Maximum Entropy

Introduction The Bayesian viewpoint is a highly instructive way to think about machine learning (and intelligence in general).

author: Hector Zenil, Narsis Kiani & Jesper Tegner Book summary To explain the world, one needs a causal model.

This post is a Pluto.jl notebook exploring Lagrangian mechanics applied to pendulum systems, using ModelingToolkit.jl.

This post is a Pluto.jl notebook implementing the Walk on Spheres algorithm, a Monte Carlo method for solving Laplace’s equation without meshing.

author: Alan B.

author: Donella Meadows related books: How the World Really Works, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder The main take-away A system is a set of interconnected things in such a way that they produce their own behaviour.

This post is a Pluto.jl notebook on ergodicity economics — why maximizing expected value can ruin you, and how to bet optimally instead.

author: Andreas Wagner related books: How Innovation Works, Robustness and Evolvability in Living Systems, The Origins of Order, Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned The main takeaway Evolution is one of the most potent forces in the universe, having created e…

This post is a Pluto.jl notebook providing a hands-on tutorial on hyperdimensional computing.

author: Jonas Salzgeber related books: The Happiness Hypothesis, Lessons on Stoicism, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder, The Coddling of the American Mind The main takeaway The Little Book of Stoicism gives a practical and accessible introduction

author: Jeff Hawkins related books: Models of the Mind The main takeaway Every high school student can understand the basics of natural selection and grasp the origin of the diversity of the living world.

auteurs: Jan Deschoolmeester, Thomas Rotthier gerelateerde boeken: How Innovation Works, How the World Really Works, Enlightment Now, Sapiens, The Wizard and the Prophet De hoofdboodschap Vaak stelt men ecologisch handelen gelijk met consuminderen: minder…

author: Nick Lane related books: Oxygen, The Vital Question, Power, Sex, Suicide The main takeaway A living cell and one that just died have the same DNA.

author: Tony Fadell related books: The Personal MBA, Give and Take, Advice to a Young Scientist, Designing your Life, So Good They Can’t Ignore You, Antifragile Cover of Build The main takeaway Tony Fadell had a career to be envious of: hard- and software…

This post is a Pluto.jl notebook introducing sum-product networks, powerful probabilistic models where marginalization, conditioning, and sampling are all tractable.

This post is a Pluto.jl notebook exploring cocktail shaking with ModelingToolkit.jl.

author: Vaclav Smil related books: Antifragile, The Wizard and the Prophet, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind The main takeaway Smil is a self-proclaimed generalist, trying to understand everything in the wide world as…

author: Seymour Papert related books: Ultralearning, Mathematics for Human Flourishing The main takeaway Computers can be a phenomenal tool to improve learning in the classroom!

author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb related books: How Innovation Works, Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned The main takeaway I recently read ‘Antifragile’ by Nicholas Taleb.

author: Klaas Mensaert related books: How Innovation Works, Blueprint, Antifragile Review In “The Flaws That Kill Our Democracy”, Mensaert discusses the main issues with our current western democratic system, which inevitably leads to polarization, stagna…