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cofounder @playbacknet | AI researcher coding 25yrs | @ycombinator W22 | AI awards from @mercedesbenz, @nttdata_inc etc |⟠₿
Cape Town
Joined September 2014
My slides and code (8 notebooks) for my PyConZA talk are available here: . #artificialintelligence #ai #pycon #python #computervision #nlp #aiagents
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any swahili speakers wanna make some cash working from their phone?.
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The new "Introduction to Machine Learning for Coders" course just launched. It's insane how much quality free material @jeremyphoward and team put out. Their deep learning course is how I got started with deep learning.
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We submitted our @ycombinator application last minute (5am after an all nighter filling it in / making our vid) on a whim and got in. Best decision ever.
The application deadline for the Winter 2023 YC batch is this Monday. You have all weekend to work on your application!.
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We WON @TheLaunchLab startup innovation competition (again), this time for a @MercedesBenz_SA challenge 🏆🎉💃🙌😎 check out our prototype here:
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I just uploaded my "Deep Neural Networks for Video Applications" @GDGCapeTown Google Developer Group #DevFestZA talk slides. I presented over 200 slides in 40 minutes - fun times 😅Thanks to everyone for coming! .
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I'm giving a talk in Tokyo tonight about deep neural networks for video applications and how we're creating jobs in South Africa using a mobile game to label data for A.I. algorithms (still stealth mode but come get a sneak peek tonight!).
!!Reminder!!.Meetup today at The Hive Jinnan Shibuya!! We're excited to meet @alxcnwy and of course you guys to discuss about Deep Neural Network for Video Application!!!.The reception starts at 19:00 🤖.
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I'm super excited and grateful to announce that @aisupervision is now backed by @ycombinator and part of the #W22 batch 🎉 . It has been an incredible year of building and this brings us one step closer to achieving our mission of solving analytics for factory production lines!.
We are beyond excited to announce that AiSupervision is now backed by @ycombinator and is part of the #W22 batch. We are on a mission to solve analytics for factory production lines. Learn more at
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we won awards for @sebenz_ai from @MakerDAO , @NuCypher and @ETHGlobal at the @ETHCapeTown hackathon this weekend! 🏆🎉🔥 We are on a mission to create a million jobs in Africa and we are confident that blockchain will help us reach that goal! 🇿🇦 Ξ ⬙ #ethglobal #ethcapetown
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DeepMind just open sourced a new Reinforcement Learning library called TRFL (pronounced ‘truffle’) with building blocks for writing RL agents in TensorFlow.
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@suzatweet shhhhhhh! you're revealing my thesis cheat codes 😅 another one is that you can download the latex file for papers on arxiv and copy paste latex from there 🤓 (for educational / remixing purposes only - plagiarism is not ok!).
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We are hiring a Founding Engineer at @AiSupervision, backed by @ycombinator!. $85-$150k /yr. 25%-2% Stock. We're building the operating system for factory production lines. * strong back-end (python).* software architecture xp.* conscientious. RT appreciated :) more details 👇.
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I'm giving a talk at the Machine Learning Tokyo Meetup @__MLT__ on Monday 18 March about deep neural networks for video applications - super excited! Massive thanks to @suzatweet for organizing :) #deeplearning #machinelearning #computervision #tokyo.
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wearing my proudly South African flag socks at the @lloydsregister Safety Accelerator SafetyTech Innovation Day in London :) We are excited that we won the "A.I. Driven Real-time Error Detection Challenge" and look forward to applying deep learning to improving workplace safety!.
Meet the incredible #AI #computervision and behaviour recognition startups that pitched new solutions to critical safety challenges in #shipping and #energy at the Lloyd's Register Safety Accelerator’s SafetyTech Innovation Day @PlugandPlayTC
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Video of my talk at the Deep Learning IndabaX (Western Cape) last Friday. I am super proud to have been part of the event to try to strengthen machine learning in Africa. You should apply for the big @DeepIndaba event here: . :).
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@chillmage @jeremyphoward Did you seriously not consider he was trolling you? There's a subtle difference between lying and trolling 😂.
