Artificially Intelligent Claire

12/16/2019

This time last week I was having all the fun in Canada with .

The cold in London means nothing to me now.

You can call me ice girl!



@ Vancouver, British Columbia

11/19/2019

Now I’m in my 30’s I feel confident in being a bit more controversial.
The mass of online courses available out there promising people that they can become expert ML engineers after 5 30minute modules online costing just £10 is damaging the field.
At best people are being miss-led. The media representation of the field has led to a huge gap in the perception of what ‘AI’ is versus the reality. Furthermore, it has led to an influx in people thinking that a job in ‘AI’ is a fast track to a successful career and financial freedom.
Finally, thanks to how some courses are being sold online, people are learning some of the skills and then believing that this will get them a high power job at a top startup or company.
I honestly believe that being self-taught can get you a great career within an AI company. However, people creating resources need to take responsibility, train people correctly and manage expectations.
When you decide to get into machine learning professionally you need to understand it is a long journey. You need to have a solid understanding of how to think logically through a problem and experimentation techniques, not just the basic coding.
You can definitely learn all of these things and be successful but these things take time to build up. You need many skills to be a machine learning engineer. Most of all you need patience.
Finally, working in research is very different to what is done in businesses. You need to decide what you really want to do.
Rant over. What do you think? Let me know in the comments.
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10/22/2019

Want to know a secret? (double tap for yes)⠀⠀
I don’t code every day - not even close!⠀⠀
As I teach myself to code I practise projects 2-3 times a week. I feel that this is enough for me to achieve my goals with machine learning and I don’t feel pressured to become the best programmer in the world.⠀⠀
I see a lot of people on hear who code everyday and love it. I admire them and am happy for them. I wish I was that committed but I can’t lie, I’m not.⠀⠀
I just thought you should know. Have a nice day.⠀
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10/21/2019

This week I am deferring from purely tech people to talk about another hero of mine.⠀⠀
This woman needs no introduction but I still I will give her one, meet the one and only, Marie Curie.⠀⠀
Marie Curie is the genius behind the discovery of radiation.⠀
Marie was born in Poland in 1867. She was the daughter of teachers and passionate about educating herself.⠀
Despite being an excellent student at school Marie was forbidden from attending the then 'men only' University of Warsaw. Instead, she furthered her education in Warsaw's "floating university," a set of underground, informal classes held in secret.⠀
She became a Chemist and went on to become the first person ever to win 2 Nobel Prizes. ⠀⠀
Read more about Marie in today’s post - link in bio.⠀
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10/20/2019

Are you where you wanted to be?⠀⠀
Recently I have been doing a lot of thinking about the decisions I have made over the last couple of years.⠀⠀
Though I do not regret changing career path, starting my blog and learning to code, I can’t help but feel less than when I look at my other friends who have leapfrogged me professionally and personally on their lives.⠀⠀
It’s not easy deciding to change career or try something different. It’s not easy trying to build out your own thing and it often feels lonely.⠀⠀
I may not have achieved everything I wanted to by this time in my life or business but I know I am on my way.⠀⠀
I am learning not to compare myself to others and feel genuine joy when I see their success.⠀⠀
Are you where you wanted to be? How do you feel about things?⠀
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10/19/2019

10/19/2019

The modern world is tough on our mental health.⠀⠀
I truly believe that.⠀⠀
I recently went to an exhibition where all the artists had created exhibits that reflect different aspects of anxiety. It was really interesting and weirdly comforting to know that so many of us feel the same way.⠀⠀
One of the most interesting parts was about the mental condition now formally recognised, climate anxiety. This form of anxiety relates to the pre-traumatic stress that many of use feel when we think about climate change. The effect is emphasised by the fact we feel powerless to stop it.⠀⠀
Have you felt this? What are your thoughts about the impacts of modern life on our mental health? Let’s discuss in the comments.⠀
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10/16/2019

Just a quick one today to let you know that you got this!⠀⠀
Trust the process, you’ll get there⠀⠀
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10/15/2019

Ok ML friends, I need your help!⠀⠀
It’s time to shoot your shot!⠀⠀
Artificially Intelligent Crew assemble!⠀⠀
I am a terrible artist. I need your help creating an app using machine learning that will help me turn my photos into pencil sketches.⠀⠀
How can I do this? Let me know in the comments and I’ll reveal what I would do on my stories soon!⠀
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10/14/2019

Happy Monday people! Are you ready to learn about another badass in tech?⠀⠀
Meet Whitney Wolfe Herd⠀⠀
Whitney Wolfe Herd is the founder of Bumble. She founded Bumble in 2014 after leaving Tinder (which she also co-founded).⠀
Whitney was flagged in the Forbes 30 under 30 list and has a net worth of $290M!⠀
If that's not inspiring I don't know what is!⠀
You can read more about her in today’s Monday motivation - link in bio⠀
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10/12/2019

You need a portfolio of machine learning projects, not just a course completion certificate.⠀⠀
This is a bit of a controversial topic as I don’t think a lot of people talk about this.⠀⠀
However, if you want to get a job in machine learning, you need to show employers your technical skills. ⠀⠀
A project portfolio on GitHub is an awesome way to do this!⠀⠀
Remember a couple of days ago when I spoke about finding your ML niche?⠀⠀
You can use the different skills you have identified as a framework to find suitable projects. Once you have found some projects that will help you show the skills you need, it’s time to start building your portfolio.⠀⠀
You can get my free build a portfolio guide as well as three blog posts to help you get started in your data science career on my blog - link in bio.⠀
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10/11/2019

I don’t have enough time - and other lies I tell myself.
I don’t know about you but I often use my lack of ‘time’ as an excuse not to do things.
What I really mean when I say I don’t have time is ‘I’m not going to prioritise this’.
As I try and build up my business and learn more about AI there are a lot of boring things I need to do that I tell myself I don’t have time for.
In reality I just don’t want to do them.
At the same time I know they are incredibly important for me to do if I want to be successful. That’s why I started to create systems and frameworks that would save me time.
I love creating frameworks and systems (yes, I’m that person….)
But they have proven incredibly helpful. By breaking everything down in to simple to follow steps and frameworks I am able to get through things much more quickly.
From marketing my blog through to data preprocessing in projects having step by step systems helps me get s**t done.
Now I’m excited to teach my frameworks to you - especially those if your who I will work directly with through my workshop.
What frameworks do you use to save time? Let me know in the comments