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Machine learning notes, model architecture explainers, and practical AI write-ups.

Aug 20, 2024 5 min read

Trust Region Policy Optimization, Proximal Policy Optimization

How TRPO and PPO keep policy updates stable in reinforcement learning, and where off-policy methods reuse past experience to get there.

Aug 18, 2024 2 min read

GPT, PaLM, GLM, LLaMA and beyond: Large language models in medicine

GPT, PaLM, GLM, and LLaMA applied to medicine: where they are already useful, where they fall short, and what the open challenges are.

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Aug 17, 2024 5 min read

Power of Multimodal Machine Learning: Challenges, Innovations, and Future Directions

What makes multimodal machine learning hard, which recent innovations moved it forward, and where integration across modalities is heading.

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Aug 15, 2024 8 min read

Understanding Key Insights and Trends in Large Language Models

How large language models are built and how they have evolved, traced through the key insights and trends behind each generation.

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Aug 9, 2024 7 min read

What is Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL)

The language and notation of reinforcement learning, and what an RL agent actually does, introduced from first principles.

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Jul 20, 2024 10 min read

An in-Depth Look at Leading Computer Vision ML Models

The leading computer vision model families in one place, from the architecture each uses to the task it is actually good at.

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May 20, 2024 3 min read

What is OpenMMLab and how it is used in computer vision

OpenMMLab as a computer vision platform: what MMDetection, MMSegmentation, MMPose, MMOCR, and MMDeploy each cover, and where they fit in a workflow.

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May 15, 2024 6 min read

YOLO and object detection

How the YOLO object detection series changed from v1 onward, and what each version actually improved over the one before it.

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Apr 29, 2024 1 min read

Yet another gentle intro to the YOLO-NAS model

How Deci AI's YOLO-NAS combines neural architecture search with YOLO object detection, from its multi-phase training to reading the model's output.

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Sep 19, 2023 4 min read

Fooocus Fantasia: Navigating Generative Magic

A working guide to Fooocus, the image generation interface that hides the tuning, and how to run it locally or on Colab.

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Sep 18, 2023 6 min read

Behind Generative Models [In Progress]

The mechanics behind diffusion models, and what separates DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion once you look past the interface.

Sep 11, 2023 4 min read

The Generative Lens: Crafting Camera Angles with Precision

A guide to refining camera angle outputs in generative platforms using nuanced prompt strategies.

Sep 10, 2023 4 min read

Q-learning

Q-learning is a reinforcement learning technique where an agent iteratively learns the value of its actions to navigate towards optimal outcomes in an environment.

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