Sometimes there is so much uncertainty that the best approach is to attempt to avoid certain outcomes rather than attempt to guide towards the ones we desire.
https://fs.blog/a-wonderfully-simple-heuristic-to-recgonize-charlatans/
https://fs.blog/a-wonderfully-simple-heuristic-to-recgonize-charlatans/
Farnam Street
A Wonderfully Simple Heuristic to Recognize Charlatans
Since one small observation can disprove a statement, while millions can hardly confirm it, disconfirmation is more rigorous than confirmation.
Вспомнил, что пару людей спрашивали насчет логистики и цен на мой мини-трип в Исландию + Францию.
Так вот, считаю спустя почти месяц, потому что больно смотреть. Но это того стоило.
Note: можно было сэкономить на проживании (например, жить в хостеле) и турах (например, арендовать машину) в Исландии. К тому же, можно было значительно сэкономить во Франции на проживании.
• Round-trip (Icelandair): JFK -> KEF -> CDG -> KEF -> EWR: $778.12
Iceland 🇮🇸 :
• FlyBus Keflavík Airport Transfer to BSI bus terminal: $30
• Hotel Leifur Eiriksson (6 nights): $1037.23
• Food Walk Tour: $111.39
• Northern Lights Tour: $125.05
• Whale Watching: $85.61
• Lava Show: $43.20
• SkyLagoon: $129
• Glacier Hike and Southcoast tour: $160.36
• Golden Circle Tour: $71.56
• Transfer from hotel to Keflavik Airport: $37
Paris 🇫🇷:
• Hotel Duquesne Paris + breakfast (3 nights): $813.14
• Musee de l’Armee - Les Invalides: $17.42
• Musée d’Orsay: $19.02
• Saint Chapelle: $20.69
• Louvre: $23.98
• Uber to CDG Airport: $60
Total: $3562.77 (не включал еду, общественный транспорт)
Кстати, с кредитной картой Amex Delta SkyMiles, мне всё это перешло в мили на которые можно больше путешествовать. Если нужен реферал, то обращайтесь (вам нужен SSN).
Так вот, считаю спустя почти месяц, потому что больно смотреть. Но это того стоило.
Note: можно было сэкономить на проживании (например, жить в хостеле) и турах (например, арендовать машину) в Исландии. К тому же, можно было значительно сэкономить во Франции на проживании.
• Round-trip (Icelandair): JFK -> KEF -> CDG -> KEF -> EWR: $778.12
Iceland 🇮🇸 :
• FlyBus Keflavík Airport Transfer to BSI bus terminal: $30
• Hotel Leifur Eiriksson (6 nights): $1037.23
• Food Walk Tour: $111.39
• Northern Lights Tour: $125.05
• Whale Watching: $85.61
• Lava Show: $43.20
• SkyLagoon: $129
• Glacier Hike and Southcoast tour: $160.36
• Golden Circle Tour: $71.56
• Transfer from hotel to Keflavik Airport: $37
Paris 🇫🇷:
• Hotel Duquesne Paris + breakfast (3 nights): $813.14
• Musee de l’Armee - Les Invalides: $17.42
• Musée d’Orsay: $19.02
• Saint Chapelle: $20.69
• Louvre: $23.98
• Uber to CDG Airport: $60
Total: $3562.77 (не включал еду, общественный транспорт)
Кстати, с кредитной картой Amex Delta SkyMiles, мне всё это перешло в мили на которые можно больше путешествовать. Если нужен реферал, то обращайтесь (вам нужен SSN).
Abekek Notes
Сейчас еду из Нью-Йорка обратно на кампус универа. Ездил чтобы встретиться со своими двоюродными сёстрами, которых не видел более года из-за пандемии. Провёл там всего 3 дня, и чувствую приятное облегчение - будто бы я хорошо перезагрузился. Думаю, что я…
Прикольно перечитывать этот пост почти спустя 3 года
I wish there was something like this before I went to NeurIPS: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18103
arXiv.org
Tutorial on Diffusion Models for Imaging and Vision
The astonishing growth of generative tools in recent years has empowered many exciting applications in text-to-image generation and text-to-video generation. The underlying principle behind these...
Abekek Notes
Andrew Ng was there, too. I thanked him for the Stanford ML course, and he smiled. The Legend.
I also made this deal when I met him. Welcome to Amazon!
