Eric Colson
@ecolson.bsky.social
Data Science, ML, AI, Tinkering.
Really can't seem to stop watching glass fruit being cut!
August 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Really can't seem to stop watching glass fruit being cut!
Reposted by Eric Colson
A reminder of how the number of centrifuges in Iran soared after Trump’s 2018 JCPOA withdrawal.
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A reminder of how the number of centrifuges in Iran soared after Trump’s 2018 JCPOA withdrawal.
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Wow - CA and NY pay out a lot more than they get back to the Feds.
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
May 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Wow - CA and NY pay out a lot more than they get back to the Feds.
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
usafacts.org/articles/whi...
Compelling visualization showing global temperature over time. It's the last bit that is compelling. Avg is about the same, but variation is increased.
fb.watch/z1Axq0JLi-/?...
fb.watch/z1Axq0JLi-/?...
April 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Compelling visualization showing global temperature over time. It's the last bit that is compelling. Avg is about the same, but variation is increased.
fb.watch/z1Axq0JLi-/?...
fb.watch/z1Axq0JLi-/?...
Tariffs = Tax = Higher Prices.
I'm getting emails from ecommerce companies warning of price increases.
“It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.”
— Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
#tariffs
I'm getting emails from ecommerce companies warning of price increases.
“It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.”
— Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
#tariffs
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Tariffs = Tax = Higher Prices.
I'm getting emails from ecommerce companies warning of price increases.
“It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.”
— Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
#tariffs
I'm getting emails from ecommerce companies warning of price increases.
“It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.”
— Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations
#tariffs
Gaslight me on this:
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
March 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Gaslight me on this:
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Fundamental. There are always options for decomposability in just about any system.
Herbert Simon’s scientific “parable of the two watchmakers” illustrates how modular design enhances efficiency and resilience in complex systems.
Is this principle still relevant in today’s data science practices? It feels resilient and evolutionary.
#ComplexSystems #ModularDesign 
Is this principle still relevant in today’s data science practices? It feels resilient and evolutionary.
#ComplexSystems #ModularDesign 
II. Herbert A. Simon and "Near-Decomposability" — MENIMAGERIE
“Why is reality structured at all?” was what Herbert Simon, an extraordinary polymath regarded as one of last century’s most influential thinkers, asked himself in his watchmaker parable from the arti...
www.menimagerie.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Fundamental. There are always options for decomposability in just about any system.
Progress on the elusive sequence-based recommendations.
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13909
#machinelearning, #MLSky, #DataScience
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13909
#machinelearning, #MLSky, #DataScience
February 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Progress on the elusive sequence-based recommendations.
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13909
#machinelearning, #MLSky, #DataScience
arxiv.org/pdf/2502.13909
#machinelearning, #MLSky, #DataScience
Reposted by Eric Colson
Quantum computing and data science... a match made in tech heaven? Sara A. Metwalli's latest article explores how these 2 fields intersect and why data scientists should care about quantum advancements.
Should Data Scientists Care About Quantum Computing? | Towards Data Science
I am sure the quantum hype has reached every person in tech (and outside it, most probably). With some over-the-top claims, like “some company has proved quantum supremacy,” “the quantum revolution…
towardsdatascience.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Quantum computing and data science... a match made in tech heaven? Sara A. Metwalli's latest article explores how these 2 fields intersect and why data scientists should care about quantum advancements.
Great use of AI (hope it's sustainable)
#ai
#ai
How can explainable AI empower fact-checkers to tackle misinformation? 📰🤖
We interviewed fact-checkers & identified explanation needs & design implications for #NLP, #HCI, and #XAI.
Excited to present this work with
@iaugenstein.bsky.social & Irina Shklovski at #chi2025!
arxiv.org/abs/2502.09083
We interviewed fact-checkers & identified explanation needs & design implications for #NLP, #HCI, and #XAI.
Excited to present this work with
@iaugenstein.bsky.social & Irina Shklovski at #chi2025!
arxiv.org/abs/2502.09083
February 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Great use of AI (hope it's sustainable)
#ai
#ai
Operationalizing Machine Learning: An Interview Study by @joehellerstein.bsky.social, @adityagp.bsky.social, et al. Particularly love the part on "Retrofitting Explanations".
