Andrei Stoica

Dijkstra said: “Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”

For now, the richness of “processed” data (eg. diary entries) created by humans is more valuable than “raw” data (eg. always-on video feed). Data created by humans is full of nuance in style, theme, etc. The signal derived from this kind of data provides higher-quality context for an AI system to build a personalized profile against. I’d argue this... See more

And yet China is becoming a more repressive place over time, as its power grows. The government is building hundreds of new detention facilities all across the country for the emperor’s political opponents. The civil society that began to flourish in previous decades has been increasingly ground into nothingness. The bargain in which the state... See more

Whereas philosophers, psychologists, and the like search for models of human cognition and behavior, the field of artificial intelligence aims to take such models and turn them into useful tools in reality. As the salience of vibes as a way of (not) explaining experience has grown, so too have the applications of machine learning and neural... See more

The structural units that make up the application's functional entities are React components. A React component defines the HTML for structuring the content, the JavaScript functions for determining functionality, and also the component's styling; all in one place. This is to create individual components that are as independent and reusable as... See more