While Model Trains

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Why Are so Many Babies Born around 8:00 A.M.?

Zan Armstrong

Unpacking how schedules and methods of birth influence the birthday timestamp in the US, featuring cool data visualizations.

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Building AI Trading Systems

Denny Britz

"Machine Learning can give you an edge, but probably not an edge so huge that it allows you to ignore other factors. You still need to build good infrastructure, collect good data, and have low latencies."

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The AI Hierarchy of Needs

Monica Rogati

"Think of AI as the top of a pyramid of needs. Yes, self-actualization (AI) is great, but you first need food, water and shelter (data literacy, collection and infrastructure)."

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