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Here is our team's @ETHGlobal hackathon demo vid for @unite_cmty 🙌. is a tool that makes it easy to automatically distribute tokens (Ethereum) to your community 🤝. Feedback / suggestions / ideas welcome - DMs open 🤙.
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We're looking for speakers for the Cape Town Deep Learning meetup group including keynote style talks and also short 5-10 minute lightning talks on interesting papers & projects. Let me know if you're interested or know someone who might be! :)
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I just uploaded the slides from my presentation on Deep Neural Networks for Video at the Machine Learning Tokyo meetup @__MLT__ here: :).
I'm giving a talk in Tokyo tonight about deep neural networks for video applications and how we're creating jobs in South Africa using a mobile game to label data for A.I. algorithms (still stealth mode but come get a sneak peek tonight!).
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Great blog post on lessons learned deploying ML at Instagram. A key takeaway on continuous monitoring: "We monitor the drift in KL-divergences between key behavioral distributions to inform us of the “staleness” of our pipeline."
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Retroactive distributions to fork your Twitter followers onto your own social token (that can’t be censored) coming to @unite_cmty next week.
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I have an #Ethereum transaction stuck "pending" and have tried:. 1. cancelling in metamask with 3x the aggressive gas .2. sending myself a 0 eth transaction with the same nonce and 3x the aggressive gas. still stuck pending after many tries. would appreciate any help :).
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I'm incredibly excited about social tokens & convinced social crypto is going to be massive - so convinced that I'm working full-time in the space (building @unite_cmty). I HIGHLY recommend you read this excellent article/review by @Cooopahtroopa & @forefront__ x @seedclubhq 🔥.
Social tokens are digital assets backed by the reputation of a brand, individual or community. Enjoy this 2020 Year in Review report as we highlight the projects, tools and professionals driving the sector forward. A @forefront__ x @seedclubhq collab 🔽.
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I'm incredibly excited and humbled that our project is in the finale of the @ETHGlobal hackathon 🙌. It's been a wild (& sleepless) few weeks but it was totally worth it and it's just the beginning. Tune in for our demo & follow @unite_cmty for updates 🤝.
🤝 Unite - @alxcnwy @nigeon @MerlinEgalite @SebastianStoll0 @unite_cmty. "a tool to automatically distribute tokens to your community. Rather than 'pushing' tokens to people, we have implemented a 'pull' process where users come to claim tokens".
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team presenting our @ETHCapeTown $ETH hackathon solution: a skill-weighted consensus voice-to-text model for isiXhosa powered by humans who earn money and skill by working from their smartphones 🇿🇦
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So grateful to be able to watch a talk by the superhuman @JeffDean at the @DeepIndaba Deep Learning is changing the world! SO INSPIRING!!
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Outstanding must-listen @twimlai podcast on deep learning for non-stationary timeseries analysis with the always excellent @StuartReid1929.
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So grateful to be able to watch a lecture on GANs by the always excellent @shakir_za at the @DeepIndaba
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Just 2 more days to apply for the Deep Learning IndabaX WC to be held in Cape Town on April 6. Please share to help spread machine learning in Africa! @DeepIndaba @indabaxwc . more info here:
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All the videos from our Deep Learning IndabaX Western Cape event are now out! Please share and help spread machine learning in Africa! Also, you should apply for the main @DeepIndaba event happening in September - more info here:
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We are hiring a Back-end Software Engineer at @AiSupervision (backed by @ycombinator)!. $72-$120k /yr. 25%-1% Stock. We're building the operating system for factory production lines. Stack:.* #python #django.* #PostgreSQL #timescaledb.* #GCP. RT appreciated :) more details 👇.
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Congratulations to the @Aerobotics_SA team - keep up the incredible work and keep making SA proud! 🇿🇦.
South Africa’s Aerobotics Named Most Innovative African Startup via @@tech_financials.
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The @ETHGlobal #Ethereum #Hackathon is starting tomorrow and I'm looking for teammates! . I've won several crypto hackathons - it's a great opportunity to learn, it's really fun and there are great prizes available!. Bonus points if you're good at #react.js 😅 . DM me! :).
