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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Crucially, it takes into account the uncertainty inherent in our experiments. Figure 2: Spreading measurements out makes estimates of model (slope of line) more accurate.

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Uncertainties: Statistical, Representational, Interventional

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

by AMIR NAJMI & MUKUND SUNDARARAJAN Data science is about decision making under uncertainty. Some of that uncertainty is the result of statistical inference, i.e., using a finite sample of observations for estimation. But there are other kinds of uncertainty, at least as important, that are not statistical in nature.

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Business Strategies for Deploying Disruptive Tech: Generative AI and ChatGPT

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Those F’s are: Fragility, Friction, and FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). encouraging and rewarding) a culture of experimentation across the organization. Encourage and reward a Culture of Experimentation that learns from failure, “ Test, or get fired! Test early and often. Expect continuous improvement.

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What you need to know about product management for AI

O'Reilly on Data

Machine learning adds uncertainty. Underneath this uncertainty lies further uncertainty in the development process itself. There are strategies for dealing with all of this uncertainty–starting with the proverb from the early days of Agile: “ do the simplest thing that could possibly work.”

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10 ways to kill your IT culture

CIO Business Intelligence

Measure the impact of software developers by how teams meet release commitments, promote design peer reviews, and demonstrate the impacts of experimentation. When changes are made without transparency or input from the team, it breeds uncertainty and resentment.

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Integrate sparse and dense vectors to enhance knowledge retrieval in RAG using Amazon OpenSearch Service

AWS Big Data

Intuitively, for some extremely short user inputs, the vectors generated by dense vector models might have significant semantic uncertainty, where overlaying with a sparse vector model could be beneficial. Experimental data selection For retrieval evaluation, we used to use the datasets from BeIR. We care more about the recall metric.

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How to Set AI Goals

O'Reilly on Data

Technical sophistication: Sophistication measures a team’s ability to use advanced tools and techniques (e.g., Technical competence: Competence measures a team’s ability to successfully deliver on initiatives and projects. Technical competence results in reduced risk and uncertainty.