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by blennon 2y ago
I highly recommend Harmonious.ai written by the folks at AI2 Incubator who are brilliant and reputable.
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by blennon 6y ago
This is tangential but does anyone have a "better explanation" for topology?
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by blennon 7y ago
I did my Ph.D. work on the cerebellum and proposed a theoretical model of reinforcement learning and can add some context for why this is a "big deal". First, it represents a fundamental shift in how the cerebellum learns. For a l
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by blennon 8y ago
Anyone around Pasadena, CA interested in a meetup? Santa Monica is...far.
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by blennon 8y ago
This is a great example of a niche banking solution which is far better than any traditional bank can provide. I think we'll see a lot more of this as banking APIs become more available. My company is working on similar problem and sol
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by blennon 8y ago
Any idea what they are? We've seen an uptick in users reporting transactional emails going to spam.
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by blennon 8y ago
Groundwork | Full-Stack Developer | Los Angeles | Onsite or Remote | Full-Time We’re on a mission to make it easier for youth sports teams and clubs to manage money responsibly and transparently. Groundwork is developing a financial managem
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by blennon 8y ago
Connecting this to the OP is that it looks like the stimulation is initially activating these CPGs -- all of the movement is happening based on control from the spinal cord alone. It's not clear how much communication is taking place b
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by blennon 8y ago
Something to add to this that most non-neuroscientists don't realize is that the spinal cord is not just a bundle of wires that connect the brain to muscles. The spinal cord is a complex circuit that contains "central pattern gene
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by blennon 8y ago
Indeed. What's new is what sort of information is conveyed from the gut to the brain via the vagus nerve. Note: information is also conveyed in the other direction from the brain to the gut. This study shows that your gut is equipped w
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by blennon 8y ago
Young, charismatic ivy league grads are one specific instance of "the quality of founders ". Another, equally fitting one is, "A successful serial entrepreneur with an exit or two under their belt". Another, albeit seemi
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by blennon 8y ago
If I could downvote your comment I would because this is not an accurate synthesis of the article. "more young, charismatic ivy league graduates" is not at all what the author describes. The author's thesis is that raising a
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by blennon 9y ago
What I find most interesting is the multiple training methods used to get the network to improve its performance. They name a few in the article: - dual learning - deliberation networks - joint training - agreement regularization I haven&#x
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by blennon 9y ago
Can you elaborate on this?
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by blennon 9y ago
"The result of the computation is also stored in the memory devices, and in this sense the concept is loosely inspired by how the brain computes." For anyone who is interested in a simple model of how the brain does this, check ou
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by blennon 9y ago
The biggest advance that I've seen towards AGI is the work using reinforcement learning, e.g. neural nets that learn to play video games through trial and error. There is an impressive repertoire of _behavior_ that emerges from these s
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by blennon 9y ago
Now that I'm in a position of hiring technical people, this seems crazier than ever to me. It's hard to hire talented software engineers because they're so in demand. I would be glad to consider eager and talented prospective
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by blennon 9y ago
I agree with this. If we're talking about the same thing, many of these are "Machine learning for hackers" type articles and only give a superficial exposure of machine learning with the implicit promise of quick and easy mas
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CleverPet’s game console for dogs shows they can see colors(venturebeat.com)
1 points by blennon 9y ago|0 comments
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by blennon 9y ago
I'm not trying to be offensive, but what point are you trying to make? It sounds like you disagree with the author but your commentary seems like incoherent rambling to me. I think the author makes excellent points. It's hard to b
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by blennon 9y ago
The problem with plain old stock is the tax implications. Suppose you join my company when our last round valuation was $10M. Let's also say you negotiated 1% equity. If we granted you 1% equity, you would have a $100,000 tax liability
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by blennon 9y ago
Startups also like options because they believe it creates an "ownership mentality" among its employees. I believe this is mostly true. I think equity compensation is also a selection mechanism. If I'm running an early stage
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by blennon 9y ago
Robert Naviaux is the real deal and his theory on the Cell Danger Response is fascinating [1]. In addition to ASD, he recently made a significant discovery in the characterization of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a metabolic illness [2]. [1]
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Nasdaq launches machine intelligence-enhanced data service(reuters.com)
1 points by blennon 9y ago|0 comments
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by blennon 10y ago
This is not meant to be a dig but just an observation for you to think about. Your last two comments are about how it isn't or shouldn't be possible to make money. It's true that market opportunities are hard to find, but you
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by blennon 10y ago
For anyone who wants to learn linear algebra, I highly recommend Gilbert Strang's book and course from MIT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK3O402wf1c .
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by blennon 10y ago
I think what is needed is to understand what factors (e.g. environmental, genetic, etc) lead to autism so we as a society and parents can try to prevent it.
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by blennon 10y ago
The amazing thing about this new wave of innovation in AI is that the technology is democratized -- anyone can have near state-of-the-art technology to power their applications without paying for it. One of the lasting principles in the &qu
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by blennon 10y ago
How many startups have you worked for that are turning a profit? Most technology ventures less than 5 years old are running in the red or they are reinvesting their profits to grow faster.
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by blennon 10y ago
SportsPay ( https://sportspayhq.com ) | Software Engineer | Pasadena, CA | Full-time , On-site We help youth sports organizations collect money efficiently from parents so coaches can coach and players can play. Our web app adds u

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