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Thoughts and insights

Writing about data, AI, and the craft of building models.

2026-07-19

We Are Building Minds That Think. We Are Losing Minds That Feel.

M7 min read

AI can now detect disease and recognize how you walk — but the more we outsource our thinking to it, the more we risk losing the cognitive struggle that builds real intelligence.

#ai#neuroscience#critical-thinking
2026-07-12

The Day I Realized a Machine Watches You Walk More Carefully Than You Ever Will

M7 min read

What building a gait recognition system taught me about how a machine actually 'sees' — frame by frame, stripped of color, patient in a way humans aren't.

#gait-recognition#computer-vision#ml
2026-07-04

My Model Scored 93%. My Gut Said Something Was Wrong. My Gut Was Right.

M5 min read

A strong QWK score was hiding a model that failed on the most dangerous disease stage. The story of finding that, and fixing it with ensembling and threshold optimization.

#diabetic-retinopathy#model-evaluation#ensembling
2026-06-28

From a 'Buzzword' to a 'Direction' — How AI Pulled Me Into the World of Data

M4 min read

How a word I kept hearing everywhere turned into an actual career direction — and what I'd tell someone starting from the same uncertain place I did.

#ai#data-science#career

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