You might have heard of Deepfakes, which are images or videos where someone’s face is replaced by another person’s face. There are various techniques for creating Deepfakes, one of them being Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). A GAN is a type of neural network that can generate realistic data from random input data. When used for… Continue reading Generating cartoon avatars with GANs
Author: David
80/20 and data science
“20% of the task took 80% of the time”. If you have ever heard someone say that, you probably know about the so-called 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto principle. The principle is based on the observation that “for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes.”. As an… Continue reading 80/20 and data science
Neurons spike back
Neurons Spike Back (https://neurovenge.antonomase.fr/) was featured in the latest data science weekly newsletter. I would normally pass on such long articles, but the history of AI is interesting, so I gave it a shot. Reading the paper felt like a marathon, and I only completed it through sheer force of will, lots of coffee, and… Continue reading Neurons spike back
AI computing requirements
Whenever there is a new announcement or breakthrough with AI, it always strikes me how out of reach the results would be to replicate for individuals and small organizations. Machine learning algorithms, and especially deep learning with neural networks, are often so computationally expensive that they are infeasible to run without immense computing power. As… Continue reading AI computing requirements
Tax deductions are not free money
So you deducted your loan interest in your taxes. That means the interest was essentially free right? I could not quite figure out the answer to this question in my head recently, so I thought I would do a simple example and share it here, in case it could be useful for someone else. First,… Continue reading Tax deductions are not free money