#Algorithms

algorithmic transparency for sure is an important research area but let's dig into why there's a lot more work to do. (1/7)https://twitter.com/brianchristian/status/1356681364620251136 current large production systems (e.g. search a
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Excited to have a preprint out, the first I have been involved in! Our message for variational algorithms: keep depth linear or lower in number of qubits for hope of
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A thread about why the idea of empathy may be the most misunderstood existential threat we face1/ Step back from personal feelings of being judged & consider, for example, that
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Buckle up, because there's a score scaling thread coming your way. Disclaimer: did our best to figure this out, but it's complicated; please be kind. Also, spoiler alert, but this
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This reminds me of the developer who made a fortune by having the first Tetris clone in the App Store, in 2008. In every new, empty channel, the first people
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Yo, decentralizers. If our projects are ONLY about censorship resistance and NOT about better algorithms for elevating truth, and NOT about creating constrained but real powers of moderation, then we're
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1/8 Yesterday, Maxar announced that they were acquiring Vricon, which I am surprised by. A bit of history and some analysis:In 2015, two years before MDA acquired DigitalGlobe and four
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ARK's Big Ideas 2020 deck is here—a year of research packed into 80 slides covering AI, robotics, autonomous, genomics, bitcoin, and more.Download: https://ark-invest.com/big-ideas-2020 Here are 5 slides that really hit it
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Book lovers, a debut author asked me to explain last night why pre-orders are so important and it struck me that authors *gently encourage folks to do this but maybe
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A recurring debate: Distribution or Product? Digital upstarts and young brands catalyzed self-reflection by incumbents. But the inherent advantages from controlling distribution are continuing to show why scale remains a
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On the one hand, high-stakes testing is pedagogically bankrupt, but on the other hand, it sure produces numbers that universities can focus on increasing, and then trumpet when those numbers
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The Ruger 10/22 is widely considered the best first rifle for people: cheap (~$250), cheap ammo (500 bullets ~$30), no recoil, easily maintained, hard to break, etc A person new
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This is what feminist research looks like after a time of practice and learning. Graphic recording of the first day of #FIRNetwork convening by @sonakshaiyengar "Research is messy because humans
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It’s Sunday so let’s talk about patterns. Patterns in behaviour performed at the same time, over time,or between individuals, give us more information to help infer animal welfare. We need
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Forex trading 101Rule 1. Demands makes price go up.Demand from where? EU?Investor in Paris wants to buy US Bonds on Tuesday, he tells his banker "buy US bonds"Banker sell Euro
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the work of A. Taylor and coauthors on using SDPs to certify the performance of different optimisation schemes really cannot be recommended highly enough, see e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATep0iBKZ-8, https://www.di.ens.fr/~ataylor/
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