#MachineLearning #MLOps #Datascience.
arxiv.org/pdf/2209.09125
#MachineLearning #MLOps #Datascience.
arxiv.org/pdf/2209.09125
February 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Operationalizing Machine Learning: An Interview Study by @joehellerstein.bsky.social, @adityagp.bsky.social, et al. Particularly love the part on "Retrofitting Explanations".
#MachineLearning #MLOps #Datascience.
arxiv.org/pdf/2209.09125
#MachineLearning #MLOps #Datascience.
arxiv.org/pdf/2209.09125
The good part of AI.
🧪 🩺🖥️ #MLSky
New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The good part of AI.
Reposted by Eric Colson
🧪 🩺🖥️ #MLSky
New: The largest medical A.I. randomized controlled trial yet performed, enrolling >100,000 women undergoing mammography screening
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The use of AI led to 29% higher detection of cancer, no increase of false positives, and reduced workload compared with radiologists w/o AI thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Screening performance and characteristics of breast cancer detected in the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence trial (MASAI): a randomised, controlled, parallel-group, non-inferiority, ...
The findings suggest that AI contributes to the early detection of clinically relevant
breast cancer and reduces screen-reading workload without increasing false positives.
thelancet.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:17 AM
🧪 🩺🖥️ #MLSky
Thoughtful article on the role of statistics in AI by Friedrich, et al. I didn't think there would be any question about it. Causal reasoning, uncertainty, evaluation, etc - all are crucial to AI and come from the school of statistics.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DataScience #Statistics #AI
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DataScience #Statistics #AI
Is there a role for statistics in artificial intelligence? - Advances in Data Analysis and Classification
The research on and application of artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered a comprehensive scientific, economic, social and political discussion. Here we argue that statistics, as an interdisciplin...
link.springer.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Thoughtful article on the role of statistics in AI by Friedrich, et al. I didn't think there would be any question about it. Causal reasoning, uncertainty, evaluation, etc - all are crucial to AI and come from the school of statistics.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DataScience #Statistics #AI
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#DataScience #Statistics #AI
Always an interesting conversation with @hugobowne.bsky.social. Great topics on the management of data scientists. #Datascience
www.linkedin.com/posts/hugo-b...
www.linkedin.com/posts/hugo-b...
Hugo Bowne-Anderson on LinkedIn: 🎙️ Why 90% of Data Science Projects Fail—And How to Fix It
In the…
🎙️ Why 90% of Data Science Projects Fail—And How to Fix It
In the latest High Signal podcast, I spoke with Eric Colson—DS/ML advisor, former Chief…
www.linkedin.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Always an interesting conversation with @hugobowne.bsky.social. Great topics on the management of data scientists. #Datascience
www.linkedin.com/posts/hugo-b...
www.linkedin.com/posts/hugo-b...
The Secretary Problem. An oldie, but so relevant to many business problems (and personal ... eg. when to stop looking for a parking spot).
www.jstor.org/stable/2243190
#Algorithms #DataScience
www.jstor.org/stable/2243190
#Algorithms #DataScience
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Secretary Problem. An oldie, but so relevant to many business problems (and personal ... eg. when to stop looking for a parking spot).
www.jstor.org/stable/2243190
#Algorithms #DataScience
www.jstor.org/stable/2243190
#Algorithms #DataScience
This resonates ... for 20+ years, I've embraced ANN only as as a very lose metaphor for how our human brains work. But in the last 2 years I couldn't help but notice more and more similarities.
🧪 Researchers from MIT, Harvard, and NYU found human brains and AI neural networks represent information similarly, despite distinct architectures. This suggests intelligence converges when solving shared challenges, like language or vision. 🩺💻 #MLSky
Universality of representation in biological and artificial neural networks
Many artificial neural networks (ANNs) trained with ecologically plausible objectives on naturalistic data align with behavior and neural representations in biological systems. Here, we show that…
www.biorxiv.org
January 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This resonates ... for 20+ years, I've embraced ANN only as as a very lose metaphor for how our human brains work. But in the last 2 years I couldn't help but notice more and more similarities.
Experimentation has become much clearer and more accessible. With better defined roles, steps, and tools, companies are democratizing the process. Let the learnings flow!
