Text-to-Image Generation and the Path to Truly Open AI
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Text-to-Image Generation and the Path to Truly Open AI

Stable Diffusion, an image generation model that takes a text prompt and produces an image, was released a few weeks ago in a landmark event for AI. While similar programs can be used via API calls or a web user interface, Stable Diffusion can be freely downloaded and run on the user’s hardware.

September 14, 20222 min read
Text-to-Image Generation and the Path to Truly Open AI
Letters

Text-to-Image Generation and the Path to Truly Open AI

Stable Diffusion, an image generation model that takes a text prompt and produces an image, was released a few weeks ago in a landmark event for AI. While similar programs can be used via API calls or a web user interface, Stable Diffusion can be freely downloaded and run on the user’s hardware.

September 14, 20222 min read
Scientific Research Wants to be Free: US Officials Block Paywalls on Gov-Funded Studies
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Scientific Research Wants to be Free: US Officials Block Paywalls on Gov-Funded Studies

I’m thrilled! Paywalled journals that block free access to scientific research are the bane of the academic community.

September 7, 20222 min read
Scientific Research Wants to be Free: US Officials Block Paywalls on Gov-Funded Studies
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Scientific Research Wants to be Free: US Officials Block Paywalls on Gov-Funded Studies

I’m thrilled! Paywalled journals that block free access to scientific research are the bane of the academic community.

September 7, 20222 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 7: Optimizing Your Job Search
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 7: Optimizing Your Job Search

Every job search is different. Here are some tips from Andrew Ng to increase the odds you’ll find the right position.

August 31, 20223 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 7: Optimizing Your Job Search
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 7: Optimizing Your Job Search

Every job search is different. Here are some tips from Andrew Ng to increase the odds you’ll find the right position.

August 31, 20223 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 6: Job Search Fundamentals
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 6: Job Search Fundamentals

Last week, I wrote about switching roles, industries, or both as a framework for considering a job search. If you’re preparing to switch roles or industries, there’s a lot about your target job that you probably don’t know.

August 24, 20222 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 6: Job Search Fundamentals
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 6: Job Search Fundamentals

Last week, I wrote about switching roles, industries, or both as a framework for considering a job search. If you’re preparing to switch roles or industries, there’s a lot about your target job that you probably don’t know.

August 24, 20222 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 5: Finding Your First AI Job
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 5: Finding Your First AI Job

Andrew Ng presents a framework for job seekers in AI, especially those entering from a different field.

August 17, 20223 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 5: Finding Your First AI Job
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 5: Finding Your First AI Job

Andrew Ng presents a framework for job seekers in AI, especially those entering from a different field.

August 17, 20223 min read
Toward More Consistent Decision-Making
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Toward More Consistent Decision-Making

Andrew Ng considers how inconsistent human decisions are, and how AI can reduce that inconsistency.

August 10, 20222 min read
Toward More Consistent Decision-Making
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Toward More Consistent Decision-Making

Andrew Ng considers how inconsistent human decisions are, and how AI can reduce that inconsistency.

August 10, 20222 min read
The Trouble With Reinforcement Learning
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The Trouble With Reinforcement Learning

While working on Course 3 of the Machine Learning Specialization, which covers reinforcement learning, I was reflecting on how reinforcement learning algorithms are still quite finicky.

August 3, 20222 min read
The Trouble With Reinforcement Learning
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The Trouble With Reinforcement Learning

While working on Course 3 of the Machine Learning Specialization, which covers reinforcement learning, I was reflecting on how reinforcement learning algorithms are still quite finicky.

August 3, 20222 min read
More Data for AI Developers: A New Law Makes it Easier to Scrape the Web
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More Data for AI Developers: A New Law Makes it Easier to Scrape the Web

Many AI systems have been built using data scraped from the internet. Indeed, even the cornerstone dataset for computer vision research, ImageNet, was built using images taken from the public internet.

July 27, 20222 min read

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