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Do We Still Need Humans?
In my office, we use a lot of what seems like "futuristic" artificial intelligence approaches to understanding financial markets. Most of my team are technical or data-science specialists that develop and drive the systems that create our systems. Pretty soon, we may start to question where using humans is still smart or cost-effective. In the meantime,
Quick, Draw!
Our non-human overlords haven't taken over yet. However, A.I. is getting smarter faster. Can a neural network learn to recognize doodles? Google's Quick, Draw! will try and guess what you're drawing. It did pretty well with mine, and I did not inherit my dad's artistic skills. Try it by clicking below! Kind of
Here Are Some Links For Your Weekend Reading - January 20th, 2017
With technology becoming more ubiquitous … perhaps Tweeting shouldn't be … Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Ringling Bros. Circus to Close after 146 Years. (Washington Post) Why Your Brain Makes New Year's Resolutions Impossible to Keep. (Popular Science) When the
Millenials: Can't Live With 'Em ... And Can't Kill 'Em Either
Simon Sinek is a best-selling author (Start With Why), and gave a Ted Talk on how great leaders inspire action (that got 30 million views). Recently, in an interview with Tom Bilyeu (co-founder of Quest Nutrition), he addresses the issue of Millennials – and why they seem lazy and unfocused. Sinek points to four
The Internet in 1973
Here's a map of the entire "Internet" in 1973: Reddit via @WorkerGnome. Wonder what that map would look like today? Oftentimes, a small breakthrough has awesome and immense consequences. Onwards!
The Time Value of Time
In many senses time is relative. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand this quote from Einstein. "When you are courting a nice girl, an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder, a second seems like an hour. That's relativity." It is about more than perception. Here