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I am a hobby translator on hiatus while I attended the Institute for Advanced Analytics. Prior to attending the Institute, I would translate Japanese pop-culture media from Japanese to English in my free time. I occasionally used AI translation tools, supplementing gaps or areas where the AI fell short with Continue reading AI and Translation: An Interview with Emily Sedlacek
As graduate students preparing to enter the workforce, we look upon the rapidly expanding capabilities of AI with some trepidation. What impact will AI have on our careers? In a very short time, ChatGPT has garnered hundreds of millions of unique users, becoming the fastest-growing app of all time. And Continue reading Human Intelligence: Learning what AI Cannot.
Incoming students have likely heard through alums, family, friends, faculty, and informational sessions that the Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) curriculum is known to be challenging and rigorous. Before joining the program, I felt very excited but also anxious. However, implementing the three tips below improved my self-confidence and Continue reading Three Tips that Helped Me Adjust to Summer Semester at the Institute
The Right Amount of Wrong: Calibrating Predictive Models How do we evaluate a predictive model? The most intuitive answer is accuracy—a simple measure of what percent of the time your model’s prediction is correct. Accuracy is a widely used evaluation metric, largely because it’s so easy to understand. However, a Continue reading The Right Amount of Wrong: Calibrating Predictive Models