Ars Technica: Sean Gallagher and an AI expert break down our crazy machine-learning adventure
Ars Technica: Sean Gallagher and an AI expert break down our crazy machine-learning adventure. “We’ve spent the past few weeks burning copious amounts of AWS compute time trying to invent an algorithm to parse Ars’ front-page story headlines to predict which ones will win an A/B test—and we learned a lot. One of the lessons is that we—and by ‘we,’ I mainly mean ‘me,’ since this odyssey was more or less my idea—should probably have picked a less, shall we say, ambitious project for our initial outing into the machine-learning wilderness. Now, a little older and a little wiser, it’s time to reflect on the project and discuss what went right, what went somewhat less than right, and how we’d do this differently next time.” The event takes place Wednesday, July 28, at 1:00 pm Eastern.