Are we losing our creativity? Our individuality? As I type this, words are being suggested for me. All I need to do is hit TAB and the next-predicted word is instantly typed for me. Transparently, I feel on occasion that…
zankNovember 2, 2021
Generally, as companies scale, they create more data. If they’re data-driven, this means more costs, as compute power generally increases with increasing amounts of data. In this week’s Tech Tuesday, I want to look at ways companies can handle large…
zankAugust 3, 2021
I recently spent a bit of time in Europe, and with COVID cases rising, it was important for me to understand the numbers that might drive policy (read: closures) that may affect my time there. This week I want to…
zankJuly 27, 2021
GitHub just rolled out an interesting new feature that helps programmers (read, data scientists) write code more efficiently. In this week's Tech Tuesday, I’ll explain what this new feature does, how it’s being used, and how this type of technology…
zankJuly 20, 2021
Ever seen something on YouTube you wish you could “unsee”? If so, you’re not alone. A recent crowdsourced study by Mozilla, the creators of Firefox and a competitor in many ways to Google, used a browser extension that allowed viewers…
zankJuly 13, 2021
In their own words, the Facebook Artificial Intelligence team says, "Facebook A.I. is on a quest to build the world’s largest shoppable social media platform, where billions of items can be bought and sold in one place.” In this week’s…
zankJuly 6, 2021
It used to be that when we got a recommendation for a product, we were told, or otherwise understood, that other people like us also liked this thing we were being recommended. Generally speaking, that’s called collaborative filtering: filtering all…
zankJune 29, 2021
Want to lower risk and stay in tune with your customers? Constant hypothesis testing is one of the best ways to do this. As data scientists, we build algorithms with the purpose of automating tasks. We have a good idea…
zankJune 15, 2021
Last week I discussed how tricky it can be to understand a true diagnosis versus a false one. In this week’s Tech Tuesday, I want to look at a company called Galleri (no affiliation with BDS) that claims to detect…
zankJune 8, 2021