Apr 19, 2021Get to know yourself better through the wheel of emotionsWhile browsing Wikipedia on human emotions, I came across what is called the Geneva Emotion Wheel. It presents 20 human emotions across the two axes, activated/calm and unpleasant/pleasant: You will see that different types of emotions are spread around the circle, according to their relative strength on the two dimensions…Emotions6 min readEmotions6 min read
Dec 20, 2020A carnivore goes vegan for one monthAll November long, I went on a vegan diet. Here’s the why, how it felt, and what happened. Why I enjoy eating a good steak, and I have never given the vegan diet much attention (the extended version of this is at the bottom). Still, while watching the Netflix documentary The…Vegan14 min readVegan14 min read
Published in Levity·Sep 25, 2020The value chain of machine learningMost people know that machine learning (ML) creates value but few know how it does. This article aims to give an overview of the value chain of machine learning. Where does the value creation start, where does it end? …Machine Learning8 min readMachine Learning8 min read
Published in Levity·Sep 25, 2020Is AI here to take your job?When it comes to AI, we’re all too familiar with sci-fi dystopian narratives hyping up the ultimate showdown of survival between humans and machines. The problem is not the rise of machines, but our limited perception. We mistakenly perceive AI as humanity’s evolutionary competitors rather than our technological companions. In…Artificial Intelligence7 min readArtificial Intelligence7 min read
Published in Levity·Sep 24, 2020Human-in-the-loop in machine learning: What is it and how does it work?Introduction Most machine learning models rely on data that has been prepared by humans. …Machine Learning4 min readMachine Learning4 min read
Published in Levity·Aug 18, 2020The next wave of automationWe are halfway through the evolution Not long ago, the space of task and process automation used to be the domain of engineers and process experts. But innovative companies have managed to significantly reduce the barriers to implementing automation technology and today there exist great tools for a variety of tasks, such as: Process mining for…Automation5 min readAutomation5 min read
Published in Levity·Aug 17, 2020Why we take a big bet on no-codeSo-called low-code and no-code tools are in demand these days — entire companies get built on this technology and people have been raving about its potential on social media. …No Code5 min readNo Code5 min read
Published in Levity·Aug 14, 2020Leveling the playing field of AIMeeting with three elephants One of our founding principles was that we wanted to enable non-technical users and smaller companies to benefit from AI automation. This is because there is a huge distortion in the market: There are companies that capitalize on AI and there are companies that don’t. There are a few reasons…Artificial Intelligence5 min readArtificial Intelligence5 min read
Published in Levity·Aug 5, 2020How to automate processes with unstructured dataMany people regard processes as impossible to automate because some of the workflows require too much human intervention. And in some cases, this is true. But in many cases, this human intervention can be traced back to the presence of unstructured data in the process. Unstructured data accounts for about…Machine Learning8 min readMachine Learning8 min read
Jul 21, 2020How to find users to validate an idea, quick & dirtyDespite lots of contrary hints in books and Indie Hackers, I thought that idea validation would get easier (and less important) as a startup takes shape. At least in the case of colabel, I must correct myself: It does not end and it does not get easier. …Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
