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machine-learning

Hedging and Hawing about AI and Jobs

3 minute read

This is in reply to reading this article from the BBC, “AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says” (January 15, 2024, Annabelle Liang, BBC)

That Which Dreams are Made Of

4 minute read

In William Shakespeare’s Tempest, the old wizard Prospero at one point famously opines…

The More Things Change…

2 minute read

Today I held 80 million year old dinosaur bones in my hands and used pics and brushes and glue to piece them back together into a rib. The tools I was using ...

It’s Made of People!

2 minute read

An idea that I have been converging on in discussions recently spawned by Chat-GPT is that, for the purposes of risk assessment and impact, we should to thin...

The Ancient Battle Continues

less than 1 minute read

Reposting now given the latest iteration of this neverending battle, because this never gets old.

Why Build a Meta-Verse?

4 minute read

Some spontaneous thoughts on the multiverse of metaverses and whether it’s all worth the effort.

Is AI Just a Passing Fad

2 minute read

Someone important recently expressed a thought to me along the following lines:

ECML 2019 Notes

17 minute read

In September 2019 I had the good fortune to attend ECML 2019 in beautiful Wurzburg, Germany.

NIPS Conference 2012

less than 1 minute read

A month ago I attended the 2012 Neural Information Processing Systems conference in Lake Tahoe Nevada. I’ve already posted some of my thoughts on some of it ...

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artificial-intelligence

The More Things Change…

2 minute read

Today I held 80 million year old dinosaur bones in my hands and used pics and brushes and glue to piece them back together into a rib. The tools I was using ...

It’s Made of People!

2 minute read

An idea that I have been converging on in discussions recently spawned by Chat-GPT is that, for the purposes of risk assessment and impact, we should to thin...

The Ancient Battle Continues

less than 1 minute read

Reposting now given the latest iteration of this neverending battle, because this never gets old.

Is AI Just a Passing Fad

2 minute read

Someone important recently expressed a thought to me along the following lines:

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conference-review

ECML 2019 Notes

17 minute read

In September 2019 I had the good fortune to attend ECML 2019 in beautiful Wurzburg, Germany.

Computational Sustainability at AAAI

less than 1 minute read

This week in Québec City the Twenty-Eighth AAAI Conference is being held and for the fourth year running there is a special track on Computational Sustainabi...

Review of RLDM2013 Conference

2 minute read

Last week I attended the first multidisciplinary conference on Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM2013) and I think I speak for most people who ...

NIPS Conference 2012

less than 1 minute read

A month ago I attended the 2012 Neural Information Processing Systems conference in Lake Tahoe Nevada. I’ve already posted some of my thoughts on some of it ...

AAAI 2011 Wrap-Up

2 minute read

So I didn’t post an update about the AAAI 2011 conference every day, but really, this is more posts than I would have predicted with my prior model of my beh...

AAAI 2011 — Day 2

2 minute read

Day two of tutorials and workshops at AAAI 2011. The crowd is starting to grow and the robots are being set up. Things don’t get fully started until tomorrow...

AAAI 2011 — Day 1

2 minute read

I skipped the afternoon tutorial sessions to work on my presentation and go around town a bit but I did attend a very interesting morning tutorial on time se...

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large-language-models

Hedging and Hawing about AI and Jobs

3 minute read

This is in reply to reading this article from the BBC, “AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says” (January 15, 2024, Annabelle Liang, BBC)

That Which Dreams are Made Of

4 minute read

In William Shakespeare’s Tempest, the old wizard Prospero at one point famously opines…

The More Things Change…

2 minute read

Today I held 80 million year old dinosaur bones in my hands and used pics and brushes and glue to piece them back together into a rib. The tools I was using ...

It’s Made of People!

2 minute read

An idea that I have been converging on in discussions recently spawned by Chat-GPT is that, for the purposes of risk assessment and impact, we should to thin...

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artificial-general-intelligence

The Ancient Battle Continues

less than 1 minute read

Reposting now given the latest iteration of this neverending battle, because this never gets old.

Is AI Just a Passing Fad

2 minute read

Someone important recently expressed a thought to me along the following lines:

Building the Enterprise? Seriously? Why not?

3 minute read

I ignored this the first time I saw it and then I was going to make snarky comment that we should just send a bunch of ships to mars instead of building the ...

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artificial-inteligence

Hedging and Hawing about AI and Jobs

3 minute read

This is in reply to reading this article from the BBC, “AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says” (January 15, 2024, Annabelle Liang, BBC)

That Which Dreams are Made Of

4 minute read

In William Shakespeare’s Tempest, the old wizard Prospero at one point famously opines…

Movie Liveblog - The Creator

14 minute read

It’s almost a new year and while I don’t always make New Year’s resolutions (and I definitely don’t always keep them for long) I feel this blog is in need of...

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ai-doom

Hedging and Hawing about AI and Jobs

3 minute read

This is in reply to reading this article from the BBC, “AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says” (January 15, 2024, Annabelle Liang, BBC)

Movie Liveblog - The Creator

14 minute read

It’s almost a new year and while I don’t always make New Year’s resolutions (and I definitely don’t always keep them for long) I feel this blog is in need of...

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AIForGood

17 Days of AI for Good

6 minute read

In a couple weeks I will have the good fortune to be attending the second AI for Good Summit in Geneva. The summit is run through collaboration between the X...

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autonomous-driving

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natural-language-processing

Why Build a Meta-Verse?

4 minute read

Some spontaneous thoughts on the multiverse of metaverses and whether it’s all worth the effort.

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science-fiction

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

less than 1 minute read

This week the world lost two beautiful people who stood for hope, caring and kindness. These people happened to also be actors who most famously played chara...

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chatgpt

It’s Made of People!

2 minute read

An idea that I have been converging on in discussions recently spawned by Chat-GPT is that, for the purposes of risk assessment and impact, we should to thin...

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movie-review

Movie Liveblog - The Creator

14 minute read

It’s almost a new year and while I don’t always make New Year’s resolutions (and I definitely don’t always keep them for long) I feel this blog is in need of...

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computational-sustainability

NIPS Conference 2012

less than 1 minute read

A month ago I attended the 2012 Neural Information Processing Systems conference in Lake Tahoe Nevada. I’ve already posted some of my thoughts on some of it ...

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reinforcement-learning

The More Things Change…

2 minute read

Today I held 80 million year old dinosaur bones in my hands and used pics and brushes and glue to piece them back together into a rib. The tools I was using ...

ECML 2019 Notes

17 minute read

In September 2019 I had the good fortune to attend ECML 2019 in beautiful Wurzburg, Germany.

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humans-suck

Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations

less than 1 minute read

This week the world lost two beautiful people who stood for hope, caring and kindness. These people happened to also be actors who most famously played chara...

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causality

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internet

Twitter Isn’t Even A Social Network

5 minute read

I’ve tried to write this blog post several times, and each time I get around to it my intro statement is no longer true.

Why Build a Meta-Verse?

4 minute read

Some spontaneous thoughts on the multiverse of metaverses and whether it’s all worth the effort.

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algorithms

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being-nerdy

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generative-models

Hedging and Hawing about AI and Jobs

3 minute read

This is in reply to reading this article from the BBC, “AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says” (January 15, 2024, Annabelle Liang, BBC)

That Which Dreams are Made Of

4 minute read

In William Shakespeare’s Tempest, the old wizard Prospero at one point famously opines…

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