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The overengineered Solution to my Pigeon Problem

Max Nagy

Engaging in a battle against pigeons using OpenCV and a water gun. Spoiler: No pigeons were harmed.

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Do data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning data? Turns out, no?

Leigh Dodds

"Data scientists do a whole range of different types of task. If you arbitrary label some of these as analysis and others not, then you can make them add up to 80%."

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Confession of a so-called AI expert

Chip Huyen

"Even though I’m one of the beneficiary of this AI craze, I can’t help but thinking this will burst. I don’t know how and when, but I have this belief that the system is currently being rigged in favor of people whose resumes dotted with fancy keywords like mine, and a rigged system can’t be sustainable."

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