Hans Clough's Blog

Current AI technology mostly relies on multiplying matrices of numbers together, and changing the values of those numbers in clever ways to get the result one is looking for. There are other ways it’s been done and in theory an infinite number of ways AI could be done. But Matrix multiplication has been the standard.Continue reading “All kinds of AI, there are, actually”

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Here’ll you see what was supposed to be a simple post about novel applications for regression. And I made some discoveries along the way. Here’s the post: postcard_regression_missing Here’s the data set I used: percentage_household_telephone

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Hi all, This is post where I experiment with novel forms of data visualization using ggplot and grid (under the R programming language.) The file is still a work in progress, and I don’t provide a lot in the way of explanations. The important idea in this project is that we’re trying to create aContinue reading “Novel forms of data visualization (work in progress)”

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I recently spent some time going through “Neural Networks from Scratch” where a guy goes over how to build an AI without any of the additional tools at your disposal. I’ve learned a lot about what building neural networks looks like. And I find that learning about it has in some sense lead to moreContinue reading “What I’m learning about AI”

[Over the course of this post I pontificate about things that I only have partial knowledge of. I think what I have to say is valuable because it creates thoughts that can be tested. However, equally valuable is this disclaimer.] One thing that has always perplexed me is the lack or correlation between the sizeContinue reading “City Size and Quality”

When you are in an environment where large groups of individuals have equal or similar decision making power, it becomes difficult and time consuming to come to any kind of consensus. Especially if all the individuals have competing interests. Even if all you need is a small majority. But there might still be a way.Continue reading “Ranked Choice bill Reform”

I‘ve spent a majority of my life trying to resolve a mismatch of my ambitions and my practicality. When you have such a wide variety of interests that span across multiple disciplines, from art to science and psychology, and it comes time to pick a career path, you’re left with a couple options. (1) pickContinue reading “Why am I picking “Adaptability” as my skill to master?”