Training A.I. systems

Fun fact: Every time you fill out one of these Google Captcha’s you’re slightly training an A.I.

A.I. systems for self driving or identifying objects need massive amounts of human labelling to learn from, and you’re labelling these 9 pics as either:

– It’s a car
– It’s not a car

The A.I. system then shows these same pics to many other humans (sorry you’re not that special 😛), and then determines if it was correct or incorrect about labelling the images.

…and that’s how it learns and gets better. Neat huh!

Bike Visibility in Traffic

I love stuff where your brain just “gets it right away.” This chart shows the top colors to wear for max safety on a bike. You learn something valuable from …

The Learning Pyramid

Learning can take many forms, and some are better than others:

• Lecture: 5% (Average Retention Rate)
• Reading: 10%
• Audio/Visual: 20%
• Demonstration: 30%
• Group Discussion: 50%…

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How couples meet graphic

WOW. Look how rapidly online dating became the primary way couples meet.

I meet people who don’t like using dating apps, but by the math of it, it’s almost FOOLISH …