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Takeaways From 3 Years Working In Machine Learning
After 3 years working on automl at Mindsdb, I quit; I won’t be working on anything ml-related in a professional capacity, at least for a short while. I…
George
Apr 8
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Do, Then Think
If there’s one lesson that I learned from almost every single smart person I know, it’s: This is not something I’ve been able to convince anyone of, at…
George
Feb 23
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Why Doesn’t Healthcare Improve Health?
It’s almost a non-sequitur to ask whether or not a giant industry, with a well-defined goal, churning double-digits of GDP, actually works. If pressured…
George
Feb 16
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The Limits Of Medicine - Part 1 - Small Molecules
Much of medicine relies on what is dubbed "small molecules". "Molecules" since they are atoms tightly bound together, forming what is easily seen as a…
George
Dec 1, 2021
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How The Fuck Did Feynman Get Here !?
How The Fuck Did Feynman Get Here !? I’ve been re-rereading stories about Feynman again. People decry that no such geniuses exist today, they oft seem…
George
Jul 18
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Eating Boogers
Should you eat boogers practice automucophagy? The science on this is surprisingly lacking. Maybe you’re one of the normal people that find it gross and…
George
Jul 23
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Against Thinking About The Unactionable
There's always something that bothered me about people that talk too much about politics, especially at a national or global scale, especially using…
George
Mar 9
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A Parable Of Explainability
Ok, sure, machine learning is great for making predictions; But you can’t use it to replace scientific theory. Not only will it fail to reach…
George
Apr 28
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Why Do Cheap Airlines Look Cheap?
I love cheap airlines, but there is one thing about them that I never quite understood: Why are they so ugly? As a quick reminder, here's the interior…
George
Jun 9
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Navigating the swamps of medical uncertainty, a personal anecdote
In general, I’ve been skeptical of medicine and medical science. I’m not skeptical about the scientific method as a whole, or about the ability to apply…
George
Jan 19
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Surviving Automation In The 21st Century - Part 1
This is another career article (series?), I’m, in part, writing this for myself, but I may as well publish it. I want to think through the kind of jobs…
George
May 15
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Autopilot Ethics And The Illusory Self
I think most people reading this blog agree that the folk idea of a "self" is bunk. There is no ghost or homunculus unconstrained by physical reality…
George
Feb 2
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