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Georgia Tech’s Deep Learning Course
Artificial Intelligence

Georgia Tech’s Deep Learning Course

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

I was already signed up for Computer Vision when word came that there would be a new Deep Learning class next semester. I quickly got…

Trump and Truth: Induction vs Critical Rationalism
Critical Rationalism

Trump and Truth: Induction vs Critical Rationalism

Posted on January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

Despite appearances, this post isn’t intended as a political post. I simply utilized the example that led to the thought that inspired the post. We…

Critical Rationalism

Blind Variation as Heuristics that May Fail?

Posted on December 23, 2020December 29, 2020 by Ella Hoeppner

Bruce and I have an ongoing discussion about our differing interpretation of Donald Campbell’s notion of “blindness”. Bruce has previously published a post explaining his…

Do Humans Have “Machine Learning Biases”?
Artifical General Intelligence

Do Humans Have “Machine Learning Biases”?

Posted on November 30, 2020January 7, 2021 by Bruce Nielson

“ImageNet-Trained CNNs are Biased Towards Texture; Increasing Shape Bias Improves Accuracy and Robustness” (link) by Robert Geirhos, et al explores two proposed theories about how…

A Review of GPT-3
Machine Learning

A Review of GPT-3

Posted on November 23, 2020November 16, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

“Language Models are Few-Shot Learners” by Brown, et al (link) was the world’s introduction to Open AI’s GPT-3, the state of the art language model…

Georgia Tech’s Online Masters of Computer Science Degree
Computation

Georgia Tech’s Online Masters of Computer Science Degree

Posted on November 12, 2020November 5, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

Many of you know that I’m working on a Master’s Degree in Computer Science through Georgia Tech. I have to work to take care of…

Campbell’s Evolutionary Epistemology
Artificial Intelligence

Campbell’s Evolutionary Epistemology

Posted on October 22, 2020November 24, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

In the 4S email group, there has been a lot of discussion about Donald Campbell’s two essays “Evolutionary Epistemology” and “Blind Variation and Selective Retention…

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 7: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics
Critical Rationalism

Theory of Anything Podcast – Episode 7: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics

Posted on July 8, 2020July 7, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

Have you heard the old joke about how there are liar, damn liars, and then there are statisticians? In this episode, Cameo and Bruce discuss…

The Importance of Asking Why
Critical Rationalism

The Importance of Asking Why

Posted on July 6, 2020November 26, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

The Importance of Asking Why — “The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect” “The lack of progress in AGI is due…

On Jenga-Playing Dogs and Cats
Artifical General Intelligence

On Jenga-Playing Dogs and Cats

Posted on June 29, 2020July 30, 2020 by Bruce Nielson

This post is a continuation of my posts on Reinforcement Learning. In my previous posts, I talked up Reinforcement Learning as if it was a…

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