Thoughts on Artificial intelligence, business, the world, life.
Facebook doesn't care about your data. Its AI does.
This week, I started making Facebook ads to promote my new course AI expert (you may be here because of it - in that case, welcome!). It was a while since I last played with FB’s ad manager, so I was welcomed with a bunch of new privacy-related updates. I ended up on an interesting journey to research the current status of web tracking, data privacy, and how AI glues all of this together....
I'm turning 30 - here's what I've learned so far
Five years ago I was inspired by a blogpost from Italian investor Stefano Bernardi. The title was “Reflections and learnings as I turn 30”. When I read it, I wondered what my beliefs were going to be when I was going to finish my 30th round around the sun. I’m turning 30 today, so I’m ready to share my own reflections. I hope these will inspire someone like Stefano inspired me....
Trump's ban, cat memes and razor blades
Last week both Facebook and Twitter banned Donald Trump from their platforms. I’ve read tens of people outraged by this novel display of political power from private organisations. I agree with whoever says that tech platforms have political power. Arguably, the algorithms in the hands of Facebook, Twitter or Youtube can shape our political landscape more than lawmakers can. However, I question whether tech giants’ CEOs actually care about it....
"A 10, 100, 1000x improvement"
“Google’s AI succeeds in predicting protein’s 3D structures from their amino-acid sequence”. This was the headline on every tech blog, publication or forum I followed last week. And I had no freaking idea what that meant. I invited a biologist friend over for dinner and asked him to explain to me why that’s a big deal. “If this AI thing works, it’s a 10, 100, or maybe even 1000x improvement on the way we’ve been doing research until now”....
A code of conduct for AI
Med students take an oath after they graduate. They read a 2000 year old document called the Hippocratic oath, swearing to uphold certain ethical standards in their profession. And it makes sense. Imagine you’re sick and that your health depends on a young human you call “doctor”. You’d like to know that this human will keep your best interests in mind, and will use her knowledge to heal you, rather than killing you or selling you drugs you don’t need....
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