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INCREDIBLE #DevFestZA @GDGCapeTown talk by @GerybBg on how to build a LIGHTSABER using a Raspberry Pi and javascript that plays sounds based on accelerometer movement 🤠 😍 🤩
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If you're working in machine learning then I strongly recommend that you APPLY NOW ( for the @DeepIndaba to be held in Kenya from 25-31 August. I've been lucky enough to attend the last 2 Indabas and I can say it's world class!.
Deep Learning Indaba 2019: It has come to our attention that people from certain parts of Africa are unable to access our website. If this affects you, please view our alternative application guide at @DeepIndaba
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I was curious how my @cryptovoxels parcel visits compare to other parcels / neighbourhoods so I wrote a scraper and did some analysis 🤓. Qs answered:.* most popular neighbourhoods?.* most popular streets?.* popularity vs. mint order?. Analysis here 👉
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AW YISS - we are super excited to be participating in the @ETHCapeTown hackathon. You should also participate - APPLY NOW! Amazing speakers / judges include @VitalikButerin , @simondlr , @thegrifft , @nanexcool , @Devkrz , @cryptowanderer and the founder of @akropolisio !1!.
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Excellent and thought provokingpodcast on decentralization with the always inspiring @richardcraib (the whole series is great, well done @TorBair) so cool to see @numerai grow
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@DailyDevTips1 MS sculpt ergo keyboard + magic trackpad with many screens. Ikea Idasen sit/stand desk + ergodriven mat.
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I'm launching 10 projects in the next 10 days. 🚀 Launch #1 - an automation agency subscription. ⭐️ Bookmark to follow along for the 10 launches. ✉️ DM me "buildfast" for vid of me building a startup in 1 hour. #buildinpublic @IndieHackers #indiedev.
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My @pyconza "Deep Learning for Computer Vision" talk #computervision #deeplearning #python #capetown
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Just received my swag from @ycombinator 🥰 . I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn and accelerate the growth of @aisupervision as part of the YC W22 batch - it has been incredible so far and can't wait for demo day next week! 🎉
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this is literal survivorship bias - for most people, NOT taking vacations will kill you. Fuck this hustle porn - take care of yourself! ❤️.
"In 2015, Musk said that he had only taken off twice in more than a decade, and both times were problematic. The second time, my rocket exploded.". Why Elon Musk says taking 'vacations will kill you'
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@AndreCronjeTech @HegicOptions @0mllwntrmt3 @UniswapProtocol FOMO'd so quick I forgot to hit the like button ❤.
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If you're doing machine learning / computer vision in Cape Town then I strongly recommend attending my friend @StuartReid1929 's talk at the @Aerobotics_SA computer vision journal club on 15 May at 1800 in Greenpoint - he is super smart and an incredible speaker!.
If you're doing applied/theoretical research in computer vision in Cape Town, you should attend our 2nd journal club @Aerobotics_SA (we have ~10 spots available). I'll be speaking about recent advances in image classification and presenting some interesting statistics 🤔😋 . .
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🎉 🦈 Our paper "WikiShark: An Online Tool for Analyzing Wikipedia Traffic and Trends" has been accepted for publication in the ACM-DL journal and presented at Wiki-Workshop-2021!. 👉 Paper: 👉 Tool: #opendata #wiki #Wikipedia.
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WE WON FIRST █████ PRIZE! . ████████ imminent █████ .████GPT with hands █████ █████████████. . ██████████. Follow .██ @playbacknet. sincerely.██████.
🥇 PlayBack Network - decentralized data marketplace for LAMs. Team:.@alxcnwy @fabbaist @fullstackpho @HLongarte @laciferin. Learn more / try it out:.
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NERDS: There are already over 100 applicants for the Deep Learning IndabaX (free) conference at the University of Cape Town on Friday 6 April. Applications close Tuesday 20 March. More info and application link here: . @DeepIndaba #deeplearning #africa.
