Making Data Useful
Best Data Science Overviews
Top 10 everyone-friendly articles about data science
With so many articles published, it’s time for a Best Of album! Here are my 10 best articles by topic. Enjoy!
#1 Understanding data
Musings on information, memory, analytics, and distributions.
#2 What on earth is data science?
The quest for a useful definition plus a tour of data science’s three subfields.
#3 History + future of data science
Did you know that Florence Nightingale was an analyst who created live-saving infographics? This and more in an attempt to put 5000 years of data science in perspective.
#4 Machine learning and AI
Machine learning uses patterns in data to label things. Sounds magical? The core concepts are actually embarrassingly simple…
#5 Statistics
Ever wished someone would just tell you what the point of statistics is and what the jargon means in plain English? Let me try to grant that wish for you!
#6 Analytics
Learn the true nature of analytics and find out how it differs from the other data science disciplines… and why it might be the one you need most.
#7 AI for artists
Four AI art techniques to help bring out your creativity plus musing on creativity, AI-powered copyright infringement, and more.
#8 How to start an AI project
A step-by-step guide with everything you need to know to dive into your project.
#9 AI bias and fairness
AI bias doesn’t come from AI algorithms, it comes from people. What does that mean and what can we do about it?
#10 Explainable AI and trust
Let’s talk about interpretability, transparency, explainability, and the trust headache…
Bonus 1: Best introduction to ML/AI in another language
Behind the scenes with machine learning… in Spanish. 15 more languages here.
Bonus 2: A course
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