowing computers to detectContinue readingWhat I Read: Help AI See in Higher Dimensions

What I Read: Bayesian Neural Networks Need Not Concentrate

By Andrew Fairless on December 7, 2020December 13, 2020

https://jacobbuckman.com/2020-01-22-bayesian-neural-networks-need-not-concentrate/ Bayesian Neural Networks Need Not ConcentratePosted on January 22, 2020by Carles Gelada and Jacob Buckman “…it’s important that we, as a field, stop ignoring the crucial importance that theContinue readingWhat I Read: Bayesian Neural Networks Need Not Concentrate

What I Read: Visualizing Geometric Harmonic Means

By Andrew Fairless on December 6, 2020November 28, 2020

https://medium.com/swlh/visualizing-the-geometric-and-harmonic-means-e8b9c5a818ae Visualizing the Geometric and Harmonic MeansLuke PersolaNov 22, 2019 “Long after I learned how to calculate the geometric and harmonic means, I was still unclear about what exactly theyContinue readingWhat I Read: Visualizing Geometric Harmonic Means

What I Read: The Case for Bayesian Deep Learning

By Andrew Fairless on December 6, 2020December 13, 2020

https://cims.nyu.edu/~andrewgw/caseforbdl/ The Case for Bayesian Deep LearningAndrew Gordon WilsonJanuary 11, 2020 “…ignoring epistemic uncertainty is a key reason that standard neural network training is miscalibrated. By erroneously assuming that theContinue readingWhat I Read: The Case for Bayesian Deep Learning

What I Read: AI Epidemiologist First Warnings Virus

By Andrew Fairless on December 5, 2020November 28, 2020

https://www.wired.com/story/ai-epidemiologist-wuhan-public-health-warnings/ Eric NiilerScience01.25.2020 07:00 AM An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus“The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread ofContinue readingWhat I Read: AI Epidemiologist First Warnings Virus

What I Read: Cutting Food Stamps Can Add Costs Elsewhere

By Andrew Fairless on December 5, 2020November 28, 2020

UpshotThe New Health CareHow Cutting Food Stamps Can Add Costs ElsewhereWhen people eat better, they enjoy better health, reducing not just suffering, but also some expenses.By Austin Frakt and ElsaContinue readingWhat I Read: Cutting Food Stamps Can Add Costs Elsewhere

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