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HOW TO GET FROM HIGH SCHOOL MATH TO CUTTING-EDGE ML/AI: A DETAILED 4-STAGE ROADMAP WITH LINKS TO THE BEST LEARNING RESOURCES THAT I'M AWARE OF

Even if you did well in high school math, the math in cutting-edge machine learning papers will still look like hieroglyphics. This article covers foundational math, classical machine learning, deep learning, and cutting-edge machine learning, aiming to help readers get from high school math to understanding cutting-edge machine learning. It contains links to free resources for learning each topic. While there is a wide debate about how much math is needed for machine learning, the necessary math is classified at the undergraduate level.

ROBLOX IS ALREADY THE BIGGEST GAME IN THE WORLD. WHY CAN'T IT MAKE A PROFIT (AND HOW CAN IT)?

More than 80 million people log into Roblox on average every day. Despite its linear growth, which is expected to continue, Roblox is very unprofitable. Its impressive rate of revenue growth has been outpaced by its costs. The company loses 49% of its revenue to app stores and content creators before it even gets into infrastructure and other costs. Roblox is increasingly focused on using generative AI and other features to attract more players, especially older players with money to spend and the discretion to spend it.

SAM ALTMAN'S WORLDCOIN IS BATTLING WITH GOVERNMENTS OVER YOUR EYES

Sam Altman's Worldcoin project has come under assault by authorities all over the world. More than a dozen jurisdictions have either suspended the project's operations or looked into its data processing. Worldcoin verifies people by using their irises, which it claims are better at distinguishing humans than fingerprints or faces. While the company says its technology is completely private, authorities are concerned that it could be used to build a global biometric database with little oversight.

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