Alex Esterkin

"I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned!" - Richard Feynman nitter.gq/ProfFeynman/status/878… nitter.gq/ProfFeynman/status/878…

Making Face Recognition Less Biased Doesn’t Make It Less Scary (prone to abuse) link.medium.com/G0mvYbvtUT by @_KarenHao @techreview #AI #ML “Without algorithmic justice, algorithmic accuracy/technical fairness can create A.I. tools that are weaponized,” says @jovialjoy

The executive’s AI playbook bit.ly/2RGslKV via @McKinsey Value & Assess [Size the opportunity, determine data needs] -> Execute [Best practices to realize the value] -> Beware [Know the warning signs of #AI program failure]

"Even as unemployment reaches historic lows, close to 8 million Americans 55 and over are either out of work, stuck in part-time jobs or in positions that do not provide health insurance and pay low wages, The Wall Street Journal reports." Precisely! lnkd.in/ejxQSFb

Taming #DataLake #DataQuality with circuit breakers. Seemingly, this allows for tracking/persisting data provenance in a #graphdatabase. The article discusses only real time data quality mgmt, but there may be many more uses. #bigdata #datascience #ml lnkd.in/dwfw-jA

"The world’s two fastest supercomputers are now American, according to the rankings that are released biannually." #Computational #Neuroscience #ClimateModelling #ArtificialIntelligence #Supercomputing #BigData #KnowledgeDiscovery lnkd.in/e5SdAZb

MIT has just announced a $1 billion plan to create a new college for #AI MIT’s new Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing will open next September and will be housed in existing buildings at #MIT before moving to its own space, expected in 2022. bit.ly/2q5Ej58

Massachusetts "lawmakers passed a bill earlier this week that will put limits on the so-called “non-competition” agreements that can prevent workers from starting their own businesses or taking new jobs that would make them rivals…lnkd.in/eDm27cU lnkd.in/edrPPTw

Those, who use follow/unfollow strategy to gain more followers, should know: #DeepLearning and #BigData #DataAnalytics algorithms can detect hubris, thus causing your social #influencer realms to shrink. But foreign princes may still follow you with offers to transmit millions.😀

🤔Deep Learning on Apache Spark with DeepLearning4j deeplearning4j.org/spark #DeepLearning #MachineLearning #Spark #DL4J ✦Also: Distributed Training: Gradients Sharing deeplearning4j.org/distribut… ✦ Using a major SaaS cloud-hosted framework, such as #TensorFlow is not the only option

Gorbyte public crypto-network verification of transactions, network security, MARPLE and the Distributed Operating Environment (DOE) in two minutes. youtu.be/GHXq7hOKaNY According its founder, Gorbyte, DOE can support general distributed applications. @Gorbyte #blockchain #IoT

Theano was one of the leading #DeepLearning #NeuralNetwork #ML frameworks. Last fall new #Theano development was halted, as several its creators moved on to other projects. However, it is still maintained and kind of evolves. Does Theano have a future? pypi.org/project/Theano/

Boston or D.C. ‘most likely to win’ Amazon’s HQ2, report finds via @BosBizJournal lnkd.in/eJANbCr lnkd.in/eC43_RN

Ten ridiculous HR practices that need to die include job performance reviews, 360 reviews, and resume parsing/screening software.    lnkd.in/egjZVhS lnkd.in/eh_9e86

Wow! Former employees say Lyft staffers spied on passengers tcrn.ch/2E9U9Sw via @techcrunch

Decentralized #blockchain is a myth: the top four #Bitcoin-mining operations accounted for 53% of its weakly mining volume, Mining for #Ethereum even more consolidated: three miners accounted for 61% - via @techreview @el33th4xor technologyreview.com/s/61001… #BigData #DataMining Wow!