Popula: “… public sentiment towards these two systems differs by a huge margin. Close to 80% of adult Americans think “libraries provide them with the resources they need,” according to a survey published by the Pew Research Center in 2016; findings published by Pew in 2017 showed that a whopping 78% of adults felt that… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: August 2023
Federal Reserve communications
Jeremy Singer-Vine, Data is Plural: Agam Shah et al. have compiled a corpus of key communications by the US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee, which “controls the three tools of monetary policy — open market operations, the discount rate, and reserve requirements.” Gathered from the Fed’s website, the corpus includes all meeting minutes and… Continue Reading
AI in Education
Education Next [This is an extensive well documented guide – includes a section on The Importance of Well-Designed Prompts] – The leap into a new era of machine intelligence carries risks and challenges, but also plenty of promise. Over the last year, developers have released a dizzying array of AI tools that can generate text,… Continue Reading
Exit locations of every DC Metro station – 98 of them
About this Guide: “We’ve all been there: You exit a crowded Metro train, only to realize that the escalator is a few hundred feet down the platform. By the time you get there, you’re stuck in line behind a group of tourists. There’s a better way! If you plan ahead and choose your train car… Continue Reading
Google Free courses: IoT; Machine Learning; Data Science; Computer Science
1. Introduction to Generative AI https://lnkd.in/eXp8h7dY 2. Introduction to Large Language Models https://lnkd.in/eK7qQcJY 3. Introduction to Responsible AI https://lnkd.in/e-aX58Ky 4. Introduction to Image Generation https://lnkd.in/ewM_aXam 5. Encoder-Decoder Architecture https://lnkd.in/e3ZGHSfz 6. Attention Mechanism https://lnkd.in/ea9crZiR 7. Transformer Models and BERT Model https://lnkd.in/eM5Dhi4N 8. Create Image Captioning Models https://lnkd.in/eeBEJx_n 9. Introduction to Generative AI Studio https://lnkd.in/eGn8NUCD 10. Machine… Continue Reading
Don’t Do Deals on LinkedIn
Bloomberg – Matt Levine (read free): “The rule, according to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, is that if you work at an investment bank or a brokerage firm or an investment adviser, you are allowed to communicate with your colleagues and clients about business on “official channels,” and you are not allowed to communicate… Continue Reading
No, Covid can never, ever be ‘just a cold.’ Here’s why
Nate Bear: “A recent article in The Atlantic asked “is covid a common cold yet?” The answer was not quite, but they happily tell the reader that the symptoms have changed a lot and we’re on the way. The Atlantic is not an outlier. Much mainstream coverage has focused on covid’s ‘cold-like’ symptoms, neglecting to… Continue Reading
Climate change is death by a thousand cuts
The Climate Brink,Andrew Dessler: “Much of the concern about climate change is around the idea of “the big impact,” a single, colossal disaster that dramatically impacts everyone on the planet, much like the scenario depicted in the movie The Day After Tomorrow. While such an event could happen, it’s not the most likely way we… Continue Reading
How to Sort of Remove Your Online Presence
How to Geek: “Privacy-focused apps, better browsing practices, and data broker opt-outs are all ways to scrub as much information as possible from the internet. Removing yourself from the internet is difficult, but you can take steps to minimize your online footprint and make it harder for your data to be sold. Opt out of… Continue Reading
Optimism, caution for integration of generative AI into legal profession
Strategic Perspectives CCH July 2023 – Optimism, caution for integration of generative AI into legal profession abound at AALL 2023 By Anne H. Gibson, J.D., LL.M. “Session participants discussed how law librarians and knowledge management (“KM”) professionals could best integrate new AI tools such as ChatGPT into their institutions—and what not to do. Artificial intelligence… Continue Reading
AI language models are rife with different political biases
MIT Technology Review: “Should companies have social responsibilities? Or do they exist only to deliver profit to their shareholders? If you ask an AI you might get wildly different answers depending on which one you ask. While OpenAI’s older GPT-2 and GPT-3 Ada models would advance the former statement, GPT-3 Da Vinci, the company’s more… Continue Reading
GAO – Blockchain in Finance
GAO Report via YouTube: “Blockchain creates and records tamper-resistant transactions by multiple parties without a central authority, such as a bank, when used for financial transactions. Recent price crashes, bankruptcies, and fraud involving crypto assets, such as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, raised concerns about regulation and the risks consumers face. Regulatory gaps may limit regulators’… Continue Reading
