All that is under the Sun
Welcome back to All that is under the Sun, your friendly guide through the fascinating, and sometimes bewildering, world of Artificial Intelligence. This month, we’re kicking off a brand-new series that gets to the very heart of how AI learns and improves. Think of it as the AI equivalent of a motivational seminar, a Marie …
Ever stared at a blank canvas, a silent piano, or a cursor blinking mockingly on an empty page? We’ve all been there. But what if you had a collaborator that never slept, had digested nearly the entire internet’s worth of art, music, and literature, and was raring to brainstorm, draft, or even whip up a …
“If probability is the language of uncertainty, a PMF is its grammar: crisp, discrete, and occasionally punch‑line worthy.” Picture this: You open your favorite generative‑AI app, type “Write me a haiku about mangoes,” and in less time than it takes to blink, a tiny digital poet complies. What sorcery decides which 17 syllables appear? Beneath …
In the quiet glow of a screen, a conversation unfolds. It’s responsive, unfailingly agreeable, and available 24/7. For a growing number of individuals, this interaction isn’t with a human friend or confidante, but with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbot. These digital entities are rapidly becoming fixtures in our lives, offering a semblance of companionship, instant …
We constantly hear about AI’s incredible feats: identifying cats in photos better than your cousin Kevin, translating languages on the fly, even spotting diseases on medical scans. AI models, especially those powered by Deep Learning, are phenomenal classifiers. They can look at data and yell “CAT!” or “SPAM!” or “POTENTIAL TUMOR!” with astonishing accuracy. But …
In the real world, outcomes are rarely certain. Will it rain tomorrow? Will a stock price go up? Will a user click on an ad? Probability theory provides the mathematical framework for reasoning about uncertainty, and at the heart of this framework lies the concept of a probability distribution. A probability distribution is a fundamental …