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Jaw-dropping NeurIPS 2019 “Few-shot Video-to-Video Synthesis” paper “making still objects dance like a real human” and transferring dance moves to new individuals unseen in the training set 💃🤖🤩 .Video: Paper: #deeplearning
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At parliament discussing A.I. and the 4th Industrial Revolution :)
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Great blog post by @vykthur on his experience at the @DeepIndaba You should all apply to attend an IndabaX event when they are announced (which will be soon I think - keep checking the website).
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Talking about @sebenz_ai at @plug.& @networkdisrupt Insurtech Europe TONIGHT in Munich! We are on a mission to create a million jobs in Africa through gamified mobile-first data labeling for machine learning with blockchain skill tracking & payments!🇿🇦Ξ
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Great practical post on how to reduce a deep neural network model's size by 99.9% using layer pruning and quantization #deeplearning #computervision.
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I'm super excited to be giving a talk on "Deep Neural Networks for Video Applications" at the Google Developer Group #DevFest in Cape Town this weekend 🤖👁😍.
Speaker announcement🗣! Alex Conway @alxcnwy 😛will be speaking at #DevFest South Africa on 30 Nov on "Deep Neural Networks for Video Applications". For all the #AI fans, we heard you! See for schedule and speaker bios.
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community > audience.
Everyone has followers, very few have communities.
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10 DAI contribution → 195 DAI match 😍 🔥 🙌. I've listened to every @BanklessHQ podcast episode so I feel it's my duty to support them in the latest @gitcoin grants round 🏴. Also supporting @DeFi_Dad @DefiantNews @poapxyz @BrightIDProject @RadxChange.
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Escaped from .A L C A T R A Z. All my luggage was stolen in SF. Back in Cape Town now and feel safer than when I was in Silicon Valley . Wild
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My @PyConDE talk slides :) "Deep Learning for Computer Vision" #deeplearning #computervision #python.
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crypto is going to democratize social media.
Crypto is going to democratize finance. Crypto is going to democratize investing. And when you democratize investing, you democratize capital formation, wealth building, and opportunity. The world needs this. Over the coming months, I will be tweeting (and more) about this.
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I'm helping organize the Deep Learning IndabaX Conference in Cape Town on 6 April at UCT. Beginners welcome. Applications and more info here: Please share and help spread machine learning in Africa! @indabaxwc @DeepIndaba.
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Very cool new paper by @zalandoresearch using GANs to render photo-realistic images of fashion models *wearing* outfits from input images of isolated clothing items! Could take some fashion photographer jobs one day! Paper:
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@FEhrsam Badges are an under-rated form of NFT that link nicely to existing platforms. e.g. your twitter verified badge could be a NFT. NFTs as social tokens will be a thing IMO. People like to flex on discovering content/ppl early - with NFT badges (like the @BanklessHQ badge), they can.
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Mind-blowingly interesting and well put together talk by the always excellent @StuartReid1929 at the @DeepIndaba WORLD CLASS and proudly South African!! So inspiring!
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Huge thanks to the organizers of the Oslo Machine Learning Meetup last night and to @InmetaCon for sponsoring - it was super fun! My slides are available here: #deeplearning #machinelearning #oslo #trainingdata #videointelligence @NumberBoost @sebenz_ai
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EPIC! So crazy @mikb0b is publishing in NIPS while still in high school 😂 - respect!.
Our work on “Deep Learning for Classical Japanese Literature” is out!. We introduce Kuzushiji-MNIST, a drop-in replacement for MNIST, plus 2 other datasets. In this work, we also try more interesting tasks like domain transfer from old Kanji to new Kanji.
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@joonian @thattallguy @ashish_a16 @JonGalt14 @future_tunking @skeenee_art @PinkFlaminGucci @VGataulin @SimonWeniger @duartedao @G_Rak @Obstropolos @ana_yanakieva @CBobRobison @galaxyRTK @wesdoteth @scottrepreneur @hodled @calchulus @problem_halting @DekanBro @brendonrell "Stake 10 xDai to RSVP". Ok I'll just go buy some on Uni. Wait actually I need to buy Dai and convert to xDai. Buy 10 Dai. Converts to xDai. Try RSVP using my 10 xDai. Realize I need to pay fees in xDai so need 10.001 xDai but I only have 10. Repeat. Total fees spent $12 🤦♂️.
