Lifestyles and Stigmatization @princepuffin wrote a piece this week about stigma in our working lives. In it he argues that many people feel unnecessary shame about their employment situations because

In my deep learning research I have found a few instances of a sentiment that goes like this: Here is a picture that shows how this works at a high level. You can research this more if you are interested

At birth, we are thrust into this dimension naked, wet, and confused. As we gain our bearing, we can change the naked and wet part, but we remain confused until we exit through the other side of existence.

I have been spending the past few weeks learning about machine learning and creating neural networks. I still have a long way to go, but I am already imagining potentially powerful AI systems I could create,

I signed up for the "Deep Learning Foundations" nano-degree program through udacity and am having a blast with my first project. We are using the fast style transfer library to convert original

I finished listening to Nexus by Ramez Naam this week. I heard about the series from the "Wait But Why" articles mentioned in a previous post. From a literary perspective, the book is pretty standard sci-fi

I swear udacity is not paying me plug their courses, I am just an occasional user. Right now I am working through the Intro to Artificial Intelligence course and starting to dive into Bayesian statistics.

I have become convinced that Artificial Intelligence is one of, if not the, most important endeavors of our time. I have been inching towards this conclusion for some time, but may have been recently tipped

Just a quick note that #philosophy-review will be infrequent for the rest of the year. I am slammed for the holiday season, as i am sure many others are. I plan to get back to regular updates after the

The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! I've seen some passionate arguments in #philosophy this week. It's easy to get caught up in an argument, but personally I am

Still working my way through the introduction to The Philosophy of History. Today i am thinking about the concept of state as the collective seeking of interests related to life and property which in turn

The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! Meta-analysis seems to be the theme today, with a lot of thinking about thinking. Speaking of meta-analysis, some thoughts about

I am going to follow up on an excellent article @baerdric posted last week. I will attempt to summarize his argument about the existence of (or lack thereof) “Good” There Can Be No Good Here’s the basics,

The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! It took me approximately two pots of coffee to get through this weekend’s #philosophy posts. I don’t know if the channel is

I have been posting on Steemit for 2 weeks now and haven’t introduced myself, so for what it’s worth here we go: I found Steemit while investigating using blockchain technology to pay artists and writers

The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! This week was all about “The Feels” and our identities. How do our emotions, self perceptions, and thoughtless ideologies shape

A Skeptic Reads Hegel Part 1: Introductions Something masochistic, or perhaps narcissistic, in me has decided it’s time to start reading Hegel. After seeing his name pop-up repeatedly in pop-philosophy,

The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! There were many great works in Metaphysics, Ethics, and Political philosophy this week! A common theme among all of this week's

I have drafted a mission/vision for The #philosophy Review. Feedback greatly appreciated! What would you like to see in the #philosophy review? The #philosophy Review Editorial Plan Version: 0.1 Mission

Whew! A lot of activity on #philopsophy today. As I work out the curation strategy, I will definitely be taking @camilla ‘s advice and considering 2-3 times a week instead of daily, lest I miss out on