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
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 4: How to Sequence Projects to Build a Career
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 4: How to Sequence Projects to Build a Career

Last week’s letter focused on coming up with AI project ideas, part of a series on how to build a career in the field. This letter describes how a sequence of projects might fit into your career path.

July 20, 20222 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 4: How to Sequence Projects to Build a Career
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 4: How to Sequence Projects to Build a Career

Last week’s letter focused on coming up with AI project ideas, part of a series on how to build a career in the field. This letter describes how a sequence of projects might fit into your career path.

July 20, 20222 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 3: Choosing Projects
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 3: Choosing Projects

In the last two letters, I wrote about developing a career in AI and shared tips for gaining technical skills. This time, I’d like to discuss an important step in building a career: project work.

July 13, 20223 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 3: Choosing Projects
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 3: Choosing Projects

In the last two letters, I wrote about developing a career in AI and shared tips for gaining technical skills. This time, I’d like to discuss an important step in building a career: project work.

July 13, 20223 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 2: Learning Technical Skills
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 2: Learning Technical Skills

Last week, I wrote about key steps for building a career in AI: learning technical skills, doing project work, and searching for a job, all of which is supported by being part of a community. In this letter, I’d like to dive more deeply into the first...

July 6, 20223 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 2: Learning Technical Skills
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 2: Learning Technical Skills

Last week, I wrote about key steps for building a career in AI: learning technical skills, doing project work, and searching for a job, all of which is supported by being part of a community. In this letter, I’d like to dive more deeply into the first...

July 6, 20223 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 1: Three Steps to Career Growth
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 1: Three Steps to Career Growth

The rapid rise of AI has led to a rapid rise in AI jobs, and many people are building exciting careers in this field. A career is a decades-long journey, and the path is not always straightforward.

June 29, 20222 min read
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 1: Three Steps to Career Growth
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How to Build a Career in AI, Part 1: Three Steps to Career Growth

The rapid rise of AI has led to a rapid rise in AI jobs, and many people are building exciting careers in this field. A career is a decades-long journey, and the path is not always straightforward.

June 29, 20222 min read
How to Keep the AI Community Growing
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How to Keep the AI Community Growing

Many things in life have a positive side and a negative side. For instance, a new AI system might help democratize access, and at the same time it might be more accessible to people who have internet access than those who don’t.

June 22, 20222 min read
How to Keep the AI Community Growing
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How to Keep the AI Community Growing

Many things in life have a positive side and a negative side. For instance, a new AI system might help democratize access, and at the same time it might be more accessible to people who have internet access than those who don’t.

June 22, 20222 min read
Can an AI System Be Sentient? Ask a Philosopher
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Can an AI System Be Sentient? Ask a Philosopher

A Google Engineer recently announced he believes that a language model is sentient. I’m highly skeptical that any of today’s AI models are sentient. Some reporters, to their credit, also expressed skepticism.

June 15, 20222 min read
Can an AI System Be Sentient? Ask a Philosopher
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Can an AI System Be Sentient? Ask a Philosopher

A Google Engineer recently announced he believes that a language model is sentient. I’m highly skeptical that any of today’s AI models are sentient. Some reporters, to their credit, also expressed skepticism.

June 15, 20222 min read
What Rising Interest Rates Mean for AI, Part 2: Why It Still Makes Sense to Forge Ahead
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What Rising Interest Rates Mean for AI, Part 2: Why It Still Makes Sense to Forge Ahead

Last week, I wrote about how rising interest rates are likely to lead investors and other finance professionals to focus on short-term returns rather than longer-term investments.

June 8, 20223 min read
What Rising Interest Rates Mean for AI, Part 2: Why It Still Makes Sense to Forge Ahead
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What Rising Interest Rates Mean for AI, Part 2: Why It Still Makes Sense to Forge Ahead

Last week, I wrote about how rising interest rates are likely to lead investors and other finance professionals to focus on short-term returns rather than longer-term investments.

June 8, 20223 min read

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