by Mariya | Apr 28, 2017 | Culture, Diversity, Leadership
When Timnit Gebru attended a prestigious AI research conference last year, she counted 6 black people in the audience out of an estimated 8,500. And only one black woman: herself. As a PhD candidate at Stanford University who has published a number of notable papers...
by Mariya | Apr 8, 2017 | Diversity, Leadership
When Sahil Singla joined the social impact startup Farmguide, he was shocked to discover that thousands of rural farmers in India commit suicide every year. When harvests go awry, desperate farmers are forced to borrow from microfinance loan sharks at crippling rates....
by Mariya | Mar 21, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
In 1971, Terry Winograd wrote the SHRDLU program while completing his PhD at MIT. SHRDLU features a world of toy blocks where the computer translates human commands into physical actions, such as “move the red pyramid next to the blue cube.” To succeed in such tasks,...
by Mariya | Feb 5, 2017 | Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Design
Planning to Netflix & Chill this weekend? The movie you choose to watch may be heavily influenced by Netflix’s sophisticated algorithms. Similarly, decisions like where you choose to dine and what you choose to wear are increasingly facilitated by predictive...
by Mariya | Aug 13, 2015 | Culture, Design
Product management and product design have a significant amount of functional overlap. Both roles require a deep connection and understanding of the target user and the ability to ideate and champion product visions. In high functioning teams, the common goals and...
