Not So Standard Deviations – Details, episodes & analysis
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Not So Standard Deviations
Roger Peng and Hilary Parker
Frequency: 1 episode/18d. Total Eps: 100
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189 - LLMs and Data Science
lundi 5 août 2024 • Duration 01:07:08
Hilary and Roger discuss Hilary’s Use R! keynote presentation, LLMs and R, and whether R (or any programming language) has a future. Also, a brief preview of Roger’s JSM 2024 talk.
Show notes:
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Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com
Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
188 - Everyday Statistics Terms
lundi 24 juin 2024 • Duration 41:10
Hilary and Roger talk about the commonplace usage of statistics terminology, Apple’s recent AI announcements, and Microsoft’s Recall feature.
Show Notes:
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Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
179 - AI Grand Strategy
mercredi 6 septembre 2023 • Duration 01:14:30
Hilary and Roger are discussing Python in Excel, speed cubing data, and a grand strategy for AI weapons.
Show Notes:
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Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com
Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
178 - Hilary is Cranky About Everything
mardi 22 août 2023 • Duration 01:05:48
Hilary and Roger discuss data vs. oil, large language models, automated vehicles, and Hilary contributes to Roger’s research.
Show Notes:
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Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com
Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
177 - We’re Back!
samedi 12 août 2023 • Duration 01:07:58
Hilary and Roger return to see if anything has changed in the world since they took their break. Topics include the changing world of social media and the “data as oil” metaphor.
Show Notes:
Catching up with the weird world of LLMs
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176 - Is R the Worst?
mercredi 3 mai 2023 • Duration 01:02:31
Hilary and Roger make a special announcement and discuss large language models, prompt engineering, and the frustration of teaching R these days.
Show Notes:
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175 - Apocalypse Later
lundi 17 avril 2023 • Duration 58:39
Hilary and Roger discuss Posit ads and continue the discussion of ChatGPT and AI (including AI movies!)
Show Notes:
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174 - The Future Was Here
mardi 4 avril 2023 • Duration 01:21:26
Hilary and Roger debate the impacts and time horizon of ChatGPT and its competitors.
Show Notes:
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173 - Narrative Diagrams
mardi 14 mars 2023 • Duration 01:11:18
Hilary and Roger reflect on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, discuss what the goal of data version control is, and critique Roger’s idea for a way to learn from other people’s data analyses.
Show Notes:
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Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
172 - Efficient Counterfactuals
vendredi 17 février 2023 • Duration 01:04:15
Hilary and Roger winge about Twitter, correct the record about dbt, and consider more counterfactuals.
Show Notes:
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Contact us at nssdeviations @ gmail.com
Podcast art by Jessica Crowell
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