Google G-Suite: Unlimited of everything
It is unbelievable, if you have a company, then you can have unlimited of everything from Google (email, storage, apps, etc.), only $10/user/month! …wars on “data collection”…
Month: June 2019
Fake people created by AI
Only a few are seen to be fake, but everyone is fake (refresh to get a new image): https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/
How China to become AI global leader
Kai-Fu Lee mentions there are four stages that China took to become global AI leader:1) Copied from U.S.2) Inspired by U.S., then leapfrogged3) Chinese innovations4) Entering the era of Copy-from-china (become “data collectors” in other countries) It is interesting to see how U.S. reacts recently by blockade its trade with China.
Local runtime on Google Colab
Google Colab, a serverless notebook service provided by Google, offers the hosted runtime (kernel) with 3 options: 1) without GPU: 2 CPUs. 13 GB RAM, 50 GB disk2) with GPU: 2 CPUs, 13 GB RAM, 358 GB disk3) with TPU: 2 CPUs, 13 GB, 50 GB disk In most cases, the offered resource (CPU, RAM, … Read moreLocal runtime on Google Colab
Book review: AI Super Powers, Social Physics, Sensemaking
My key takeaway: these 3 books agree on one thing: in the age of cutting-edge technology implementation like AI, social media; social science (i.e., the knowledge about how we understand interpersonal interaction) is needed more than ever today. Lee accentuates that jobs related to understanding human such as caregivers will have an important role in … Read moreBook review: AI Super Powers, Social Physics, Sensemaking
Book review: Weapons of math destruction
Another book with controversial ideas: instead of attaining the purpose of the objectives as intended, big data algorithms turn out to be a “destructive weapon”, e.g., being used as political propaganda rather than democracy mean, prejudice enforcement rather than crime prediction, exploiting “false positive” marginal groups rather than providing fair treatment to population, shifting the … Read moreBook review: Weapons of math destruction
Big data networking disruptive technology
Investigating big data technology in my job also means observing the revolution in networking technology as the mean for transporting the data. For years, the networking spaces were dominated by just a number of players, i.e. Cisco, Juniper, etc. I was so surprised looking at disruptive innovators such as Cumulus Linux which offers independent network … Read moreBig data networking disruptive technology
Use of CDRs to investigate disease spread
Dealing with call detail records generated by mobile telecom (i.e., Base Subscriber Subsystem, Mobile Switching Center, and Billing System) was my job during 2005-2010. In the old days, we used those massive data to profile customers and further design a geographical marketing offer, like Flexi Bebas Bicara. I just realized those data contain so much … Read moreUse of CDRs to investigate disease spread
OpenWRT: Network Democratization
Democratization is a trending word in today’s era, i.e., private-owned have to be community-driven, vendor to be open source, elite to be everybody, locked to be freedom. In the hardware domain especially in switch/routing technology that is dominated by just a bunch of vendors, democratization can be seen in the advent of new technologies such … Read moreOpenWRT: Network Democratization
Big Data Expo NL
I was so lucky visiting the annual Big Data Expo @ Utrecht, the Netherlands on 19-20 September 2018 (https://www.bigdata-expo.nl/en) Here are some presentations I could capture:1. HOW TABLEAU ENABLED ABN AMRO TO VISUALIZE BIG DATA EFFICIENTLY (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/piazgsw9esw8dsl/AAAjjdjNNQFO0AbDRGyVns6ya?dl=0)2. HOW TO LET AN ELEPHANT DANCE; IMPLEMENTATION OF A DATA LAKE IN NEAR REAL-TIME AT A DUTCH INSURER … Read moreBig Data Expo NL