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Handbook of Data Science and AI: Generate Value from Data with Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Handbook of Data Science and AI: Generate Value from Data with Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Data Science and AI: what they are, how they're applied in diverse industries, and how to learn them.

2022

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Using one LLM to Judge Another? Here’s Five Reasons You Shouldn’t

Concrete ‘gotchas’ for people building things with Gen AI.

Apr 27

A collection of sticky notes with ‘watch out!’, ‘gotcha’, and other such messages, which will be discussed in this article.

Apr 27

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From Benchmarks to the Big Time: Evaluating LLM Systems with Production Data at Scale

Presenting a DIY framework for fixing the gaps in your testing strategy when building LLM-powered products

Feb 11

From Benchmarks to the Big Time: Evaluating LLM Systems with Production Data at Scale

Feb 11

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No Baseline? No Benchmarks? No Biggie! An Experimental Approach to Agile Chatbot Development

Lessons learned bringing LLM-based products to production

Aug 26, 2024

A slide from my talk, summarizing the current state and goal, as described in this article.

Aug 26, 2024

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How Big Tech Is Exploiting Content Creators, And (Trying To) Get Away With It

Diving into current courtroom dramas around AI, copyright, and the true meaning of “fair use.”

Jul 5, 2024

Union of Musicians and Allied Workers protesting at Spotify’s corporate headquarters in San Francisco.

Jul 5, 2024

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From Probabilistic to Predictive: Methods for Mastering Customer Lifetime Value

The final chapter in a comprehensive, practical guide to real-world applications of CLV analysis & prediction

May 3, 2024

A graph with Customer’s recency on the y axis (values from 35 to 0 as you travel up the axis), and Customer’s Frequency on the x axis (values from 0 to 25). The entire graph is filled with a colour gradient reflecting the probability that a customer is alive. Close to both axes, the colours indicate high P-Alive. But most of the graph, spreading from the upper right corner, indicates low P-Alive.

May 3, 2024

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Yes, you still need old-school NLP skills in “the age of ChatGPT”

Large Language Models are amazing, but for many production problems, simpler techniques are faster, cheaper, and just as…

Feb 12, 2024

An old fashioned typewriter with a piece of paper that simply reads “Update”.

Feb 12, 2024

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Methods for Modelling Customer Lifetime Value: The Good Stuff and the Gotchas

Part three of a comprehensive, practical guide to CLV techniques and real-world use-cases

Nov 17, 2023

A hand-drawn chart showing the size of different customer segments as a proportion of the overall customer base.

Nov 17, 2023

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Congrats on your Customer Lifetime Value prediction model — now what are you going to do with it?

An obsessively detailed guide to Customer Lifetime Value techniques and real-world applications

Aug 7, 2023

Congrats on your Customer Lifetime Value prediction model — now what are you going to do with it?

Aug 7, 2023

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From analytics to actual application: the case of Customer Lifetime Value

Part one of a comprehensive, practical guide to CLV techniques and real-world use-cases

Jul 2, 2023

A mock sketch up of a series of three graphs showing distributions of low (red), medium (yellow) and high (green) CLV customers for different age segments. In this made up example, the distribution of the higher age segment includes more high CLV customers.

Jul 2, 2023

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Guided Transfer Learning: How to use ‘the power of scouts’ to boost machine learning performance

An exclusive sneak-peek at a revolutionary new method for training neural networks

Mar 27, 2023

Guided Transfer Learning: How to use ‘the power of scouts’ to boost machine learning performance

Mar 27, 2023

Katherine Munro

Katherine Munro

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Data Scientist, speaker, author, teacher. Follow me on Medium or Twitter (@KatherineAMunro) for resources on data science, AI, tech, ethics, and more.

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