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The Physics Behind Data

How physics principles give us deeper insights into our data

May 18, 2024

The Physics Behind Data

May 18, 2024

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The Science Behind AI’s First Nobel Prize

How Physics and Machine Learning Joined Forces to Win Physics Nobel 2024

Oct 16, 2024

Showing Nobel metals in a Hopfield network with a fire background representing its relationship to thermodynamics.

Oct 16, 2024

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A Physicist’s View of Machine Learning: The Thermodynamics of Machine Learning

Complex systems in nature can be successfully studied using thermodynamics. What about Machine Learning?

Apr 18, 2022

A Physicist’s View of Machine Learning: The Thermodynamics of Machine Learning

Apr 18, 2022

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Why We Don’t Live in a Simulation

Describing reality as a simulation vastly understates the complexities of our world. Here’s why the simulation hypothesis is a lousy one

Jun 18, 2021

Why We Don’t Live in a Simulation

Jun 18, 2021

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Understanding Large Language Models: The Physics of (Chat)GPT and BERT

Insights from a physicist, on how particles and forces can help us understand LLMs.

Jul 20, 2023

Understanding Large Language Models: The Physics of (Chat)GPT and BERT

Jul 20, 2023

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How Quantum Physics Broke the Laws of Statistics

Demystifying the Data Science Behind 2022’s Physics Nobel Prize

May 3, 2023

How Quantum Physics Broke the Laws of Statistics

May 3, 2023

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The Meaning Behind Logistic Classification, from Physics

Why do we use the logistic and softmax functions? Thermal physics may have an answer.

Jan 24, 2023

The Meaning Behind Logistic Classification, from Physics

Jan 24, 2023

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What does Entropy Measure? An Intuitive Explanation

Entropy can be thought of as the probability of seeing certain patterns in data. Here’s how it works.

Jan 4, 2023

What does Entropy Measure? An Intuitive Explanation

Jan 4, 2023

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The Power of the Exponential

From compound interests to statistics, the power of the exponential goes far beyond being just another function

Oct 30, 2022

The Power of the Exponential

Oct 30, 2022

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The Real Magic Behind Imaginary Numbers, i = √−1

It turns out, by solving one impossible equation, we solve all the algebraic equations.

Oct 9, 2022

The Real Magic Behind Imaginary Numbers, i = √−1

Oct 9, 2022

Tim Lou, PhD

Tim Lou, PhD

Data Scientist @ TTD | ex Researcher @ Berkeley/LBNL | Particle Physics PhD @ Princeton | Podcast @ quirkcast.org

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