Lies, damned lies, and rankings: the problem with Bloomberg’s COVID resilience ranking
Every ranking creates winners and losers. In the case of Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking, the Philippines is a loser: dead …
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Introducing the AI Workplace
My startup, Pez.AI, is launching a publication on Medium called the AI Workplace. We’re exploring a radically different way of …
How to call bullshit on AI companies (aka a short lesson on recall)
Now that software ate the world, what’s for dessert? Those in the know know that it’s AI. It seems everyone …
Lead your own data science projects with the 3 Ps
There’s a lot of literature on learning the technical aspect of data science: statistics, machine learning, data munging, big data. …
Rosie the Robot vs Roomba: Two Views on AI
This site generously supported by Datacamp. Datacamp offers a free interactive introduction to R coding tutorial as an additional resource. …
Making AI More Human: How To Give A Sales Pitch As A Technical Talk
I had the pleasure of seeing Gary Marcus give his talk “Making AI More Human” at the NYC Machine Learning …
Why Facebook’s news algorithm is doomed to failure
Another day and another update to Facebook’s news algorithm. Facebook claims they use around 100,000 factors to identify the most “relevant” …
The northern section of the High Line
Back in September, the northern section of the High Line opened to the public. While not fully completed, you can …
What your twitter friends say about you and your interests
This post is first in a series that looks at the inferences you can make using social media data. The …
What digital photography taught me about product development and running a business
The confluence of inexpensive, professional-grade equipment and high capacity storage has radically changed the way I take pictures. Although I …
Cartesian Faith 