Author: Steven Cannon

In the first blog of this series I promised I was going to teach some machine learning (ML) concepts. Since then I haven’t written at all about the cool things I have learned. That is because it is taking me a lot longer to learn them than I expected. There is a lot of math… Continue reading Machine Learning: A Beginner’s Guide for Beginners

While I was earning my degree in Education I was taught a concept called the “zone of proximal development” (ZPD). If you are like me, “proximal” probably isn’t a word you hear often. It means something like “near to the center” or “near to the point of attachment.” To illustrate, the proximal end of your… Continue reading Zone of Proximal Development

Getting started with TensorFlow can be a messy task.  In this blog I am going to demonstrate two ways you can get started, one using Google Colaboratory and the other setting up on your own machine. Google Colaboratory “Colab” for short. This is a tool supported by Google which allows you to write and run… Continue reading Getting Started with TensorFlow

In my first year studying Computer Science I attended a seminar on Artificial Intelligence given by Professor Melanie Mitchell of Portland State University and the Santa Fe Institute. I figured by the end of it I could probably build my own BB-8 to roll around and do whatever else an armless, frictionless orange ball does… Continue reading My Life is Getting Tensor