<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:46:41 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@aaanderson/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Dialectic Small Talk]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lifestyles and Stigmatization @princepuffin wrote a piece this week about stigma in our working lives. In it he argues that many people feel unnecessary shame about their employment situations because]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@aaanderson/dialectic-small-talk</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@aaanderson/dialectic-small-talk</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 22:32:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8neiDYCdQFzVRkpWFkFLJtsH1SDifjWv1Hj8TqhSuf9Q1QXKXqjKtzgXq4gy2SPQxXGtizXTtVnpy5GJWtFcTupgYWjg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology: Applying what we don't understand]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my deep learning research I have found a few instances of a sentiment that goes like this: Here is a picture that shows how this works at a high level. You can research this more if you are interested]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@aaanderson/technology-applying-what-we-don-t-understand</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/technology/@aaanderson/technology-applying-what-we-don-t-understand</guid><category><![CDATA[technology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:06:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gZsdqWHRHiPogDTrcHyVKfojFmWA3Ya3aSYvJPLjBgCXHFDpztRgw5k1uph5NLNDkbqG5GusgCWUxE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it ethical to use AI for steemit content creation?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been spending the past few weeks learning about machine learning and creating neural networks. I still have a long way to go, but I am already imagining potentially powerful AI systems I could create,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/is-it-ethical-to-use-ai-for-steemit-content-creation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/is-it-ethical-to-use-ai-for-steemit-content-creation</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 03:08:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made an Art with Deep Learning!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I signed up for the "Deep Learning Foundations" nano-degree program through udacity and am having a blast with my first project. We are using the fast style transfer library to convert original]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@aaanderson/i-made-an-art-with-deep-learning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@aaanderson/i-made-an-art-with-deep-learning</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 23:27:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTH1gp8ZmYMQKfB15NejkQAX4mkxg42AZiKxj5jBaCG9ofHw9DZCgALSHa8M2JZ9VH1gyQf9DKbaNqDGxNC94Mc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nexus]]></title><description><![CDATA[I finished listening to Nexus by Ramez Naam this week. I heard about the series from the "Wait But Why" articles mentioned in a previous post. From a literary perspective, the book is pretty standard sci-fi]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/artificial-intelligence/@aaanderson/nexus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/artificial-intelligence/@aaanderson/nexus</guid><category><![CDATA[artificial-intelligence]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 10:53:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5zBhg3vjJKvxRb6GgeG7TxNor2sSCZGZbd84yVyYTpEq7s1kHb2mFtUd8P2XUy4w9dHiYjDL3H4xEy8LH5Q?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is probability at the core of intellegence?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I swear udacity is not paying me plug their courses, I am just an occasional user. Right now I am working through the Intro to Artificial Intelligence course and starting to dive into Bayesian statistics.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@aaanderson/is-probability-at-the-core-of-intellegence</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ai/@aaanderson/is-probability-at-the-core-of-intellegence</guid><category><![CDATA[ai]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 May 2017 14:12:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How I will learn to stop worrying and love the robot overlord]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have become convinced that Artificial Intelligence is one of, if not the, most important endeavors of our time. I have been inching towards this conclusion for some time, but may have been recently tipped]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/artifical-intellegence/@aaanderson/how-i-will-learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-robot-overlord</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/artifical-intellegence/@aaanderson/how-i-will-learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-robot-overlord</guid><category><![CDATA[artifical-intellegence]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2017 02:05:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[#philosophy review pause]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just a quick note that #philosophy-review will be infrequent for the rest of the year. I am slammed for the holiday season, as i am sure many others are. I plan to get back to regular updates after the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/philosophy-review-pause</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/philosophy-review-pause</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2016 18:13:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review 12.8.2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! I've seen some passionate arguments in #philosophy this week. It's easy to get caught up in an argument, but personally I am]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-12-8-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-12-8-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 01:02:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn68Ht5nz6RmySKzAKqs8VSfChMuEzdWCKJxTE4ctrmdZ9AHLZDzKzhsV6MVxBsMX45yoGqqMdgEBL4qcahzWaej2QnsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A skeptic reads Hegel pt 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Still working my way through the introduction to The Philosophy of History. Today i am thinking about the concept of state as the collective seeking of interests related to life and property which in