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Distributed Programming with Ray
Written on 02 May 2020Context
Ray is a distributed computing platform (1) to scale Python applications (2) with minimal effort (3).
Let’s break this mission statement down into its 3 major components:
(1) Distributed computing platform: Ray is a highly-performant runtime written in C++ that scales extremely well to large, heterogeneous compute clusters.
...Fighting COVID-19 with TensorFlow.js
Written on 09 Mar 2020In this post, we’re going to show how we can use TensorFlow JS to fight the spread of the Coronavirus. Please note, this is mostly an educational exercise.. so please don’t take it too seriously.
This post eventually ended up turning into a project that is actively being developed by...
Backprop: The Bastard Child of Calculus
Written on 12 May 2019Calculus is possibly the most powerful tool humanity has invented, appearing in physical sciences, actuarial science, computer science, statistics, engineering, economics, business, medicine, demography, and many many more. Richard Feynman famously said “Calculus is the language God speaks.” Regardless of what one thinks about religion, the sentiment is a compelling...
Unified Intelligence v2
Written on 04 Apr 2019Background
In my undergraduate thesis, Unified Intelligence, I spent a great deal of time revieweing literature that talked about intelligence and what constitutes an intelligent agent. I then developed a framework for assessing an agent’s intelligence using only its information processing capabilities. After half a decade of more research,...
Inference is scary
Written on 01 Apr 2019Alex Danco says the valley has a habit of picking a thing and make it abundant. We’ve done it with information (Google), entertianment (Youtube, Netflix, Reddit), products (Amazon), etc. Some say we’re on the path of making intelligence abundant. While I don’t disagree, I do not agree. I do not...