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The hybrid approach to machine and deep learning
The hybrid approach to machine and deep learning Enter the blackbox conundrum. Deep learning is a technique that utilizes vast amounts of data and applies algorithms to iterate through and discover patterns. By doing so, a model utilizing a hidden layer is created that can connect inputs to outputs following the discovered pattern. And the…
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Propagation of influence on social media
Propagation of influence on social speech Social networks are a fertile new ground for massive patterns of influence. We have seen examples of successful influencer (social creator) campaigns leveraged by brands daring to play in the new world of earned media. Some brands and agencies see this new world of earned media as the rightful…
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AI and Creativity
Understanding and comprehending the intersection between art and mathematics is not new. Whether it is the discovery of mathematical patterns in Johann Sebastian Bach’s fugues or the geometric abstraction of cubism. The two hemispheres of our brains interact strongly in the creative process. With the democratization of incredible computing resources, massively iterative computing has become…
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Understanding Social Speech
In 1439, when Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg brought movable type to Europe and launched what we now call the Age of Mass Media, we embarked on a strange bypass of human-to-human communication. Until this momentous occasion, information required a direct, one-to-one interaction between two human beings. There were illuminated books that dutiful monks…