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Conditional Variational Autoencoders for Text to Image Generation

Investigating an early generative architecture and applying it to image generation from textinputRecently I was tasked with text-to-image synthesis using a conditional variational autoencoder (CVAE). Being one of the earlier generative structures, it has its limitations but is easily implementable. This article will cover CVAEs at a high level, but the reader is presumed to have a high level understanding to cover the...

Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

The 80/20 problem of generative AI — a UX research insight

Image byauthorThe 80/20 problem of generative AI—a UX researchinsightWhen an LLM solves a task 80% correctly, that often only amounts to 20% of the uservalue.The Pareto principle says if you solve a problem 20% through, you get 80% of the value. The opposite seems to be true for generative AI.About the author: Zsombor Varnagy-Toth is a Sr UX Researcher at SAP with background in machine learning and cognitive science....

Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Top 3 Strategies to Search Your Data

Strategies from traditional index seek to AI based semantic search that every software engineer should know!Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 21, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

A New Approach to AI Safety: Layer Enhanced Classification (LEC)

LEC surpasses best in class models, like GPT-4o, by combining the efficiency of a ML classifier with the language understanding of anLLMImagine sitting in a boardroom, discussing the most transformative technology of our time—artificial intelligence—and realizing we’re riding a rocket with no reliable safety belt. The Bletchley Declaration, unveiled during the AI Safety Summit hosted by the UK government and backed by...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Semantically Compress Text to Save On LLM Costs

LLMs are great… if they can fit all of yourdataPhoto by Christopher Burns onUnsplashOriginally published at https://blog.developer.bazaarvoice.com on October 28,2024.IntroductionLarge language models are fantastic tools for unstructured text, but what if your text doesn’t fit in the context window? Bazaarvoice faced exactly this challenge when building our AI Review Summaries feature: millions of user reviews simply...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

When Averages Lie: Moving Beyond Single-Point Predictions

The Case for Predicting Full Probability Distributions in Decision-MakingSome people like hot coffee, some people like iced coffee, but no one likes lukewarm coffee. Yet, a simple model trained on coffee temperatures might predict that the next coffee served should be… lukewarm. This illustrates a fundamental problem in predictive modeling: focusing on single point estimates (e.g., averages) can lead us to meaningless...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Ranking Basics: Pointwise, Pairwise, Listwise

Because thy neighbour mattersImage taken from unsplash.comFirst, let’s talk about where ranking comes into play. Ranking is a big deal in e-commerce and search applications—essentially, any scenario where you need to organize documents based on a query. It’s a little different from classic classification or regression problems. For instance, in the Titanic dataset, you predict whether a passenger survives or not, and...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

HuggingChat is the One LLM App You Shouldn’t Overlook

Check out this excellent chat tool you may not know about.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: KDnuggets favicon KDnuggets

Understanding Deduplication Methods: Ways to Preserve the Integrity of Your Data

Increasing growth and data complexities have made data deduplication even morerelevantData duplication is still a problem for many organisations. Although data processing and storage systems have developed rapidly along with technological advances, the complexity of the data produced is also increasing. Moreover, with the proliferation of Big Data and the utilisation of cloud-based applications, today’s organisations...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

How to Get Addicted to Machine Learning

A simple guide for getting hooked to machine learning and building a successful career in the field.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: KDnuggets favicon KDnuggets

Introducing Layer Enhanced Classification (LEC)

A novel approach for lightweight safety classification using pruned languagemodelsLeveraging the hidden state from an intermediate Transformer layer for efficient and robust content safety and prompt injection classificationImage by author and GPT-4o meant to represent the robust language understanding provided by Large LanguageModels.IntroductionAs the adoption of Language Models (LMs) grows, it’s more and more...

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

5 Tools for Visualizing Machine Learning Models

Machine learning (ML) models are built upon data.

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Machine Learning Mastery favicon Machine Learning Mastery

How to Stand Out as a Junior Data Scientist

7 things you can do to show your skills even if you have no experience at allContinue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 20, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

From Prototype to Production: Enhancing LLM Accuracy

Implementing evaluation frameworks to optimize accuracy in real-world applicationsImage created by DALL-E3Building a prototype for an LLM application is surprisingly straightforward. You can often create a functional first version within just a few hours. This initial prototype will likely provide results that look legitimate and be a good tool to demonstrate your approach. However, this is usually not enough for...

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Synthetic Control Sample for Before and After A/B Test

Learn a simple way to use linear regression to create a synthetic control sample for your A/B testContinue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Transform Customer Feedback into Actionable Insights with CrewAI and Streamlit

Build an AI-powered app to analyze unstructured feedback, generate insightful reports, and create interactive visualizationsContinue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

How to Use Docker for Local Development Environments

Learn how to create containers and manage complex setups with Docker Compose to simplify your development workflow.

