Published in MLearning.ai·PinnedMuarAugment: Easiest Way to SOTA Data AugmentationI wanted an easy way to get a state-of-the-art image augmentation pipeline with no manual iteration, no separate models to train and no thinking. To provide that, I created MuarAugment (Model Uncertainty- And Randomness-based Augmentation), a GPU-supported Python package built on Pytorch, Albumentations and Kornia. This article guides you through…Deep Learning3 min readDeep Learning3 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedEntity Embeddings for MLGive them a try: they perform better than one-hot encodings. — This post is a guide for using embeddings to represent categorical variables in machine learning algorithms. I’ve seen other articles address this method, but none actually showing how to do it in code. So I decided to fill that lacuna with my own post. If you are itchy for the…Machine Learning6 min readMachine Learning6 min read
Published in Geek Culture·PinnedAutomatic Data Augmentation: an Overview and the SOTAWant a state-of-the-art computer vision model? You need a gnarly data augmentation pipeline. That’s non-negotiable at this point of AI development. But the process of cobbling together a data augmentation pipeline is conventionally a manual and iterative one; it is a pain. However, note that I said ‘conventionally’. That’s because…Deep Learning5 min readDeep Learning5 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedImage Similarity: Theory and CodeA heuristic for computing similarity in unstructured image data. — Introduction How could we compute how similar one image is to another? For similarity among data in a vectorized form, we can find the sum of the squared differences between two examples, or use similar methods like cosine similarity. However, performing such techniques on images — summing the squared difference between…Deep Learning11 min readDeep Learning11 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Jun 19, 2022Exploring Graph Cellular AutomataHow we can find local rules that produce specific global behavior — 1) Cellular Automaton Basics The best way to introduce cellular automata is by example. Figure 1 shows a canonical example of a simple cellular automaton. It is called Rule 110 because its set of rules can be specified by the binary sequence 01101110 (1’s for any black updated cell). Rule 110 begins with the…Data Science9 min readData Science9 min read
Sep 3, 2021Paradox & Resolution (and Others)Here is the organized index of my series of philosophical articles, Paradox & Refutations, and other miscellanea on the central questions of life and logic. Each shapes the strange philosophy of what makes us us. On the Central Questions Ultimate Meaning: Its nonexistence, and good riddanceArchive3 min readArchive3 min read
Sep 3, 2021Dual Consciousness and the Split-brainIntroduction Last post reasoned using the the almost-whimsical teletransportation thought experiment. Here, we will reify that rarefied philosophy with the real — yet oh so strange — corpus callosotomy surgery, and in doing so, plumb deeper into the philosophy of mind and metaphysics of identity. Problem Patient P suffers from epilepsy, intense…Philosophy Of Mind12 min readPhilosophy Of Mind12 min read
Sep 3, 2021The Teletransporter: Duplication, Vaporization and Identity’s DisintegrationIntroduction The Mars Teletransporter, introduced by Derek Parfit[9], is a paradoxical and philosophically trying beast whose resolution requires that we dive into and criticize current philosophical frameworks. As the argument reaches its terminus, we will have developed and tested a counterintuitive explanation of who we are that can bear up to…Philosophy12 min readPhilosophy12 min read
Sep 3, 2021Paradox & Resolution I: Theseus’ New PlanksAbstract: Does a ship remain the same ship if all its planks are replaced with new planks gradually? Yes. How about if the renovation was sudden? No. The stance may be puzzling, but it is consistent. The locus of identity is in our brains, not the external world. We define…Philosophy9 min readPhilosophy9 min read
Sep 2, 2021Ultimate Meaning: Its nonexistence, and good riddanceAbstract Some philosophers have been shifting the discussion from meaning of life to meaning in life. Not so fast. There are things to learn about the former — it doesn’t exist — and how it impacts us (positively). Let’s define meaning as a point, an end that justifies an endeavor. A…Philosophy18 min readPhilosophy18 min read
