Matthew McAteer

Matthew McAteer

Biologist-turned-ML-Engineer in San Francisco. Artificial Agents click here. I blog about machine learning, biotech, distributed systems, dogs, and more.

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Gaussian KDE from Scratch

Machine Learning

Understanding KDE inside and out

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Until Next Time

Writing

A brief (on a cosmic scale) hiatus, to focus on writing a new book.

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Mimicking DeepMind's Chinchilla with GPT-3

Machine Learning

Short piece on using GPT-3 to reconstruct behaviors of one of DeepMind's new models

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Nitpicking Machine Learning Technical Debt

Paper Critiques

Revisiting a resurging NeurIPS 2015 paper (and 25 best practices more relevant than that for 2020)

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Messing with GPT-3

Machine Learning

Why OpenAI's GPT-3 doesn't do what you think it does, and what this all means

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Deep Learning Concepts every practicioner should know

Machine Learning

A deep dive into the important 'deep' learning concepts

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Is LaMDA Sentient/Sapient/Conscious?

Neurology

It all depends on your definition(s) of sentience, sapience, and consciousness

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