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/dr-andrew-ng-joins-amazon-board-of-directors
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/dr-andrew-ng-joins-amazon-board-of-directors
US About Amazon
Dr. Andrew Ng appointed to Amazon’s Board of Directors
Dr. Andrew Ng is currently the Managing General Partner of AI Fund, and is joining Amazon's Board of Directors.
Pretty crazy how well AI can generate music:
https://cdn1.suno.ai/5f126c60-5e0e-4c5c-b48d-2a01995b4450.mp3
Generated it using Suno. Sounds like BB King
https://cdn1.suno.ai/5f126c60-5e0e-4c5c-b48d-2a01995b4450.mp3
Generated it using Suno. Sounds like BB King
Abekek Notes
David Hume конечно умный чел, но я должен размусолить эту идею на 2500 слов
My paper was destroyed. Пойду на пересдачу
The next time you visit any website, check its console log. You may find something interesting, and potentially useful/rewarding.
For example, some companies/people forget to remove logging an API token (I don’t know why would you do it tho) 👀
For example, some companies/people forget to remove logging an API token (I don’t know why would you do it tho) 👀
FX’s Shōgun are the best series I ever watched. Everyone should watch it, you will not regret it. Sadly just 1 episode left.
https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/shogun/viewers-guide
https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/shogun/viewers-guide
FX
FX Shōgun Viewers Guide
Live the vast chapters of Shōgun’s gripping narrative and uncover every facet of the histories and narratives which illustrate the landscape of 17th-century feudal Japan.
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Наконец-то сдал paper по философии. Проф в этот раз сказал "very good paper", после того провала в субботу. Кому интересно, можете почитать. Кстати, Berkeley про которого пишу в эссе, этот тот же чел в честь которого назвали город и UC Berkeley.
В целом, все же странное чувство брать Humanities в последний семестр. Будто бы "играюсь в детском саду в песочнице, когда через месяц уже идти в школу."
В целом, все же странное чувство брать Humanities в последний семестр. Будто бы "играюсь в детском саду в песочнице, когда через месяц уже идти в школу."
I am so grateful for people like this guy who are exposing liars:
https://youtu.be/tNmgmwEtoWE?si=vRAQrPlXAvwGGdUK
https://youtu.be/tNmgmwEtoWE?si=vRAQrPlXAvwGGdUK
YouTube
Debunking Devin: "First AI Software Engineer" Upwork lie exposed!
Recently, Devin the supposed "First AI Software Engineer" was announced. The company lied and said that their video showed Devin completing and getting paid for freelance jobs on Upwork, but it didn't show that at all.
UPDATE!!: The original job poster…
UPDATE!!: The original job poster…
https://x.com/bryanrbeal/status/1781454698136109380?s=46&t=Xqv-8tHUNkdwwhoJQlQOjQ
Also, easy to guess which company will be able to effectively scale it to millions of customers
Also, easy to guess which company will be able to effectively scale it to millions of customers
New type of neural networks just dropped. Authors say KANs are both accurate and interpretable.
Compared to MLPs, where weights are just a scalar value, in KANs they are learnable univariate functions. This adds to its better interpretability since activation functions can be now visualized more effectively.
Just a main takeaway, I guess we will see more research on them in the coming weeks.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19756
Compared to MLPs, where weights are just a scalar value, in KANs they are learnable univariate functions. This adds to its better interpretability since activation functions can be now visualized more effectively.
Just a main takeaway, I guess we will see more research on them in the coming weeks.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19756
arXiv.org
KAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks
Inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, we propose Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) as promising alternatives to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs). While MLPs have fixed activation...
Собственно говоря, сам автор объясняет:
https://x.com/zimingliu11/status/1785483967719981538?s=46&t=Xqv-8tHUNkdwwhoJQlQOjQ
https://x.com/zimingliu11/status/1785483967719981538?s=46&t=Xqv-8tHUNkdwwhoJQlQOjQ
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Ziming Liu (@ZimingLiu11) on X
MLPs are so foundational, but are there alternatives? MLPs place activation functions on neurons, but can we instead place (learnable) activation functions on weights? Yes, we KAN! We propose Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN), which are more accurate and interpretable…
Great talk, have been a huge fan of Scott Galloway recently
https://youtu.be/qEJ4hkpQW8E?si=lZ-uOEiPvgCpH1oQ
https://youtu.be/qEJ4hkpQW8E?si=lZ-uOEiPvgCpH1oQ
YouTube
How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED
In a scorching talk, marketing professor and podcaster Scott Galloway dissects the data showing that, by many measures, young people in the US are worse off financially than ever before. He unpacks the root causes and effects of this "great intergenerational…