Adnan Masood, a Machine Learning Phd's musings on Life, Technology, Research & Development
As we witness the astounding meteoric ascent of Foundation Models (eg. transformer-based large language models LLM/SSN/LSSM), I can't help but feel both excitement and trepidation. These models, like OpenAI's GPT, have been revolutionizing a multitude of tasks, from summarization to anomaly detection to code generation. Despite the undeniable, almost surreal and unreasonable effectiveness of these…
I recently came across an insightful research paper titled "Moving Fast With Broken Data" by Shreya Shankar, Labib Fawaz, Karl Gyllstrom, and Aditya G. Parameswaran from UC Berkeley and Meta. The paper addresses the significant issue of data corruption in machine learning (ML) pipelines, which often leads to decreased model accuracy. The authors present an…
So, there I was, sitting in front of the camera, chatting about AI like it's the next best thing since sliced bread. And you know what? It might just be. But some folks, including big names like Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, think we should hit the brakes on large language model AI development. I…
Over the course of several decades, we have witnessed the landscape of Artificial Intelligence evolve- from simple rule-based systems to complex learning algorithms, our understanding of AI has transformed, and with it, our definition of the term, AI. From John McCarthy's 1955 coinage of "artificial intelligence" as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines,"…
CLIPSTARE: Conversational Language Interface for Paperclip Standards, Theatrics, Algorithmic Repartee, and Exchanges Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Interwebs (2023). All Rights Reserved. Abstract The One-Upmanship…
As an AI practitioner, I cannot overstate the importance of caution when evaluating the recent paper, "Sparks of Artificial General Intelligence: Early experiments with GPT-4". While GPT-4's capabilities are undeniably impressive, we must not let auto-regressive models predicting sequences in the most conceivable manner deceive us into believing that AGI is imminent. The paper claims…
Oh ChatGPT, thy language doth flow so fair,A parrot thou mayst be, yet still so rare.Thy words doth mimic human thought so well,But to true understanding, thou doth not excel. Thy knowledge, though vast, doth have a cut-off date,And biases doth lurk within thy innate.Thy fine-tuning doth bring some customization,But true originality, thou dost lack…
When not inducing terrifying images of a terminator, Artificial General Intelligence, strong intelligence, or simply AGI refers to a hypothetical AI system that possesses similar general intellectual abilities as a human being. This would typically include capabilities like natural language processing, reasoning, problem solving, and so on. Whether or not AGI is achievable remains an…
My recent interview @ IDGConnect - Can AI and blockchain help tackle the fake news problem? We look at the possible applications of these technologies to combat misinformation online and hear from Adnan Masood, PhD., chief AI architect at digital transformation firm UST and Mohammad Mahdavi, professor for data science at GISMA Business School in…
Natural Language Processing Specialization is a comprehensive, hands-on concentration by Deep Learning AI, offered by Coursera. If you have been started working with NLP, and would like to understand the fundamentals and go beyond using libraries (CoreNLP, NLTK, etc), these four courses will provide you a good foundation to help build real-world solutions. Even if…