David Betancourt

Founder & Fund Manager @ DB Macro. AI-driven investing. Ex- AI @Apple. Ex- Chief Scientist @vorstellacorp (acquired). PhD CS/ML alumnus @GeorgiaTech @GTCSE.

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

San Francisco. You come here for the hype and stay for the views.

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

@Mr_Derivatives LOL

[litquidity @litcapital]

Hedge funds will have setups like this just to underperform the S&P by 8%

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

"I'm in a cheap hotel in California which doesn't have a good internet or phone connection. I was going to have an MRI scan today but I'll have to cancel that!"

- New physics laureate Geoffrey Hinton speaking at today’s press conference where his #NobelPrize was announced.

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

@fchollet This is a prerequisite concept for ML that even junior ML modelers must understand. If they don’t, it’s because they skipped important steps in their ML education and the gaps are probably large.

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

@TheAIML @ABCEducationAU The end of homework.

[Richard Sutton @RichardSSutton]

The case for ambition in artificial intelligence research:

Within your lifetime, AI researchers will understand the principles of intelligence—what it is and how it works—well enough to create beings of far greater intelligence than current humans.

[Andrew D. Huberman, Ph.D. @hubermanlab]

The data on cannabis use in young people (age 12-18) leading to schizophrenia and psychosis later in life even after cessation of cannabis use, are striking, concerning & lend balance to the idea that cannabis is harmless or better b/c it is “safer than alcohol”.

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

@OrwellNGoode The confidence of this school teacher.

[Kosta Derpanis @CSProfKGD]

Teaser alert: It's Backprop week in my #DeepLearning course. Putting the final touches on tomorrow's lecture.

https://t.co/zMt56XjMNa

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

There will be an increasing number of such realizations over the next decades.
The whole idea that ML could boost science is what prompted some of us to create the NYU Center for Data Science 12 years ago.

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

@badityap @chaozhangcs @GTCSE @IDEaSatGT @mlatgt Congrats! At first I thought “did Aditya grow his hair?”

[Dustin Volz @dnvolz]

I am just stunned there are some saying we need to just move on from Wednesday's events when all the documented evidence shows there were determined people—some of them carrying nooses—potentially minutes away from carrying out public executions of our elected representatives.

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

Also this fall very excited to be defending my PhD dissertation: "Interval Deep Learning for Uncertainty Quantification in Engineering Problems" for my REC lab @GeorgiaTech @GTCSE. The PhD journey is challenging but without a doubt edifying. #phdlife

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

Excited to be joining @Apple next month! I'll be working on machine learning algorithms for impactful applications that I deeply care about. Looking forward to working with an amazing team of researchers and engineers.

[DARPA @DARPA]

The AlphaDogfight Trials have concluded! Congratulations to Heron Systems whose AI agent won the championship among the systems competitors and then beat our F-16 pilot in five straight simulated dogfights in the man-vs-machine finale. The event is here: https://t.co/MRvwUmpgj6

[B. Aditya Prakash @badityap]

Please RT+help spread the word!
I am looking for postdoc to start Fall 20 - Jan 21 for research in #DataScience, #MachineLearning for networks and sequences. Intended applications include #epidemiology and #urbancomputing.
Ad details & apply👇https://t.co/qLMaEVznhL

#postdoc

[Georgia Tech @GeorgiaTech]

Update: Effective July 15, 2020, University System of Georgia (USG) institutions will require all faculty, staff, students, and visitors to wear an appropriate face covering while inside campus facilities/buildings where social distancing may not always be possible.

[David Betancourt @DavidBtncourt]

@jessicaramos Looks like a jail, just like most public schools.

[Riccardo Puglisi @ricpuglisi]

Oggi 28 marzo i casi confermati di #COVID19 in Italia sono cresciuti del 6,91%: da 86498 a 92472, per un incremento assoluto di 5974 casi.

Qui il grafico:

#COVID2019italia