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Pen and Paper AI

I'm going to show you how to build an artificial intelligence that can 'live' on the back of a napkin.

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Don't Ignore Lagging Indicators

Jack LaLanne didn't wear a wearable.

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Risk Assessment

How many times had I stood up at a safety meeting and had nothing else to offer but some elegant rephrasing of “be careful”? And how had I ever thought...

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Washington Was Right: That Cherry Tree Has to Go!

If you want a rule of thumb, be suspicios of commas.

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Right More or Less Wrong?

Whether you want to be more right or less wrong, the numbers are on your side. But they’re on my side too!

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1 Fish, 2 Fish: An Introduction to Statistical Tests

Are you doing a great job? or just having a great day? Power through? or change course?

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The Chances

It’s Christmas, so, in the spirit of charity and good will, let’s take a look at “The Chances” Bridget is an actual witch.

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The Curious Thing about Quicksort

Whether the rat study was actual evidence or just the exact metaphor I needed, hearing about it was revelatory.

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Why Hasn’t Machine Learning Changed the (Entire) World?

We can tune to a station a whole lot better than we can station to a tuning.

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Why is Inference so Hard?

In life, the question is rarely “What did I get?” rather “How do I [not] get it again?”

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Why is Prediction so Hard?

An educated guess is still a guess.

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Correlation Primer and Pitfalls

The math, the traps, and the dead hamster problem

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There is No Objective Reason to Avoid the Lottery

Money can’t buy everything money can buy.

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Count Like a Player

A few ways of counting groups

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Make Rules Without Making Enemies

MAKE RULES WITHOUT MAKING ENEMIES - How to Draw the Lines Without Drawing Fire

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