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  • Benefits and Challenges of Using Synthetic Data for AI Model Training

    AI Model training requires vast amounts of data which are normally not readily available. As such, generating data sets artificially has become a need and an enterprise in itself. There are many pros and cons to using synthetic data, but let’s start with a definition: “A synthetic data set is any data set that represents

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  • Who is Afraid of the Big Bad AI Wolf?

    Originally, this article was intended to be a video on the series about data, experimental data science, AI and Operations, and how these tools can be used to run your company more effectively. I wanted to look at AI as a tool and I think it’s appropriate to cover it from an ethics point of

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  • Efficient Time to Market with Data Lakes: Modernize Your Data Management

    In this article I want to focus on how to keep your data ready to make use of it. One of the biggest challenges in business is “time to market.” You need to think about “data use” to answer business questions in the same fashion, “time to market.” The faster you can answer a question,

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  • AI in Business: Automation, Generative Content, and Personalization

    Today, I want to look at some use cases for AI in the context of a business tool. And as a case in point, I want to highlight the fact that I am using Generative AI tools to write this article. Here are a few areas I want to mention where major efficiencies are brought

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  • Half Marathon Santa to the Sea 12/11/2016

    Having fun on a half a marathon

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  • Long story to explain why I missed my flight (or rather got kicked out) to Minneapolis … it’s funny to me now 🙂 So, Sunday started normal enough … well, kind of, considering that I had to get up at 2:50 AM to make a 6:15 AM to MN. Alarm went off, got up. While

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  • First of all, Happy New Year.  May 2013 bring all that we want that is good. Second. In retrospect, 2012 was an interesting year. Loads of good things sprinkled with a few not so good. But such is life. In some sense you would not value the good if there wasn’t some bad mixed in.

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  • What Really Matters

    I came upon this page today as I was doing some research. We concern ourselves with many things … but ask yourself, which ones really matter. I know I will forget this story and as often do, forget what are my real priorities; however, I do not ever forget that my kids are the “only”

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  • Why Do I Post?

    Does having a blog and posting in it hurts you? Well, does it? Does it matter? I think about these question on a regular basis. There is not that much privacy in the world anymore. I can find out most things about almost anybody. And if I am willing to pay, it is even easier

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  • Words of Wisdom

    Words of Wisdom

    “Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.” – William Burroughs

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