Well, we are back. It’s been quite a struggle and we are still not completely recovered, so this month’s columns are a bit shorter than usual. Nonetheless, we trust that nobody will object as we ease our way back into the saddle. Suffice to say, the last several months have been rough and, in the spirit of wishing everyone well, we extend a hearty, Happy Halloween.
Now onto the columns.
Hardly a day goes by without some article, commercial, or advertisement pushing the glories of AI or arguing to us how upping our skills in ML will put us on the fast track for a fat salary. What isn’t discussed is that AI/ML is only one facet of the real vision. What exactly is the real vision and what pieces are missing? Well, read this month’s Aristotle To Digital to find out.
In the last two columns, Common Cents looked at the downsides that accompany the presence of a monopoly in an economy. Nonetheless, there are good reasons to consider having monopolies in limited circumstances. This month’s column considers these specialized cases and considers the associated pros and cons.
With the survey of fluids now complete, Under The Hood starts looking at explicit cases that help sharpen the applications of the theory and develop the intuition. This month’s theoretical laboratory focuses on Bernoulli’s Principle..