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Why Bayesian Stats Needs Monte-Carlo Methods

Bayesian statistics rely heavily on Monte-Carlo methods. A common question that arises is “isn’t there an easier, analytical solution?” This post explores a bit more why this is by breaking down the analysis of a Bayesian A/B test and showing how tricky the analytical path is and exploring more of t

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Nvidia Announces A100 80GB GPU for AI

SC20—NVIDIA today unveiled the NVIDIA® A100 80GB GPU — the latest innovation powering the NVIDIA HGX™ AI supercomputing platform — with twice the memory of its predecessor, providing researchers and engineers unprecedented speed and performance to unlock the next wave of AI and scientific breakthroughs.

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A new model and dataset for long-range memory

Throughout our lives, we build up memories that are retained over a diverse array of timescales, from minutes to months to years to decades. When reading a book, we can recall characters who were introduced many chapters ago, or in an earlier book in a series, and reason about their motivations and likely actions in…