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I thought it was a stretch that D'Aloiso taught himself the linear algebra, statistics, probability theory, NLP, and machine learning required to implement such
by chr15 15y ago
I thought it was a stretch that D'Aloiso taught himself the linear algebra, statistics, probability theory, NLP, and machine learning required to implement such an algorithm. Especially since he doesn't take a deep interest in programming.
- dmn001 15y agoIt appears to be an iteration of his previous app Trimit: http://www.fastcompany.com/1772823/the-15-year-old-brain-behind-the-trimit-app-and-why-young-app-store-entrepreneurs-can-succee http://www.fastcompany.com/1772823/the-15-year-old-brain-beh... http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/15/trimit-summarizes-emails-blog-posts-and-more-with-a-shake-of-your-iphone/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/15/trimit-summarizes-emails-bl... I am guessing that he just outsourced the AI/algorithm part based on the articles content: 'we' and 'The Trimit team' and Nick just designed the UI. Overall, great concept, but poor execution (in terms of accuracy) and journalists seem to be buying the hype.