- Historical Map of (the) Cognitive Science(s) by Anna Riedl. A macroscopic, historical, trans-disciplinary introduction to cognitive science( (read left to right).
- Ant Financial AI-Powered Service A Boon for China Asset Managers by Jenny W. Hsu for Alizila. Ant Financial claim their AI-services have increased the operational efficiency of some asset management companies by 70%, widening their customer base while halving their costs.
- Jean Baudrillard by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Introductory reading on Baudrillard, signal value, and hyperreality.
- Tweet-storm summary of Mary Meeker’s #InternetTrends2019 by Robbie Bouschery.
- WeChat Is Watching by Barclay Bram for Nautilus.
- Cosa diavolo è la Scienza dei dati (aka Data Science)? by Cassie Kozyrkov. #3 of the Top Ten Ways to Freshen Up on your Italian (List figment of imagination courtesy of me).
- Introduction to Loss Functions on Algorithmia. Loss functions show how algorithms fit the data; the larger the loss, the worse the estimate. Good intro piece.
- Bayesian Methods for Hackers: Would You Rather Lose an Arm or a Leg? by Cameron Davidson-Pilon on Informit. Further reading on loss functions.
- Why It Pays to Play Around by Andreas Wagner for Nautilus. How play, dreaming, and mind-wandering help in problem solving and evolutionary fitness.
- The Kekulé Problem by Cormac McCarthy for Nautilus. Further reading on problem solving via dreams, the unconscious, and language.
June Reading List
June 28, 2019