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Craig Dickson is 30% done with Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI
This is so good. A really engaging explanation of mathematical concepts that underpin deep learning networks (so far we've covered embedding, gradient descent, probability, k-nearest neighbours algorithms and more).

Ananthaswamy is really great at conveying how these ideas work through text, with only occasional formulas, it's honestly a masterclass in science communication.
Jun 03, 2025 02:32AM Add a comment
Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

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Craig Dickson is 37% done with The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)
This is cool. I've taken a big break from this, reading mostly non-fiction textbooky stuff recently, none of which I have finished entirely or been fully confident I would finish, so I haven't been tracking them here.

I've picked this up again though, and I'm still really enjoying the adventures of Carl and Princess Donut, although this level of the dungeon definitely hasn't been my favourite. Its good though.
May 13, 2025 02:03PM Add a comment
The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #3)

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Craig Dickson is 7% done with The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism
Probably not going to finish this one tbh. I always liked John Gary's stuff, but this one's focus on Hobbes' Leviathan Was giving me too many flashbacks to my undergraduate days.

It's totally good and very interesting, I just have a bunch of other stuff to read that feels more urgent.
Apr 15, 2025 01:58PM Add a comment
The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism

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