Tom Fawcett

Principal Data Scientist, Apple.
ML/DS researcher and author of the book above. Dyadic, normative, partially hydrogenated.
I don't speak for my employer, ever.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Fox News cut away from Trump's rally immediately after his brain short-circuited

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

@mikeloukides Yeah, I miss having my listening experience enhanced with random tape stretch, fluctuating motor speeds, and constant background tape hiss.

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

An introduction to artificial life for people who like #AI : https://t.co/If0ARI4cbO

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

The aphorism "All models are wrong, some are useful" is like "Drastic times call for drastic measures". It's often used to justify something really awful.

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

Please stop saying that #Python closely resembles the English language. Just stop. It's a ludicrous thing to say and the comparison doesn't help anyone.

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

Slides worth looking at: How to recognize #AI snake oil.
https://t.co/vv4SCeOefm
"For predicting social outcomes, AI is not substantially better than manual scoring using just a few features"

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

Case study of unfortunate evaluation methodology. Yes, deep learning predicts earthquake aftershock patterns (https://t.co/5ZLRmdlSHd) --- but no better than logistic regression (https://t.co/3d6nfyNiaA).

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

@statpumpkin "Extended convex hull"? Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

@outOfOffenbach @NetworkTobi @nettwerkerin I'm not comfortable with the term "fan" here. :-) But I'll go to a harder question. If choice of metric is arbitrary, isn't choice of better model (DS1 vs DS2) arbitrary? And by extension, learning algorithm?

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

These are classification performance curves from two models (called datasets here), followed by a table of common metric values. Which model is better? #DataScience

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

"Please Stop Explaining Black Box Models for High-Stakes Decisions", a new paper by @CynthiaRudin, argues the importance of inherent interpretability of learned models. https://t.co/utNKChSX9N

[Susie Lu @DataToViz]

Early prototypes of reviziting the receipt, one piece of a larger question I want explore: how can viz be integrated into everyday experiences?

[vicki @vboykis]

2037. AI-powered Amzoogle drones scan the charred landscape, reading hundreds of uncommented YAML files that determine which humans to hunt. In a cave, a child huddles next to a blind old man. He whispers, "Objects are combinations of data and methods." Her Java grows stronger.

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

Interviewer (Human): What is you greatest strength?
Deep Neural Network (DNN): I am an expert in Machine and Deep Learning

Human: What's 10 + 2?
DNN: Zero

Interviewer: Nowhere near, it's 12.
DNN: OK, 12

Interviewer: What's 10 + 5?
DNN: 12

\H.Zenil\

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

Wieland Brendel shows that ImageNet is simpler than we thought, and NNs are using surprisingly superficial evidence. https://t.co/MnMv68MOmX

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

What could go wrong? https://t.co/7xe8NWqyl5

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

@rosstaylor90 Well, yes. But I was commenting on the current usage. Do people complain that to repair a car or play a piano they need to put in time and effort to learn, and need access to tools/pianos? I don't understand the expectation that learning AI should be effortless.

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

I'm confused why people talk about "democratizing" #AI. Is requiring a knowledge&skill undemocratic? Do we complain that car repair, piano playing, football, archeology, and horseback riding haven't been democratized?

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

That's not the way it's used. "Democratization is defined as the action/development of making something accessible to everyone, to the 'common masses.'" https://t.co/SaKrjxs1SY

[Chrystiane Roy @CRdeparlemonde]

@tomeff If you play piano or ride a horse has little impact on my life. If you develop AI and deploye it, my human rights could be violated, I may be denied services and what else. Not sure your list is comparable to the impact AI might have on individuals unfortunately.

[Tom Fawcett @tomeff]

How to delete your #quora account: Login, click on your account image in upper right, click Privacy in upper left, go to bottom, click Delete Account. Confirm.