Avatarnthom58Aug 5Branch-Train-Merge: Embarrassingly Parallel Training of Expert Language Modelsarxiv.org - Margaret Li, Suchin Gururangan, Tim Dettmers, Mike Lewis, Tim Althoff, Noah A. Smith, Luke ZettlemoyerAbstract: We present Branch-Train-Merge (BTM), a communication-efficient algorithm for embarrassingly parallel training of large language models …
Avatarnthom58‘Risks posed by AI are real’: EU moves to beat the algorithms that ruin livesverified_publisherThe Guardian - Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondentIt started with a single tweet in November 2019. David Heinemeier Hansson, a high-profile tech entrepreneur, lashed out at Apple’s newly launched credit card, calling it “sexist” for offering his wife a credit limit 20 times lower than his own. The allegations spread like wildfire, with Hansson …
Avatarnthom58Facebook blames those pesky algorithms for approving pro-genocide ads in Kenyaboingboing.net - Mark FrauenfelderMeta's mascot should be the "NOT ME" imp that appears in Family Circus comics when none of the kids are willing to take responsibility for spilled …
Avatarnthom58FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDifferentiable Programming from Scratchthenumb.at - Max SlaterDifferentiable programming has been a hot research topic over the past few years, and not only due to the popularity of machine learning libraries …
Avatarnthom58Can We Resist the Age of the Algorithm?verified_publisherThe New York Times - Ross DouthatI have few stronger opinions about movie characters than my view that Miranda Priestly, the demanding fashion-magazine boss in “The Devil Wears Prada,” is actually the heroine of the movie. Not an uncomplicated heroine, certainly not a nice person. But a figure to be celebrated nonetheless: a …
Avatarnthom58Does the Random Forest Algorithm Need Normalization?kdnuggets.com - Nisha AryaNormalization is a good technique to use when your data consists of being scaled and your choice of machine learning algorithm does not have the …
