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CuratingAI: Exploring AI in traditional art mediums

We just wrapped an extraordinary two weeks here in Berkeley exhibiting art that makes use of AI in novel ways. I was the co-founder and …

Just the Beginning for AI & Science

Something very exciting is happening right now across the landscape of the physical and mathematical sciences: we are finally starting …

Making a Mask with an E-Ink Banner

We wear masks out in public so often it occurred to me we should be able to dynamically customize them to suit our moods and maybe even …

Dynamic Programming with Python dataclasses and joblib

Starting in Python 3.7, the module dataclasses introduces a decorator that allows us to create immutable structures (like tuples) but …

Serverless Distributed Decision Forests with AWS Lambda

Within the Wise.io team in GE Digital, we have monthly "edu-hackdays" where the entire tech team spends the entire day trying to learn …

Darwinistic Pressure in the Land of Cryptocurrency

For many just waking up to the burgeoning land of programmable decentralized value and trust, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are …

Towards Cost-Optimized Artificial Intelligence

If accuracy improves with more computation, why not throw in more time, people, hardware, and the concomitant energy costs? Seems …

Cache Ugly Reporting Queries With Materialized Views and Docker

Confidence and trust …

Make Docker images Smaller with This Trick

The architectural and organizational/process advantages of containerization (eg., via Docker) are commonly known. However, in …

Celebrating Day 1 of the Gravitational Wave Era

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away two black holes with combined masses about 65 times that of the Sun violently merged. That …