It's been an amazing year for Python and Data Science. It's time to look back at the major headlines and take stock in what we've done as a community.
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I've teamed up with the Partially Derivative podcast and we're running down the top 10 data science stories of 2016 in this joint episode.
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Links from the show:
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<b>Top 10 Stories</b>
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<b>#1 White House comes out strong on ethics in data</b>: <a href='https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/05/04/big-risks-big-opportunities-intersection-big-data-and-civil-rights' target='_blank'>whitehouse.gov</a>
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<b>#2 Social bots distort the 2016 U.S. Presidential election online discussion</b>: <a href='http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7090/5653' target='_blank'>firstmonday.org</a>
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<b>#3 Data science fails at predicting the US election</b>: <a href='http://www.kdnuggets.com/2016/11/trump-shows-limits-prediction.html' target='_blank'>kdnuggets.com</a>
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<b>#4 Google teaches "AIs" to invent their own crypto and avoid eavesdropping</b>: <a href='http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/10/google-ai-neural-network-cryptography/' target='_blank'>arstechnica.com</a>
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<b>#5 The Rise of Deep Learning</b>: <a href='https://medium.com/deep-writing/harry-potter-written-by-artificial-intelligence-8a9431803da6#.lawdgrod5' target='_blank'>medium.com</a>
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<a href='http://qz.com/682814/i-want-to-talk-to-you-see-the-creepy-romantic-poetry-that-came-out-of-a-google-ai-system/' target='_blank'>qz.com</a>
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<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuygOYZ1Ngo' target='_blank'>youtube.com</a>
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<b>#6 The Digital Mammography DREAM Challenge</b>: <a href='https://www.synapse.org/#!Synapse:syn4224222' target='_blank'>synapse.org</a>
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<b>#7 Microsoft's Tay</b>: <a href='http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-chatbot-racist' target='_blank'>theverge.com</a>
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<b>#8 William Stein is leaving academia to start a company around Sage</b>: <a href='https://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/4nkt5u/william_stein_is_leaving_academia_to_start_a/' target='_blank'>reddit.com</a>
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<b>#9 DeepMind kicks butt at Go</b>: <a href='http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/15/11213518/alphago-deepmind-go-match-5-result' target='_blank'>theverge.com</a>
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<b>#10 Elon Musk thinks we’re probably living in the Singularity</b>: <a href='http://www.vox.com/2016/6/2/11837608/elon-musk-simulation-argument' target='_blank'>vox.com</a>
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<b>Partially Derivative podcast</b>: <a href='http://partiallyderivative.com/' target='_blank'>partiallyderivative.com</a>
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<b>Popily (Jonathon's Company)</b>: <a href='https://popily.com/' target='_blank'>popily.com</a>
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<b>[sponsor] Rollbar</b>: <a href='https://rollbar.com/talkpythontome' target='_blank'>rollbar.com</a>
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<b>[sponsor] Anaconda-con</b>: <a href='https://anacondacon17.io/?utm_source=talkpython&utm_medium=podcast' target='_blank'>anacondacon17.io</a>
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