Mar 16Evaluating GPT-3 and GPT-4 on the Winograd Schema Challenge (Reasoning Test)Just a little fun benchmarking new ChatGPT on confusing sentences. Result I found that GPT-4 significantly outperforms GPT-3 on the Winograd Schema Challenge. Specifically, GPT-4 got an accuracy of 94.4%, GPT-3 got 68.8%. * Random baseline is 50% (since there are always only 2 options) On the WSC285 Winograd set. …AI3 min readAI3 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Feb 14, 2021Jupyter + IDE: how to make it workThis post describes a workflow to separate writing code in an IDE from using that code for analysis in a Jupyter notebook, while actually making using notebooks faster and cleaner — Introduction If you work with data in Python, you probably know of Jupyter notebooks. The format just makes sense for simultaneously writing code and exploring data ..or does it?! Most of critique about relying on notebooks can be found in this excellent talk: I don’t like notebooks, Joel Grus. To summarize…Jupyter Notebook3 min readJupyter Notebook3 min read
Mar 23, 2020Effects of Transparent MarketplacesWhat happens in markets where consumers don’t know their options, and how such markets become transparent. This article has 3 parts: Part 1: The US healthcare review as a non-transparent marketplace. Documented negative effects on consumers. Part 2: Glassdoor, Yelp/Foursquare/GoogleMaps as examples of crowd-sourced market transparency. Documented effects on consumers and…Marketplaces10 min readMarketplaces10 min read
Aug 21, 2019Keeping it Real: In Search of Lost Authenticity.Exploring what it means to be real through examples of sugar abuse, dishonest ads, and over-edited photos. Authenticity is not just some abstract concept — it is a choice and it has effects. In this article I will discuss authenticity within the context of food, advertising, and photography. I argue…Photography6 min readPhotography6 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Feb 5, 2018Product Breakdown: SpotifyIn this article I provide a detailed analysis of Spotify as a company (music industry direction, market competition, growth strategies) and as a product (feature analysis, overview of ML at Spotify, UI suggestions). Even though Spotify is busy cleaning up its lawsuits and debts before its projected public offering, investors…Music8 min readMusic8 min read
