I never felt comfortable with the term AI. I used to call it Augmented Intelligence (for my students) and preferred the term ML to AI. That was before I heard this talk. Now there is no going back. Prof Jordan was amazing. It is the kind of interview you can listen to sitting glued to […]
Today I came across an article. Basic Music Theory in ~200 Lines of Python | Manohar Vanga A basic introduction to Western music theory using the Python programming to derive scales, chords, and modes in every key. www.mvanga.com https://www.mvanga.com/blog/basic-music-theory-in-200-lines-of-python It reminded me of a couple of books on teaching Math and Science with Python. I […]
Did you know French fries are from Belgium? I didn’t. I found out while reading an issue of Reader’s Digest (May 2021 issue in the Brain Games section). I Googled it, and this is what I found. Despite its name, the French fry is not French. The origins of the French fry have been traced […]
The list is long. I will start with a few here (in the order in which I discovered them in my life). Marie Curie – For being a source of inspiration and a role model. I just recalled that I read about her before I read any other stories from the list below. P.G.Wodehouse – […]
Happy 2021, everyone! A kind of happiness where we get back the life we enjoyed. The ability to move about without fear. And the freedom to meet our friends and spend hours. Hopefully, it will happen sometime 2021.
I like this approach from https://play.kotlinlang.org/koans/overview “Kotlin Koans is a series of exercises to get you familiar with the Kotlin syntax and some idioms. Each exercise is created as a failing unit test, and your job is to make it pass. Here you can play with Koans online, but the same version of exercises is […]
I thought that the main aim of education is to make better citizens. It turns out that citizenship aim is just one of the many aims of education. Another aim of education may be to improve literacy and the power of critical thinking so that citizens make better decisions – about their life, community, and […]
“Can you draw a circuit diagram of your project on the black board?” asked one of the interview panel members. He had my project report in his hand. “No Sir”, I replied politely. There was shocked silence. The 8 panel members exchanged looks. Finally one spoke. “Why not?”. Sir, first, I did not design that […]
Let the machines do the routine and brute work, we think. Sounds like a reasonable argument. But machines are not capable of replacing humans in every aspect of work. In some cases (like fighting Covid19, it will be nice if machines can completely take over, but they can’t). They can do parts, but not the […]
Slowly more and more products are incorporating elements of Machine Learning and AI. Product Managers need to understand what the technologies are about and their impact. These articles ease you gently into the role of a product manager and provide some great tips. Machine Learning for Product Managers As Martin Zinkevich’s document on best practices […]