Letters
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 7: Optimizing Your Job Search
Every job search is different. Here are some tips from Andrew Ng to increase the odds you’ll find the right position.
Analytics DeepLearning.AI
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: Misinformation Recognition, China's AI ROI, Neural Nets Catch Fresher Fish, Object Detection Transformers Simplified
I’ve devoted several recent letters to building a career in AI. In this one, I’d like to discuss some fine points of finding a job.The typical job search follows a fairly predictable path.
Machine Learning Research
What a Molecule’s Structure Reveals: Baidu Creates AI to Classify Molecular Properties
The authors trained a modified GNN on a dataset of 18 million molecules to find molecular properties.
Business
One Cool Robot: FamilyMart Uses TX SCAR Robots to Restock Beverages
FamilyMart, a chain of Japanese convenience stores, plans to employ robots to fill shelves with beverage bottles at 300 locations.
Machine Learning Research
Taming Spurious Correlations: New Technique Helps AI Avoid Classification Mistakes
When a neural network learns image labels, it may confuse a background item for the labeled object. New research avoids such mistakes.
Tech & Society
AI Regulations Proceed Locally: U.S. States Enact Laws Targeting AI
EPIC published a summary of AI-related laws that states and cities considered between January 2021 and August 2022.
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: AI Regulations Proceed Locally, Taming Spurious Correlations, One Cool Robot, What a Molecule’s Structure Reveals
Last week, I wrote about switching roles, industries, or both as a framework for considering a job search. If you’re preparing to switch roles (say, taking a job as a machine learning engineer for the first time) or industries...
Letters
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 6: Job Search Fundamentals
Last week, I wrote about switching roles, industries, or both as a framework for considering a job search. If you’re preparing to switch roles or industries, there’s a lot about your target job that you probably don’t know.
Letters
How to Build a Career in AI, Part 5: Finding Your First AI Job
Andrew Ng presents a framework for job seekers in AI, especially those entering from a different field.
Machine Learning Research
Ensemble Models Simplified: New Machine Learning Research Simplifies Ensembles
A CLIP model whose weights were the mean of an ensemble of fine-tuned models performed as well as the ensemble and better than its best-performing constituent.
Culture
Deepfakes Against Profanity: Film Makers of Fall Used AI to Remove F-Words
The filmmakers used technology from Flawless AI to clean up the language, enabling the film to earn a rating that welcomes younger viewers.
Tech & Society
AI Hits Its Stride: Cionic’s AI-Powered Neural Sleeve Could Help Fix Impaired Walking
Neural Sleeve is intended to correct leg movements for people impacted by multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, and stroke.