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A better lesson

Rodney Brooks

"So my take on Rich Sutton’s piece is that the lesson we should learn from the last seventy years of AI research is not at all that we should just use more computation and that always wins. "

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Prediction intervals for Random Forests

Ando Saabas

Prediction intervals are commonly used for linear models but are often underused for random forests. Leveraging the fact that a random forest can provide a conditional distribution instead of just the conditional mean makes prediction intervals relatively straightforward to use in this context.

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Your Floor Is the Most Dangerous Thing In Your House

Julia Silge

An analysis of consumer product-related injuries occurring in the United States from 2009 to 2014, including toilet-related injuries and injuries to children while skiing.

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