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From MIT Technology Review: This is how AI bias really happens – and why it’s so hard to fix

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Bias can creep in at many stages of the deep-learning process, and the standard practices in computer science aren’t designed to detect it.  This article discusses how AI bias happens, why it’s hard to fix, and where we go from here. Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are the … Read More » “From MIT Technology Review: This is how AI bias really happens – and why it’s so hard to fix”

From OpenAI: Faulty reward functions in the wild

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Reinforcement learning algorithms can break in surprising, counterintuitive ways. This post explores one failure mode, where the reward function is misspecified and resulted in the reinforcement learning agent learning how it could beat humans by 20% when it cheated and didn’t even finish the race. Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what … Read More » “From OpenAI: Faulty reward functions in the wild”

From Glassdoor: How much does a data scientist intern make?

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Salary, additional cash compensation, open jobs, historical salary paid by selected companies, and more. Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are the top 11% of all AI resource and good practice examples and is why our content is rated from 90% to 100%. Content rated less than 90% is … Read More » “From Glassdoor: How much does a data scientist intern make?”

From Glassdoor: How much does a junior data scientist make?

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Salary, additional cash compensation, open jobs, historical salary paid by selected companies, and more. Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are the top 11% of all AI resource and good practice examples and is why our content is rated from 90% to 100%. Content rated less than 90% is … Read More » “From Glassdoor: How much does a junior data scientist make?”

From Paysa: How much does a data scientist make?

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How much does a Data Scientist make? A Data Scientist earns an average of $99,558, ranging from $79,423 at the 25th percentile to $115,530 at the 75th percentile, with top earners (the top 10%) earning more than $136,752. Compensation is derived from 16K profiles, including base salary, equity and bonus. For the details, click on … Read More » “From Paysa: How much does a data scientist make?”

From Springboard: Real talk with an Instagram data scientist

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Talking data science with Mansha, a data scientist at Instagram. Previously at Blue Apron, Ernst & Young and UPenn.  850,000 views. Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are the top 11% of all AI resource and good practice examples and is why our content is rated from 90% to … Read More » “From Springboard: Real talk with an Instagram data scientist”

From Joma Tech: What really is data science? Told by a data scientist.

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A deep dive into what data science is in a IRL, engaging and conversational manner. About 1,400,000 views. Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are the top 11% of all AI resource and good practice examples and is why our content is rated from 90% to 100%. Content rated … Read More » “From Joma Tech: What really is data science? Told by a data scientist.”

From Chevron: a day in the life of a data scientist

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In this episode of our “Day in the Life” series, Chevron Data Scientist Alena Crivello describes her use of analytics to find solutions to complex problems.  100,000 views. Important Note Content Editors rate, curate and regularly update what we believe are the top 11% of all AI resource and good practice examples and is why … Read More » “From Chevron: a day in the life of a data scientist”

Best on the Internet: The Alan Turing Institute

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The Alan Turing Institute, headquartered in the British Library, London, was created as the UK’s national institute for data science in 2015. In 2017, as a result of a government recommendation, we added artificial intelligence to our remit. The Institute is named in honour of Alan Turing (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954), whose pioneering work in … Read More » “Best on the Internet: The Alan Turing Institute”

From the Alan Turing Institute: What is data science?

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Data science has emerged in response to the growing need to make sense of the billions of gigabytes of data generated globally every day, and their powerful impact on our society, economy and way of life. But what exactly is it? And why should we care? This film talks to the social scientists, mathematicians, statisticians, … Read More » “From the Alan Turing Institute: What is data science?”

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