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
Category: Industry
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
University is what you make of it
Being a developer in a position far removed from academia, I am often confronted with the question of whether my university degree was worth the effort or not. Or to put it more mildly: would I be where I am today without it. I usually arrive at the same conclusion: yes, it was definitely worth… Continue reading University is what you make of it
Dear LinkedIn Recruiter
Rules for contacting people that you want to hire, from my perspective: Tell me what company you are recruiting for. I don’t care that you think the company is exciting. Include my name at the top or your email. And when you do, please stop for a second and think to yourself: “Is their first… Continue reading Dear LinkedIn Recruiter
Corporate Bullying
A few days ago, we received some reports from users that all went something like this: “Norton is blocking access to your site. It says the site has a security risk.” First reaction: Panic! Did our site get taken over by hackers? Not quite… When reading the security report, it turns out that Norton had… Continue reading Corporate Bullying