Month: September 2017
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Machine learning theory is lagging behind
We’re in a very empirical era in machine learning…but theory is lagging behind. – Michael Jordan @davidandrzej Because computer scientists don’t study psychoanalysis or philosophy. A good place to start is Hubert Dreyfus. Next try Spinoza, Lacan, Foucault, Deleuze and Berkeley. What you’ll learn is that the intelligent world is explainable by interpretation, in the […]
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Kamikaze 2.0
Random thought: Battleships in the coming years will become obsolete, like horses were in the age of the tank. Namely, thousands of drones being controlled by an AI can neutralize a battleship and are way cheaper. Imagine 500 tiny drones carrying a payload and ‘sacrificing’ themselves. How can a battleship defend against that? @joaoeira Kamikaze […]