turn]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/a-skeptic-reads-hegel-pt-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/a-skeptic-reads-hegel-pt-2</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2016 18:35:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqB1dEaFyymZkFFALLTwTjVoZoqVXZwKR1kKbgSjNePE8QFRrzs3ttMQzMcmSNT7W2t4aJVUDWzSAn8sy7dEZQBvtvfG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review 12.6.2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! Meta-analysis seems to be the theme today, with a lot of thinking about thinking. Speaking of meta-analysis, some thoughts about]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-12-6-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-12-6-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2016 03:21:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn68Ht5nz6RmySKzAKqs8VSfChMuEzdWCKJxTE4ctrmdZ9AHLZDzKzhsV6MVxBsMX45yoGqqMdgEBL4qcahzWaej2QnsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Response to @baerdric: There Can Be No Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am going to follow up on an excellent article @baerdric posted last week. I will attempt to summarize his argument about the existence of (or lack thereof) “Good” There Can Be No Good Here’s the basics,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/response-to-baerdric-there-can-be-no-good</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/response-to-baerdric-there-can-be-no-good</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 03:09:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review 12.4.2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! It took me approximately two pots of coffee to get through this weekend’s #philosophy posts. I don’t know if the channel is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-12-4-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-12-4-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2016 21:41:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn68Ht5nz6RmySKzAKqs8VSfChMuEzdWCKJxTE4ctrmdZ9AHLZDzKzhsV6MVxBsMX45yoGqqMdgEBL4qcahzWaej2QnsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An overdue IntroduceMyself]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been posting on Steemit for 2 weeks now and haven’t introduced myself, so for what it’s worth here we go: I found Steemit while investigating using blockchain technology to pay artists and writers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introducemyself/@aaanderson/an-overdue-introducemyself</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introducemyself/@aaanderson/an-overdue-introducemyself</guid><category><![CDATA[introducemyself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 23:48:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review 12.01.2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! This week was all about “The Feels” and our identities. How do our emotions, self perceptions, and thoughtless ideologies shape]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-12-01-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-12-01-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 04:28:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn68Ht5nz6RmySKzAKqs8VSfChMuEzdWCKJxTE4ctrmdZ9AHLZDzKzhsV6MVxBsMX45yoGqqMdgEBL4qcahzWaej2QnsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Skeptic Reads Hegel Part 1: Introductions]]></title><description><![CDATA[A Skeptic Reads Hegel Part 1: Introductions Something masochistic, or perhaps narcissistic, in me has decided it’s time to start reading Hegel. After seeing his name pop-up repeatedly in pop-philosophy,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/a-skeptic-reads-hegel-part-1-introductions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/a-skeptic-reads-hegel-part-1-introductions</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2016 03:23:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4vvCdfUkb2VQhySyiSHwEK2LdKBVUMRuTE3cHWSyEC9rKfW8H4kQUaKS4Ekf6SmMpi7KNBP197CEu4M5MojgD3bZgHDLAyXVtuYNXVHBK1svTfHqYiiMuNYDJg5VokJaATN7s7NUBQgMLe3gi8j4QUA57q1jDZCCSdMWGZeMdWW6jwQRbL7fsiqU5qh4mELYE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review Nov 29, 2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review is a survey of posts in #philosophy. Learn more here! There were many great works in Metaphysics, Ethics, and Political philosophy this week! A common theme among all of this week's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-nov-29-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-nov-29-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2016 04:05:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn68Ht5nz6RmySKzAKqs8VSfChMuEzdWCKJxTE4ctrmdZ9AHLZDzKzhsV6MVxBsMX45yoGqqMdgEBL4qcahzWaej2QnsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The #philosophy Review Editorial Plan]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have drafted a mission/vision for The #philosophy Review. Feedback greatly appreciated! What would you like to see in the #philosophy review? The #philosophy Review Editorial Plan Version: 0.1 Mission]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-editorial-plan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-editorial-plan</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:11:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqB1dEaFyymZkFFALLTwTjVoZoqVXZwKR1kKbgSjNePE8QFRZmaSzNmTHT1u76LprVSXk1J6AX8jbzbxHXuHMr73gXcA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The #Philosophy Review Nov 27, 2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[Whew! A lot of activity on #philopsophy today. As I work out the curation strategy, I will definitely be taking @camilla ‘s advice and considering 2-3 times a week instead of daily, lest I miss out on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-nov-27-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-nov-27-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 04:49:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The #Philosophy Review Nov, 26 2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to the first edition of the #Philosophy Review! I am still building a mission/vision for this project, but wanted to jump into recommending some great philosophical thinking on Steemit. The #Philosophy]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-nov-26-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@aaanderson/the-philosophy-review-nov-26-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aaanderson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2016 02:56:06 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>