Tommi Vehviläinen

[François Chollet @fchollet]

"No code" is code you don't control. Simple abstractions are a superpower, but you need to able to peel them off when the situation requires it.

[François Chollet @fchollet]

Saying that bias in AI applications is "just because of the datasets" is like saying the 2008 crisis was "just because of subprime mortgages".

Technically, it's true. But it's singling out the last link in the causality chain while ignoring the entire system around it.

[Steve Burns @SJosephBurns]

Understanding taxes in 20 seconds.
By @DentesLeo https://t.co/M36k2GJm1l

[Bartosz Milewski @BartoszMilewski]

How do we understand things? By building models in our (computer-enhanced) minds. Obviously, it makes sense if the model is smaller than the actual thing; which is only possible if reality is compressible.

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Nature is healing; the whales are returning to the cities. https://t.co/0h1rh8VVyT

[Balaji @balajis]

Uber will survive because it diversified. Taleb’s Thanksgiving chart in real life.

[Shane Parrish @shaneparrish]

The Levels of Problem-solving:

Level 1 — You solve the problem.

Level 2 — You solve the problem that caused the problem.

Level 3 — You avoid the problem that caused the problem.

Level 3 is the most valuable but hardest to see.

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

Some folks still seem confused about what deep learning is. Here is a definition:

DL is constructing networks of parameterized functional modules & training them from examples using gradient-based optimization.... https://t.co/jmHpWZOMH8

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

2019, Personal Review

1-Managed to Yuugely upset monocultures: both anti-Iran & pro-Iran shills; both pro-Trump & anti-Trump; both the "left" & the Neo-nazis/Quillette/eugenists.

2-Busted IQ as a fraud,on stat/math grounds.

3-Finished Stat Cons Fat Tails, Tech Incerto vol 1

[@mikko @mikko]

Truly incredible predictions by @David_Gerrold. From ’Smart Reseller’ magazine, December 20, 1999.

[Matt Ridley @mattwridley]

In terms of energy density, nuclear is without equal...

[Chip Huyen @chipro]

I saw a guy debugging his model today.
No idpb.
No unittest.
No visualization.
No disabling regularization.
He just sat there staring at every line of code and cursing TensorFlow.
Like every machine learning researcher I know.

[Olivia Solon @oliviasolon]

I like how Silicon Valley has rebranded "skipping breakfast" as "intermittent fasting"

[Josh Wolfe @wolfejosh]

With recent news of many all-stock deals—I share my favorite story on VALUE

A dad comes home from work—
Son: “Dad! I sold our dog 🐶 today for $1MM”
Dad: “Wait you did what! to whom!?”
Son: “Yup—to our neighbor”
Dad: “He gave you $1M?!”
Son: “Yeah! He gave me 2 $500k cats🙀 🙀”