Let’s Understand the Data I see a lot of heated discussion about taxes and government spending, but it’s rarely, if ever, given in the full context. I built the spreadsheet tool linked below in the hopes of bringing objectivity to how much money the government collects, and how they spend it: Link to Budgeting…

We stand on the shoulders of giants in the current age. Consider any IT, cybersecurity, or programming job. We don’t have to complete the basic mathematics and physics necessary to use computer science. When it comes to computer hardware, we don’t have to construct the materials and power grids to…

When I wear my Prepare.ai Conference T-shirt, I get a lot of curious looks and explanation requests. So here’s a brief origin story. You can see below left that the shirt lists the names of three of today’s most popular machine learning (ML) algorithms: neural networks, naive bayes, and boosted…

This month, IBM’s “Project Debater”, an Artificial Intelligence system out of Big Blue’s AI research labs, squared off against Harish Natarajan, Debate Champion & Head of Economic Risk at AKE International. Captured on the Intelligence Squared show, this was an incredibly interesting interaction: https://www.intelligencesquaredus.org/debates/ibm-project-debater The AI system uses voice2text, IBM…

In a previous article, I described how advances in machine learning techniques are driving natural language processing forward at incredible speeds. Today, I’ll talk through the details of some of the most important of these innovations and how we think about applying them at Capacity in our conversational AI platform…

Big things are shaking at the intersection of natural language processing and machine learning. Modern machine learning techniques have captured the public’s imagination by making huge strides in the computer vision field. …

The following are my opening remarks from our recent Prepare.ai Conference. On May 8, 2018, an amazing group of over 300 attendees and 30 speakers from all over the nation converged in St. Louis to share insights and learnings about artificial intelligence. It was awesome! Good morning and welcome to…

General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) in Europe has a provision that any AI or ML algorithm that is used for “meaningful” decision making needs to be transparent and explainable. “Meaningful” is a word that regulators use when they expect imprecise and evolving interpretations. The rule is meant to prevent things…

My wife and I just binge-watched all available seasons of Game of Thrones. One thing that struck me was the show’s deep theme of Legacy. House Stark honored their banner and sigil — the Wolf — with the same fierceness that House Lannister honored theirs — the Lion. …