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Eric Holloway
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November 7, 2019
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Machine Learning, Part 3: Don’t Snoop on Your Data

You risk using a feature for prediction that is common to the dataset, but not to the problem you are studying
Eric Holloway
November 7, 2019
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Education, Programming

As long as we can establish that our theories, hypotheses, and/or models are independent of the data, then we can trust that their predictive power will generalize beyond the data we have observed.

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Eric Holloway
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November 5, 2019
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Machine Learning, Part 2: Supervised Learning

Machine learning isn’t hard to understand; it’s just different. Let’s start with the most common type
Eric Holloway
November 5, 2019
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Education, Machine Learning, Programming

The neat thing about machine learning is that the algorithm can extract general principles from the dataset that can then be applied to new problems. It is like the story that Newton observed an apple fall and then derived from it the general law of gravity that applies to the entire universe.

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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2019
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Has AI Been Racist?

AI is, left to itself, inherently unthinking, which can result in insensitivity and bias
Denyse O'Leary
October 3, 2019
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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture, Ethics, Programming

Just any available data swatched into systems may embody prejudices that only become evident in use.

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Jonathan Bartlett
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October 2, 2019
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A Quick Guide to Augmented Reality

Now that Apple is integrating Augmented Reality Into iOS 13, here are some things you can do with it
Jonathan Bartlett
October 2, 2019
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Programming

While iOS 13 has some amazing features, it also has some significant limitations. The biggest one is that the tracking between the real world and the virtual world does not extend to GPS.

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