Peter Sweeney

Husband, father, patient advocate, entrepreneur, inventor, blogger.

[Jimmy Lin @lintool]

I wrote up some recent thoughts about the future of information access: Knowledge Graphs or Semantic Vectors? The Answer Is Both! https://t.co/ewlHlKIjoo Feedback welcome!

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

@colinbowern @mdubakov Oh yeah. We are waaaay overdue to catch up, Colin. Thx for highlighting it

[Rachel Thomas @math_rachel]

I wrote about Medicine's Machine Learning Problem for @BostonReview. Please check it out:

https://t.co/vLmxa0bdzP

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

"Newton’s conjecture...Unlike Newton, AI Feynman did not have to decide which variables determine gravitational force...Instead, the algorithm was told the variables that are in Newton’s equation and its task was to curve fit."

https://t.co/2QpjuU6cSN

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

Great conversation on modes of explanation rejected as bad philosophy

"it’s just like isolating a single word in a poem out of context and asking, what is the meaning of that word, You’re losing all of the poetry in life..." David Haig @seanmcarroll

https://t.co/So83jQuPJv

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

An astounding collection of accolades and superlatives: a state of the art prediction engine blows away the competition in a prediction contest. What an incredible new scientific tool.
https://t.co/yXIEeCm7Wv

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

@ToKTeacher @DavidDeutschOxf Is this published as an article? It's great and addressed a nagging gap in my understanding of it...

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

This should go well...

"Although parties might disagree with how that oversight might look, it looks like there’s an emerging consensus that there needs to be oversight"

https://t.co/DGt2f9GI8R

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

Unfortunate. We need people to solve problems.

https://t.co/4Qt2nY7OuU

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

What a vivid metaphor...

[Wilson Dizard @willdizard]

The GOP is having a Chernobyl moment, frantically trying to slam the control rods into its misinformation reactor because they see that misinformation now endangering their chances at holding the senate.

[Conjecture Magazine @Conjecture_Mag]

Officially announcing Conjecture Magazine, highlighting the power of explanations to drive progress.

Please check out our featured article on fake news and how stamping it out isn't the goal we really want, from @Ray_S_Percival

https://t.co/7PhBEUABEt

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

I just published Your Love of Old Music Explains Artificial Creativity https://t.co/NfFO9oID0C

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

Reading @DavidDeutschOxf 👇

[Naval @naval]

Evolution works by mutation and selection.

Innovation works by trial and error.

Science works by conjecture and criticism.

Free markets work by entrepreneurship and risk.

All truth-seeking systems work roughly the same way.

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

Would it be fair to say AI needs explanations, just like every other knowledge-generating pursuit?

https://t.co/Tr5WUvg7Dk

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

Spoiler: No, we're not "hurtling toward a mathematically preordained disaster"

https://t.co/Wk5RBpra6s

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

@Google What's the idea behind making all the icons look the same? Can we opt out if we'd prefer to tell the different apps apart?

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

Sorry, what we were saying about Canadian exceptionalism?
https://t.co/vfDg7WdZMK

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

Punditry based on polls failed, according to exit polls

It might be funny if the consequences weren't so dire
https://t.co/v2WebXtIJX

[Michael Geist @mgeist]

Over 1,000 Canadians have used #COVIDAlert app to notify others they may have been exposed to the virus. No identities are disclosed and privacy is protected. With more than 4 million downloads and new cases on the rise, everyone should install the app. https://t.co/LedJyf6FEK

[Peter Sweeney @petersweeney]

Great article. @tylercowen balances his assessment in terms of technological progress
https://t.co/NO9IT89fPo