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From MSc to PhD in 2 year's time... in Spain this is the time you are expected to figure out what to research about. No doubt why Spain needs a bailout. So much to learn.

A very practical and useful collection of hints. I particularly support the point about tailoring the set of informative features. In the end, there is no free lunch for the "core"…

And the closest to solving this we seem to be at present is fuelled by deep learning, which is basically a big neural network with an absurdly vast amount of neurons (i.e., paramet…

I would still add another challenge for analogue: power harvesting. That's an environment where the amount of energy you can collect is so low that you can't simply afford to run a…

A wonderful book, indeed. It "teaches" a useful business management lesson: when two strong egos clash, the company drowns. I also admire Carmack's way to tackle new (sometimes unk…

Precisely. In fact, I chose the term "maker" for my blog: http://ai-maker.com/ and the gist of it is teaching, discussing, critiquing and creating stuff related to Artificial Intel…

I like seeing (soft) AI as the buttress that allows us to see farther, like Newton standing on the shoulders of giants. I guess the sudden presence of AI is due to the sudden amoun…

Awesome! It's wonderful to see these kind of side projects for deliberate practice. I also expect to build some of these at http://ai-maker.com/ Thanks for sharing it and congratul…

I agree. In fact, this is a recurrent piece of criticism that also appeared on an MIT Tech review, which I commented here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8866253

I'd the thrilled to hear your story with AI and OReilly. It must be very encouraging to have this project with such an important editor.

Sorry for that. I just found it appropriate for each of the different sub-discussions (and I just removed one of them). When threads get massive with text, I sometimes miss interes…

It must be hard to resist a big payslip, we're all humans, heads of family, we want to provide the best for our beloved ones. I see a veneer of disdain to Norvig's attitude in your…

> There's a practical side to this stuff that doesn't involve ads. Just have a look at the AIMA book ( http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ ), it's full of applications not related to adve…

I'm glad to read such positive attitude towards AI... I recently discussed in another thread if AI was indeed pushing people into the unemployment lines (an opinion from an MIT Tec…

This aggregation/collaboration of weak agents... isn't it boosting? It's certainly a recommended approach to building robust systems, see Pedro Domingos' paper (tip number 10): htt…

Getting better at something is always good. Like The Joker said at the return of the dark knight: if you're good at something never do it for free. So there's always an avenue to m…

As it is discussed elsewhere here, challenging yourself technically to build a portfolio may also lead you to making money, e.g., from consulting. I'm offering this service for fre…

That's precisely the kind of approach I'm seeking with my new blog on AI and data analysis: http://ai-maker.com/

Totally agree. He who expends all his time working has no time left to improve. I think I got this from the pragmatic bookshelf...