Towards Data Science

Why Decade-Old Residual Connections Still Power All of AI (And Why That’s a Problem)

For nearly a decade, this part of neural networks barely changed. DeepSeek is trying to reinvent it.

Towards Data Science
5d ago

The AI That Learned to Understand Long After It Stopped Trying

The article titled "The AI That Learned to Understand Long After It Stopped Trying" discusses a small, strange discovery in machine learning known as grokking. It highlights how this phenomenon involves an AI developing understanding after ceasing to actively try. The piece was originally published on Towards Data Science.

By Utkarsh Mangal
arXiv AI
Jul 2

Muon as a Residual Connection

arXiv:2607. 01124v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Muon has recently emerged as one of the most effective optimizers for training large neural networks, yet its empirical success has been explained from several different perspectives.

By Hao Huang
Towards Data Science
4d ago

AI Made Data Scientists Faster. Now It’s Expanding the Job.

AI has accelerated data scientists’ productivity, but its influence extends beyond speed. The technology is reshaping who owns data, how judgment is exercised, and the overall career trajectory of data scientists. These changes signal a broader transformation in the field’s structure and responsibilities.

By Yu Dong