We’re kicking off the “Mai Tai Thursdays” series … a few days early. Join us for our inaugural YouTube, with a semi-authentic Mai Tai preparation! (We use the original recipe; just a bit less rum.) Here’s the Mai Tai recipe that we used in our YouTube. One of our fave resources is this book on… Continue reading A Kauai Christmas: Mai Tais & AI
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The Kullback-Leibler Divergence, Free Energy, and All Things Variational – Part 1.5 of 3
Let’s talk about the Kullback-Leibler divergence. (Sometimes, we call this the “K-L divergence.”) It’s the foundation, the building block, for variational methods. The Kullback-Leibler divergence is a made-up measure. It’s not one of those “fundamental laws of the universe.” It’s strictly a made-up human thing. Nevertheless, it’s become very useful – and is worth our… Continue reading The Kullback-Leibler Divergence, Free Energy, and All Things Variational – Part 1.5 of 3
The Kullback-Leibler Divergence, Free Energy, and All Things Variational (Part 1 of 3)
Variational Methods: Where They Are in the AI/ML World The bleeding-leading edge of AI and machine learning (ML) deals with variational methods. Variational inference, in particular, is needed because we can’t envision every possible instance that would comprise a good training and testing data set. There will ALWAYS be some sort of oddball thing that… Continue reading The Kullback-Leibler Divergence, Free Energy, and All Things Variational (Part 1 of 3)
Major Blooper – Coffee Reward to First Three Finders!
To err is human. REALLY screwing things up … makes for interesting stories, and the basis for the first-ever Themesis “coffee reward” offer. So here’s what’s at stake: there is a blooper, and it involves notation (more on that shortly), and we (that is, Themesis, Inc.) will send an 8-oz package of Kona coffee to… Continue reading Major Blooper – Coffee Reward to First Three Finders!
Mai Tai Thursdays, Coming Soon!
But first, a decent coffee … Hello, darling – I hope you’re well. The Backyard Roosters of Hawai’i As I write to you, it’s 6:10 AM on the Big Island of Hawai’i, it’s still dark out, and the roosters are in full crow.MULTIPLE roosters. All asserting their very strong, dominant “rooster-ness.”It’s been going on for… Continue reading Mai Tai Thursdays, Coming Soon!
Merry Christmas from Hawai’i!
Poinsettias. They’re the ultimate Christmassy-image of Hawai’i, if you live on the mainland. And back when I lived on the mainland, poinsettias were something that I got at the grocery store or hardware store, starting around Thanksgiving. It wasn’t until I’d moved here … it was that first Christmas season, and I was driving down… Continue reading Merry Christmas from Hawai’i!