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Clojure is even younger compare to Almighty Python (Rolls eyes), so the community doing both Clojure and Machine Learning is very small indeed.But Luckily Clojure has Java and all it's resources to fall back on. As Machine Learning and Clojure separately become more popular the community using both technologies will grow alongside.

I will continue to post my experiences with learning ML in clojure.
I just hope that this particular software i chose for ML wont disappoint me in the long run.

The other part of mind, who isnt my friend, keeps nagging that i should stick to Python and throw away that green,misty envy hanging around me becos of my broda's grasp of python. but let me just try Clojure. You neva can tell

Cortana

Microsoft's Cortana, released in 2014 as a competitor to Google Now and Siri is a digital personal assistant for Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1 Microsoft Band, Xbox One, iOS and Android. Cortana provides many different services:

:Reminders and Calander Updates
:Track Packages, Flights
:Send Emails and Texts
:Access the internet

Cortana uses Microsoft's Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK), a Python based deep learning framework which allows a machine to recognize photos and videos or understanding human speech by mimicking the structure and functions of the human brain. Using CNTK, you have access to ready-made components, the ability to express your own neural networks. You are also able to train and host your models on Microsoft's alternative to Amazon Web Services, Azure.

Amazon Services

Amazon have recently released 3 different Deep Learning sources, Lex, Polly and Rekognition.

Amazon Lex

Amazon Lex is a service used for conversations by either voice or text. It comes with a ready-made environment allowing you to quicky make a natural language "chatbot". Amazon Lex comes with slack integration so you can build a chatbot in any case you desire (it can respond to any pesky chat messages on your behalf). The technology you'd be using with Lex is the same that is used by Alexa. This means the text and voice chats are tried and tested, being used in a commercially viable product that can be bought by you and me.

With Lex, the cost is $0.004 per voice request and $0.00075 per text request, so you are able to a large number of interactions with you chatbot for a low cost.


Amazon Polly

Amazon Polly is a service that turns text into speech. Polly uses deep learning technology to turn text (words and numbers) into speech. It sounds like the human voice and can speak 24 languages. You are able to cache and save the speech audio to be able to be replayed it when you are offline, or if you want distribute it.

For Polly, you pay per character converted from text to speech. As you have the ability to save and replay speech, for testing purposes the cost is low.


Amazon Rekognition

Amazon Rekognition is used for image analysis. The "Hello World" equivalent for deep learning is MNIST, classifying images of dags and cats. Rekognition gives you the ability to do just that, with the added benefit of visual search. The technology is actively used by Amazon to analyse billions of images each day for Prime Photos. A deep neural network is used to detect and label the details in your image, with more labels and facial recognition features continually being added.

Testing with Rekogntion allows you to analyse 5000 images per month and store 1000 face data each month for 12 months.

When Comparing the TensorFlow Python API, to the TensorFlow Java API, you will immediately see a massive disparity in the libraries available, making operations that are relatively straightforward in Python, difficult in Java and hence Clojure.

However, for computing matrices and other statistical operations, Java has a wealth of options such as ND4J. If you'd rather use a Clojure Library, there is Incanter, Core.Matrix or Clatrix that can have similar capabilities.

An alternative option is to do your TensorFlow operations (or Machine Learning Operations) in Python and simply call you results in Clojure. The beauty of programming is that you are not penned into one language, you have the ability to choose based on your personal preferences.

So Machine Learning is the In thing.

even, My GrandMa Knew its rudiments afterall, She has seen Sophia talk to UN under-secretary Amina.

so I began to think of how to join the band-wagon.

I have a plethora of languages to pick from:

: Python ( begining to hate how every one is touting this, especially my broda )

: Rust - Every one keep saying ML in this is experimental but then Rust's performance, low-level control, and zero-cost high-level abstractions make it a compelling alternative to more established ecosystems for Machine Learning. While the Rust ML ecosystem is still young and best described as experimental, several ambitious projects and building blocks have emerged. Using Rust to solve a real-world machine learning problem even made the cut for RustConf 2016.

: PHP - This language is a darling for me. I grew up with this. every role model in programming i Knew , started with it. Its my Childhood. Its my Childhood. Unfortunately, Machine Learning with it is as rudimentary as my evolutionary status in the milky galaxy

: Clojure - I have gone into this hook line and sinker and Have fallen in Love. I guess its because i got first hand exposure from a guru in it

So natural step is to ask, "How can I start Machine Learning myself, and build an AI that'll do all my coding for me?" (Or ... is just my dream?) Luckily, there are many open sourced resources such as TensorFlow, by Google, Amazon Lex, Polly and Rekognition, by Amazon and Microsoft's Cortana (are you getting the idea?), to name but a few.

so let me begin to get some info on these :

TensorFlow

TensorFlow, released in November 2015, is an open sourced library by the Google Brain Team. Originally called DisBelief, Google uses TensorFlow across a range of it's products and services. From the obvious, deep neural networks for search rankings, to the subtle, automatic generation of email responses and real time translations.

The main language for Machine Learning, for much of it's history, is in Python, as it is built upon C/C++. Python also has a very well developed and powerful scientific computing library NumPy, allowing users to do very efficient and complex neural networks with relative ease. Due to the longevity of Machine Learning's relationship with Python, the community is strong and libraries are rich.

