Genetic Algorithms in Elixir • Sean Moriarity & Bruce Tate • GOTO 2023
This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club. #GOTOcon #GOTObookclub
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Sean Moriarity - Author of “Genetic Algorithms in Elixir“ & “Machine Learning in Elixir“ @sean_moriarity
Bruce Tate - President at Groxio & Author of many Books
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DESCRIPTION
From finance to artificial intelligence, genetic algorithms are a powerful tool with a wide array of applications. But you don’t need an exotic new language or framework to get started; you can learn about genetic algorithms in a language you’re already familiar with. Join us for an in-depth look at the algorithms, techniques, and methods that go into writing a genetic algorithm. From introductory problems to real-world applications, you’ll learn the underlying principles of problem solving using genetic algorithms.
* Book description: © The Pragmatic Bookshelf:
The interview is based on the book “Genetic Algorithms in Elixir“:
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
00:44 Is Elixir a good language for ML?
04:07 Numerical Elixir (Nx)
10:32 The potential of Elixir & ML together
22:56 Use cases for the Bumblebee library
25:31 Why is Elixir a good fit for ML?
30:53 Behind-the-scenes stories
37:23 Pitching Elixir for ML
38:48 What’s next?
40:19 Outro
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Bruce Tate, Ian Dees, Frederic Daoud & Jack Moffitt • Seven More Languages in Seven Weeks •
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Svilen Gospodinov • Concurrent Data Processing in Elixir •
Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio & Aaron Courville • Deep Learning •
Francois Chollet • Deep Learning with Python •
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