[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Rana el Kaliouby on deep learning, emotion detection, and user engagement in an attention economy. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn,Continue reading “The importance of emotion in AI systems”
Author Archives: Ben Lorica
Building human-assisted AI applications
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Adam Marcus on intelligent systems and human-in-the-loop computing. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. In this episode ofContinue reading “Building human-assisted AI applications”
Enabling enterprise adoption of AI technologies
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Jana Eggers on building applications that rely on synaptic intelligence. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. In thisContinue reading “Enabling enterprise adoption of AI technologies”
Beijing Restaurants: Strata 2016
Here’s a partial list of the many memorable restaurants we visited in Beijing during the week of Strata 2016: Sichuan Provincial Government Restaurant (Chuan Ban): The office canteen of the Sichuan provincial government office in Beijing. We went here twice! Once on our own (via a local search engine), the second time was with aContinue reading “Beijing Restaurants: Strata 2016”
Using Agile development techniques for data science projects
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: John Akred on building data platforms and enterprise data strategies. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. In thisContinue reading “Using Agile development techniques for data science projects”
3 ideas to add to your data science toolkit
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Techniques to address overfitting, hyperparameter tuning, and model interpretability. I’m always on the lookout for ideas that can improve how I tackle data analysis projects. I particularly favor approaches that translate to tools I can use repeatedly. Most of the time, I find these toolsContinue reading “3 ideas to add to your data science toolkit”
Commercial speech recognition systems in the age of big data and deep learning
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Yishay Carmiel on applications of deep learning in text and speech. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. InContinue reading “Commercial speech recognition systems in the age of big data and deep learning”
What is Artificial Intelligence?
Mike Loukides and Ben Lorica examine factors that have made AI a hot topic in recent years, today’s successful AI systems, and where AI may be headed. By Ben Lorica and Mike Loukides. [This post originally appeared on the O’Reilly Radar.] Defining artificial intelligence isn’t just difficult; it’s impossible, not the least because we don’tContinue reading “What is Artificial Intelligence?”
Building intelligent applications with deep learning and TensorFlow
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Rajat Monga on the current state of TensorFlow and training large-scale deep neural networks. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes,Continue reading “Building intelligent applications with deep learning and TensorFlow”
Hybrid transactional/analytic systems and the quest for database nirvana
[A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Rohit Jain on the challenges of hybrid data management systems. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities and techniques driving big data, data science, and AI. Find us on Stitcher, TuneIn, iTunes, SoundCloud, RSS. In thisContinue reading “Hybrid transactional/analytic systems and the quest for database nirvana”