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A Day in the Life of an Experimentation and Causal Inference Scientist @ Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

We worked in different industries before joining Netflix, including tech, entertainment, retail, science policy, and research. Working on my PhD, I was using optimization techniques to design radiotherapy fractionation schemes to improve the results of clinical practices. Reza Badri (Content Valuation) [Reza B.]

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How Application of Artificial Intelligence is Transforming Business

Testsigma

They can be designed to execute all types of tasks from complex to simple ones. Also known as Weak AI, the machines are designed to perform a specific set of tasks. It would take off on its own, and re-design itself at an ever-increasing rate. The primary task machines can perform are learning, reasoning and perception.

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Capital Structures and Organizational Pathologies: Tech Investments in Debt-Fuelled Capital Intensive Companies

The Agile Manager

What does all of this have to do with software? The asset-heavy division isn't going to be very software intensive. With labor demand outpacing supply in tech, engineers and designers are expensive. This is where the "we have a software company within" myth starts to fall apart. The operating company is, though.