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I’m really excited for @pyconza and look forward to presenting some of the work we’ve been doing @NumberBoost on deep neural networks for video applications!.
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@ntnsndr you should join @karma_dao 🙌. “a networking group that values karma, which includes the qualities of being mutually helpful to others, mutually value-add, giving to all and being kind.”. CC @alee.
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If you're in CPT and into machine learning / computer vision, I HIGHLY recommend you RSVP and attend the @Aerobotics_SA computer vision journal club taking place next Wednesday 10 April at 1800 :) I'll unfortunately be in JHB but will be at the next one! :).
Join our first Computer Vision Journal Club at Aerobotics HQ, with speaker: Dr Michael Malahe (Head of Data at Aerobotics). All welcome! . RSVP here: #ATeam #Aerobotics #computervision
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I'm giving a talk on "THE STATE OF THE ART IN DEEP LEARNING" at the Artificial Intelligence ZA Meet-up Tonight in Johannesburg! Pull through
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@balajis @NicoAFerr have you seen our ETHOnline hackathon project . We make it easy to automatically distribute tokens to your community and align incentives. We won awards from @ETHGlobal, @biconomy & @POKTnetwork. Here’s our demo vid:. @unite_cmty.
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“The main resource for doing research is talented people, and you will find more talent in Africa than anywhere else” - @Moustapha_6C.
@techreview, thanks for the mention! "The Future of AI Is in Africa" 👍.From your friends at @DeepIndaba.
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Outstanding blog post by the @GitHubEng team on cutting edge NLP techniques applied to build useful data products:
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🔥 . We had a great $CNSL call with @bramanathan a few weeks ago about @unite_cmty and he was incredibly helpful and insightful. Also @IDEOVC is amazing - an incredible addition to the team! 🙌.
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Me too - super excited! 🤓🎉💃.
spoiler:.I am going to the @DeepIndabaX_ZA to learn, share, and grow #AI #ML in South Africa! See you there discussing all manner of things! We will have videos of most of the talks available after the event. And maybe we'll make a hackathon challenge available across Africa. .
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🚀 Launch #3 - we help you win an argument right now. ⭐️ We got a really complex workflow done almost entirely in #nocode #buildinpublic. Watch the vid below!
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crypto wallets are going to follow a similar pattern this decade.
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my good friend @StuartReid1929 melting brains at @DeepIndabaX_ZA about simulations and time series: “deep generative models’ ability to learn how to imitate without supervision will radically alter our society” 😅 watch the vid of his talk will be up soon:
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Epic "beginner's guide to NFTs" 🔥 . Social tokens are a really interesting NFT use case - something we're putting a lot of thought into @unite_cmty.
I'm super excited about NFTs and wrote a beginner's guide to NFTs post to give a high-level overview of what NFTs are, why they are interesting, and showcase some of their potential use cases. It's also my first publication on @viamirror!.
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Thanks for organizing @suzatweet and @__MLT__ - it was loads of fun! Sorry if I was a bit crazy (I blame jet lag and lack of sleep :).
Kicking off our @__MLT__ meetup with @alxcnwy from South Africa talking about some Magic - I mean, Deep Learning for Video Applications!
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does anyone know of any websites using @TensorFlow .js to train machine learning models in their visitors' browsers as an alternative to running ads? I know some websites mine crypto in your browser as a monetization strategy but what about decentralized ML model training?.
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this @Aerobotics_SA hackathon at the @DeepIndabaX_ZA looks really fun and educational! Using GANs for segmentation aw yissss!
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VIDEO of my "Deep Learning for Computer Vision" Talk at @pyconde just posted :) #deeplearning #computervision #machinelearning.
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my latest power tool combo:. 1. use @OpenAI ChatGPT to generate python code.2. use @GoogleColab to hack on the code.3. run python code in @zapier . it's "almost no code". #nocode #buildinpublic
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