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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
Seeing the same thing in readers at the gas pump...Austin and surrounding areas have been hit hard w/ them.
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
That article isn't very clear on what she is advocating. From the article: This led Anandkumar to challenge AI’s reliance on matrix methods. She deduced that to keep an algorithm observant enough to learn amid such chaos, researchers m
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
Congrats!
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
I think it's going to become a cat and mouse game. AI generated images (e.g., deep fakes) are already being used in very nefarious ways such as job interviews, applying for gov't documents via video, etc. Researchers are finding w
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
IMO absolutely not. I just think the entire grant submission/reward process is so broken in Academia that...ah, never-mind. Think I'm just gonna go sit in the corner now....
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Star American Professor Masterminded a Surveillance Machine for Chinese Big Tech(thedailybeast.com)
4 points by CarbonCycles 4y ago|3 comments
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
Academia is such a weird beast...sadly, seeing more and more of this.
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
I'm surprised we aren't seeing more of this...just another thing to worry about as part of the ML deployment process.
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
And this is where DS with a deeper more rigorous understanding begin to differentiate themselves by being able to step back and reformulate/re-model the problem into something more like an anomaly detector (in keeping with this example
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
LOL...typically i would agree but i find DL requires a lot more intense engagement (for now) followed by lots of idle time reading hacker news as the models complete training. DS/ML/BI/WTF EVER has all become overly incestiou
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
I think the only reason why he used Sagemaker is that it provided him an easy out of the box set of tools that required minimum-to-no setup. If the author took the time, he could have stitched together a completely zero-cost alternative tha
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
No, I think the arguments you are reading is that this article was poorly written (granted its Ars) and a more appropriate article would have considered broader perspectives. This feels like something an undergrad would write for their busi
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
There is a difference between reporting a stat and understanding the stat. Another thing that many ppl (including ppl who work in this field) fail to understand is the theoretical (or statistical) underpinnings of the algorithms they are tr
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
This is a very dangerous article as it tries to make an argument that a person with minimum to no training can start to run these black box systems. One of the biggest fallacies that I have run into within this space is the failure to under
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
I don't understand the purpose of this article...it's making multiple comparisons but in a way that seems intentionally biased to incite discourse? It's also hard to ignore that electric motors provide almost near instantaneo
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
Me and my colleagues (actuaries by training) ran some very interesting what-if scenarios based on our companies insurance packages, and every single scenario indicated that going with the highest deductible (or HSA) was more cost effective
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
No, I also see this in InsurTech. These companies are so deathly afraid of data breaches and system compromises that anything remotely modern frightens them...sadly. And btw, that description given by your colleague brought cringy mental fl
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
LN has now become a dumping ground for spammers, scammers, and a social network site. It's lost its appeal, and I am getting more scammers all the time. I'm beginning to contemplate what value LN provides as LN has focused on more
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Health trusts swapped patient data for shares in an AI firm. May lost millions(theregister.com)
2 points by CarbonCycles 4y ago|2 comments
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
Another AI hype and companies trying to cash in. Also the sharing of patient data skirts the edge IMO...
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
I agree with you...it's the additional factors that appear to be more muta/carcinogenic than the nicotine itself. Granted (as you said) nicotine isn't ideal. The amount of sugar and its related health effects IMO completely o
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
Juul was especially targeted by the FDA as Juul's advertising and marketing was specifically targeting the younger crowd. There are other products on the market that are similar to Juul (i.e., RJ Reynolds vape products), but the market
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
The KS test is good...I've used it in many situations where non-parametric testing is required. I'd also argue the title is misleading in that I've seen it used fairly extensively.
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
Oh man...Dell is terrible about this. Not sure what the policy is anymore (esp since they went private), but to get promoted you had implement a significant cost savings project, which ironically lead to multiple implementations and reversa
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
Also consider this, different manufacturers of "short-acting" and "long-acting" respond differently within people's bodies. My daughter responded very differently between Humalog and Novolog even though they are bot
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
I argue many Type 2 patients do a VERY POOR job on average on monitoring their diabetes. Many Type 2 still have moderately functioning cells that manufacture insulin...Type 1 have no choice. I argue the opposite in that Nightscout and other
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
IMO it's not the regulation that is the problem...it's the entire healthcare system we have in the US. Humalog and other types of the same exact insulin are pennies on the dollar in other countries with very different healthcare c
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
That is very true...Insulin now of days is very different then when it was first introduced. For example, there are now "long-lasting" and "fast-acting" insulin that has been molecularly modified for different outcomes.
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
There are two types of Diabetes...type 1 and 2. I don't agree with your comment on reducing obesity as Type 1 is a much different disease than Type 2.
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by CarbonCycles 4y ago
I am aware of situations where ppl have crossed over legally into Mexico from the US to purchase insulin at a substantially reduced cost.

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