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dhairya
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Comment #41800296
It's in reference to the Physics prize going to Hinton and Hopfield for "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks." …
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Cambridge and Boston are fantastic for spring migration birding and fall migration birding, especially Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. There's a resident barred owl and red tai…
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Comment #30946142
I like to joke I have type B personality with type A ambitions which is the recipe for perpetual unhappiness. When the switch is on, things move quickly, but its been getting harde…
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Comment #30435032
The challenge for the engineers at our AI startup is that deterministic testing paradigms don't adapt well to probabilistic models that are continually being retrained. As a scient…
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Comment #30433547
Happy to chat.my contact info is on my profile.
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Comment #30430601
I disagree. We are conflating being smart really with being self-motivated. Also being in the right environment is very important. I do believe that anyone can do almost anything (…
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Comment #30429896
A couple things that come to mind with this article. My own journey has been quite nonlinear both in terms of roles (business systems analyst -> data analyst -> technical project m…
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Comment #29924678
This article is predicated on the assumption that immediately going to college after graduating high school is important. The pandemic skews the decision calculus greatly for many …
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Comment #27417178
thanks for posting the a non-paywall version
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Posh Tech| Multiple Full-Time Roles | Remote with hope of onsite when conditions are safe | Boston, MA About Us: Posh is a Conversational AI company creating the most natural and e…
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This article makes no sense to me. If the premise was will Google AI Ethics research implode, then yes. Removing key memembers of the team has affected the team morale and created …
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Posh Tech| Multiple Full-Time Roles | Remote with hope of onsite when conditions are safe | Boston, MA About Us: Posh is a Conversational AI company creating the most natural and e…
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Comment #25961476
This looks like a really cool program. Is there way for for students currently in PhD programs to engage with folks in the program. It'd be too early for me to apply but would love…
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Comment #25783273
I just started my PhD in AI (specifically NLP). Also took a non-traditional route (creative writing major -> 10 years in industry -> phd). It's interesting so far. Research feels v…
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also recommend probabilistic methods for hackers as another resource to explore this space: https://camdavidsonpilon.github.io/Probabilistic-Programming...
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Comment #25532894
I agree as well, it's valuable to see rejected papers or at the very least the reviews themselves. It's interesting that some Neurips workshops are on OpenReview but Neurips itself…
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Comment #25532708
There's a difference between consciousness and intelligence. An Intelligent Infrastructure or AI system can make business decisions and not need to be self-aware to be effective. I…
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Comment #25532534
So it depends on your goals and the type of work you want to do. I kind of stumbled into Data Science / AI research (came from a Creative Writing background). After spending about …