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Tech Tuesday: NP-Complete Problems

Or why HAL couldn't beat Dave

Nov 28 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

All you Need is... Optimization!

A new perspective on Machine Learning. This is how I discovered how Machines can Learn.

Published on Under the Hype • Nov 26

The Three Minds of a Computer Scientist

The Scientist, the Engineer, and the Hacker.

Nov 23 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

A conversation with Alejandro Piad Morffis about education

Optimizing the right target variables

Published on The Palindrome • Nov 23

Your guide to Mostly Harmless Ideas

An up-to-date index of everything you can read in this Substack. Start here if you are new, or if you want to review past articles you may have missed.

Nov 20 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

Mostly Harmless #5 - Beyond the Chatbot Revolution

Here's what a truly powerful generative AI could do, and it's so much more than fancy chatbots

Nov 18 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

Teaser - Introduction to Graph Theory

On my upcoming 5-part series on the fundamental ideas of graph theory, the most important concept in discrete math.

Nov 17 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

Tech Tuesday: Supervised vs Reinforcement Learning

Some quick notes on when and how to use each of the two main Machine Learning paradigms.

Nov 14 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

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Nov 12 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

How data leads to Bias in AI Systems

An analysis of embedded prejudice in datasets

Published on Aurum Bits • Nov 11

Sci-Friday: Why Science Fiction and Fantasy Matter

Spaceships, lasers, dragons, and princesses apart, there's something profound in speculative fiction that makes it a treasure for all readers.

Published on The Transcendent Chronicles • Nov 10

Origins of CS #1: A Universal Language for Reasoning

Leibniz's dream and the search for a universal language of thoughts

Nov 9 •

Alejandro Piad Morffis

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