Great article by Sven Schmit, Ramesh Johari, David Holtz, Martin Tingley, Iavor Bojinov
#Experimentation
hbr.org/2025/01/want...
Great article by Sven Schmit, Ramesh Johari, David Holtz, Martin Tingley, Iavor Bojinov
#Experimentation
hbr.org/2025/01/want...
Want Your Company to Get Better at Experimentation?
For years, online experimentation has fueled the innovations of leading tech companies, enabling them to rapidly test and refine new ideas, optimize product features, personalize user experiences, and...
hbr.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:31 AM
Experimentation has become much clearer and more accessible. With better defined roles, steps, and tools, companies are democratizing the process. Let the learnings flow!
Great article by Sven Schmit, Ramesh Johari, David Holtz, Martin Tingley, Iavor Bojinov
#Experimentation
hbr.org/2025/01/want...
Great article by Sven Schmit, Ramesh Johari, David Holtz, Martin Tingley, Iavor Bojinov
#Experimentation
hbr.org/2025/01/want...
So elegant!
Jupyter NB is truly indispensable. Seeing Jupyter Book's 2.0a evolution & the amazing features it sports is mind blowing. My three fav features are:
MyST markdown (so, so good)
Clean and beautiful PDF output
New fast search capability
blog.jupyterbook.org/posts/2024-1...
(via @choldgraf.com)
MyST markdown (so, so good)
Clean and beautiful PDF output
New fast search capability
blog.jupyterbook.org/posts/2024-1...
(via @choldgraf.com)
November 22, 2024 at 3:13 AM
So elegant!
Reposted by Eric Colson
Jupyter NB is truly indispensable. Seeing Jupyter Book's 2.0a evolution & the amazing features it sports is mind blowing. My three fav features are:
MyST markdown (so, so good)
Clean and beautiful PDF output
New fast search capability
blog.jupyterbook.org/posts/2024-1...
(via @choldgraf.com)
MyST markdown (so, so good)
Clean and beautiful PDF output
New fast search capability
blog.jupyterbook.org/posts/2024-1...
(via @choldgraf.com)
November 21, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Jupyter NB is truly indispensable. Seeing Jupyter Book's 2.0a evolution & the amazing features it sports is mind blowing. My three fav features are:
MyST markdown (so, so good)
Clean and beautiful PDF output
New fast search capability
blog.jupyterbook.org/posts/2024-1...
(via @choldgraf.com)
MyST markdown (so, so good)
Clean and beautiful PDF output
New fast search capability
blog.jupyterbook.org/posts/2024-1...
(via @choldgraf.com)
An article I wrote on why the ideas from data scientists are so valuable and the forces that tend to suppress them. #datascience
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Eric Colson on LinkedIn: Beyond Skills: Unlocking the Full Potential of Data Scientists
An article I wrote on why the ideas from data scientists are so valuable and the forces that tend to suppress them. #Datascience
www.linkedin.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:36 AM
An article I wrote on why the ideas from data scientists are so valuable and the forces that tend to suppress them. #datascience
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
Since everyone else is doing ...
Fun trend intro'd by Kevin Weil of OpenAI: prompt ChatGPT: "based on what you know about me, draw me a picture of what you think my current life looks like."
(got the econ, evolution, AI, volleyball stuff right ... but it did for like many, it hallucinated a cat)
Fun trend intro'd by Kevin Weil of OpenAI: prompt ChatGPT: "based on what you know about me, draw me a picture of what you think my current life looks like."
(got the econ, evolution, AI, volleyball stuff right ... but it did for like many, it hallucinated a cat)
November 19, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Since everyone else is doing ...
Fun trend intro'd by Kevin Weil of OpenAI: prompt ChatGPT: "based on what you know about me, draw me a picture of what you think my current life looks like."
(got the econ, evolution, AI, volleyball stuff right ... but it did for like many, it hallucinated a cat)
Fun trend intro'd by Kevin Weil of OpenAI: prompt ChatGPT: "based on what you know about me, draw me a picture of what you think my current life looks like."
(got the econ, evolution, AI, volleyball stuff right ... but it did for like many, it hallucinated a cat)
Hello bluesky. Hopping this will provide a useful alternative to twitter/X.
November 13, 2023 at 1:05 AM
Hello bluesky. Hopping this will provide a useful alternative to twitter/X.