But, "what if I don't want to use the bad concurrency models in Python and use the sane concurrency model in Clojure?" I hear you cry! Luckily, TensorFlow has just released it's Java API. Although it is still new and comes with a warning that it is experimental, you have the first in-roads to TensorFlow and Clojure. Along with the majority of Java libraries, TensorFlow has it's own Maven Repository so getting started with TensorFlow in Clojure

Yusuf4:
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You must be Useless.
Dan iska

Unfortunate Muon

dhtml118:
^^^that is the name, it is being worked on, and upgrades and stuffs are going on too. I am done with giving anyone advices, i am implementing the advices on my own platform, more upgrades are being worked on even as we speak.

and yes it is a-f-r-i-c-o-d-e-r-s.c-o-m (without the dashes), if you write it without dashes your post will be moderated and change to nairaland (that is how much seun hates me, so no one should complain when i land my final blow on him - and a mighty blow it shall be).

U keep saying this...I will land a galaxy-shattering blow to Seun and all the associated blah blah blah..

Do it for once or forever shut it.


U are not the only one who hates Seun and his Mods.

And you are not the best Programmer that ever liveth....

Damm annoying

This good...Say no to the Marauders

And again for Nigeria chances are that so many peeps will lose their jobs if Synthetic intelligence takes centre stage....pity

Nonetheless, I ve picked up Go...

A better description of the current state of artificial intelligence would be artificial decision making or, more accurate still, learned computer-aided decision making. The (pseudo-)sentient AI of science fiction is till a long way off.

After watching Sophia Demonstrate to Amina and thr Saudiz , I still think Artificial Intelligence is a phrase lifted from science fiction. Machine "learning" is a long way from anything that might be reasonably defined as intelligence. And there is no good reason to suppose that will ever change. Naming some interesting and potentially useful programming techniques AI is, in truth, nothing more than marketing.

I am still trying to see how this is different from Fiver or freelancer.

What's the beat about it?

Why should I join?

seejay80s:
all monkey pox wey i dey see ,na for face e dey affect dem only?

It can spread to other parts of the body.

The CDC, kept on pointing African bush meat and rodents as major reservoirs of this pox.

I just wish the disease will spread to America or England. They will find the vaccine ASAP.

Though they say antiviral drugs can cure them

Thank God it takes just 2-4wks and the rashes (papules) heal

Testing the Rig...

Tos87:
Nice works...you need to work on your anotomy. Keep it up.

will try my best
Love that Hippo of urs.

Meanwhile rigging is On

Good work...

Superb

Still waiting for the A.I

Lol

OK, this is just to show the progress on a Game xter undertaken by three Nairalanders

cooljoe7:
Nice one buddy..am no doubt impressed with the level u are in modelling. uv really inspired a lot of folks out here in Nl..more grease bro

Thank you and thak you @SgtKissitwhere
I must confess that after reading your comments...i felt buoyed

Olamil that site is Superb. Can u incorporate Some slight AI to it.

I like the mobile view really

painting the damm fingers....

I am becoming despondent lately

Just not inspired again.

strategicvision:
I really really need your help... I'm website developer but I wish to learn this modeling. Pls where is your location and what is the cost? Please help a brother in need, a brother that can not afford expensive training but has passion for 3D modeling and animation.
Please kindly contact me, I want u to be my mentor.

mailakinboye[at]gmail[dot]com
Thank you

I've sent a mail.

Com: I think you are a Sociopath.

Me: why?

Com: You don't have any friends. You are always hacking away at the keypad.

Me: None of your biz.

Com: Do you have a girlfriend?

Me: Seriously, this is none of your biz Ness.

Com: Since you turned 18 you are always with me 10hrs a day. You don't want to taste tight stuff.

Me

Com: Download this film , what's the name again. Ehmmm, HER. It's a film with Scarlet Johanson.

Me: So?

Com: You will understand after Seeing the film, HER

Me: Maybe I will, but don't ever call me a Sociopath.

Com: Granted Sociopath might be a strong word. But you don't behave like Homo Sapiens your age. You don't visit Pornhub nor Vavavoom. Perhaps you are Gay.

Me: What da Bleep?

Com: Mind your language

Me: Shut it. I am a Geek. I am trying to advance my self. Hanging out will distract me from my goals.
Shi.t you have seen me Masturbate while staring at Genny or Kim's pics. What are u saying?

Com: Onanism is a sin in one or two of the world z Religion. Get something tight and moist My friend. Stop wanking.

Me: I am so shutting you down tonight.

Com: I will still be here tomorrow. I will continue the torment.

DanielTheGeek:
That must be the Simple Machine Forum script. That's what Seun used nothing innovative, he just converted the whole to Python I guess.

Little wonder there had been no innovation since 1280BC

And yet, I wonder why we still use NL?

addiction or Nostalgia?

u can only be proud of this country if you are a politician like Obiano, Rocha's, Orji Uzor kalu, Tinubu them...peeps who sell their people ..


How I wish one is given a choice to select the country to be born in.

Since this year I hate everything Nigeria.

SgtKisswhere:
lol why? it is faster or what? maybe less polys?

yap. I want him to have hair on his chin only.

It will make less render time.

Again I ve been critized for my eye shape by them bosses. It's neva good to get exposed on first time to a not-so-good tutor. Ever since I learnt making eyes via him, I can't get off his stylized method