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: KDnuggets favicon KDnuggets

2024 Highlights: The AI and Data Science Articles That Made a Splash

Feeling inspired to write your first TDS post before the end of 2024? We’re always open to contributions from newauthors.And just like that, 2024 is (almost) in the books. It was a year of exciting transitions—both for the TDS team and, in many meaningful ways, for the data science, machine learning, and AI communities at large. We’d like to thank all of you—readers, authors, and followers—for your support, and for...

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

A Comprehensive Guided Project to A/B Testing (+ Notebook)

From failing statistics in college to passion for hypothesis testingContinue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Awesome Plotly with code series (Part 6): Dealing with long axis labels

To rotate or not rotate? To truncate or to not truncate?Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

6 Ways to Improve Your Predictive Models in Data Science

Whether you aim for building the perfect image classifier, sales predictor, or price estimator, these six pracitcal tips and insights will help you get there!

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: KDnuggets favicon KDnuggets

Data Science Salary Breakdown 2024

Glassdoor vs ZipRecruiter vs PayScale: U.S. comparisons to 2022Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 19, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Introduction to TensorFlow’s Functional API

Learn what the Functional API is, and how to build complex keras models using itContinue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Classifier-free guidance in LLMs Safety — NeurIPS 2024 Challenge experience

Classifier-Free Guidance in LLMs Safety—NeurIPS 2024 Challenge ExperienceThis article briefly describes NeurIPS 2024 LLM-PC submission that was awarded the second prize—the approach to effective LLM unlearning without any retaining dataset. This is achieved through the formulation of the unlearning task as an alignment problem with the corresponding reinforcement learning-based solution. The unlearning without model...

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Classifier-Free Guidance in LLMs Safety — NeurIPS 2024 Challenge Experience

Classifier-Free Guidance in LLMs Safety—NeurIPS 2024 Challenge ExperienceThis article briefly describes NeurIPS 2024 LLM-PC submission that was awarded the second prize—the approach to effective LLM unlearning without any retaining dataset. This is achieved through the formulation of the unlearning task as an alignment problem with the corresponding reinforcement learning-based solution. The unlearning without model...

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

The Algorithm That Made Google Google

How PageRank transformed how we searched the internet, and why it’s still playing an important role in LLMs with Graph RAG.Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

100 Years of (eXplainable) AI

Reflecting on advances and challenges in deep learning and explainability in the ever-evolving era of LLMs and AI governanceImage byauthorBackgroundImagine you are navigating a self-driving car, relying entirely on its onboard computer to make split-second decisions. It detects objects, identifies pedestrians, and even can anticipate behavior of other vehicles on the road. But here’s the catch: you know it works, of...

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Navigating Soft Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning

Understanding the theory and implementation of SAC RL in the context of BioengineeringImage generated by the author using ChatGPT-4oIntroductionThe research domain of Reinforcement Learning (RL) has evolved greatly over the past years. The use of deep reinforcement learning methods such as Proximal Policy Optimisation (PPO) (Schulman, 2017) and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) (Lillicrap, 2015) have enabled...

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

How to Write Clean Python Code as a Beginner

Writing Python code that’s clean and easy to understand isn’t just for experts — learn how to avoid common pitfalls and write like a pro from the start!

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: KDnuggets favicon KDnuggets

Bessel’s Correction: Why Do We Divide by n−1 Instead of n in Sample Variance?

Understanding the Unbiased Estimation of Population VarianceIn statistics, a common point of confusion for many learners is why we divide by n1 when calculating sample variance, rather than simply using n, the number of observations in the sample. This choice may seem small but is a critical adjustment that corrects for a natural bias that occurs when we estimate the variance of a population from a sample. Let’s walk...

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Google’s Illuminate AI: A New Way to Create Your Own AI-Generated Podcasts

See how to revolutionize how you bring stories to life with AI.

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: KDnuggets favicon KDnuggets

Build a Strong Portfolio for Data Science Career

Build a strong data science portfolio by showcasing technical skills, working on real-world projects, staying active on LinkedIn, and leveraging platforms like GitHub and Kaggle to demonstrate your expertise.

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: KDnuggets favicon KDnuggets

Roadmap to Becoming a Data Scientist, Part 2: Software Engineering

Coding your road to Data Science: mastering key development skillsContinue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

Linear Optimisations in Product Analytics

Solving the knapsackproblemImage generated by DALL-E3It might be surprising, but in this article, I would like to talk about the knapsack problem, the classic optimisation problem that has been studied for over a century. According to Wikipedia, the problem is defined asfollows:Given a set of items, each with a weight and a value, determine which items to include in the collection so that the total weight is less than...

Published on: December 18, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science

The Anatomy of an Autonomous Agent

A blueprint for autonomous agents in an Agentic Mesh ecosystem.Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

Published on: December 17, 2024 | Source: Towards Data Science favicon Towards Data Science