Published inTowards Data Science·Jan 16Member-onlyStreamline Your Documentation with GPT-3Generating Python docstrings using artificial intelligence — GPT-3, the latest language model developed by OpenAI, has the ability to generate human-like text, making it a powerful tool for a variety of natural language processing tasks. The model was also trained on programming languages. One use case for this is the generation of docstrings for Python functions. What are docstrings? A…AI6 min readAI6 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Jan 10Member-onlyHow Can AI Make Old Videos Look Smoother?Video frame interpolation has come a long way and AI is taking it in some strange directions — It was back in 2015 and I was creating some data visualizations for a meeting with my PhD supervisory committee. This was towards the end of my graduate studies in astrophysics and I had run some supercomputer simulations of a massive star forming inside an interstellar cloud of gas. I…Artificial Intelligence7 min readArtificial Intelligence7 min read
Published inThe Climate Futurist·Dec 22, 2022Member-onlyA Primer on Negative Emissions TechnologiesStabilizing the planet’s climate through carbon dioxide removal — As of 2022, our planet has warmed by an average of 1°C (1.8°F) since the industrial revolution (1760 — 1840), with most of that happening in the last century. …Climate Change9 min readClimate Change9 min read
Published inThe Climate Futurist·May 30, 2022Member-onlyFlight Shame and the World Economic ForumWhy debates about business jets distract from the climate conversation — The 2022 World Economic Forum (WEF) just concluded its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The annual gathering brings together the chief executives of its 1000 members, as well as heads of state, journalists, and delegates from various NGOs and academic institutions. The WEF was established in 1971 as a non-profit…World Economic Forum6 min readWorld Economic Forum6 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Mar 23, 2022Member-onlyTensorflow vs PyTorch by ExampleHow to apply each deep learning framework to the MNIST problem — In the late 1990s, machine learning researchers were experimenting with ways to create artificial neural networks in layered architectures that could perform simple computer vision tasks. Machine learning is the science of writing algorithms that can learn from data. One classic benchmark of computer vision algorithms is their performance against…AI5 min readAI5 min read
Jan 25, 2022Member-onlyMy 2021 Year in BooksThe year 2020 felt like it never really ended. Chaos and confusion just rolled into the next month, and then the next. And here we are, setting off on 2022. I do most of my reading while on flights, blissfully disconnected from the internet and away from a computer screen…Books9 min readBooks9 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·Jan 19, 2022Member-onlyTop 3 Reasons Why NFTs MatterA quick primer on what NFTs are and why you should care — So you’ve been hearing about these new things, NFTs, and you’re confused. I get it. Honestly, it took a few months from when I first heard about them to feel like I understood them. And I’m a tech entrepreneur. So I get why they’re so mysterious to most people. Let’s…Nft7 min readNft7 min read
Published inPaladin AI·Mar 26, 2021TXT and Paladin AI Working Together on XRPaladin AI and TXT e-solutions sign MOU to develop adaptive training solutions for virtual reality and augmented reality training in aviation — Montreal, Canada — Today, Paladin AI Inc. and TXT e-solutions announce they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate on the development of an adaptive learning solution for extended reality (XR) training. TXT, along with its subsidiary PACE, is a leader in developing XR training solutions. Their flagship product…Aviation3 min readAviation3 min read
Published inQuanta Study·Feb 9, 2021Member-onlyYou Don’t Need to Wake Up EarlyHow the cult of early rising is hurting us — For a long time now we’ve heard the refrain that the most successful people rise before dawn and achieve more in their first three hours than the rest of us do all day. Or something to that effect. Various self-help books will claim that fixing your morning will lead to…Life Lessons6 min readLife Lessons6 min read
Published inPaladin AI·Dec 19, 2020Artificial Intelligence in Aviation Beyond Autonomous FlightIt’s more than just flying cars and drones — This post is an adaptation of a talk I gave the Global Airline Training & Simulation virtual conference (Global ATS-V). I provided some background and history of the field of artificial intelligence, followed by examples of how AI is currently being applied to aviation in exciting ways. AI is eating the world It’s quickly becoming…Artificial Intelligence7 min readArtificial Intelligence7 min read
