A few months ago, I mentioned that I was starting a new project. In this post, I’ll explain what we’ve been working on and what we’re trying to achieve with it.
The project was to build something new: a self-serve web-based tool to enable training the IBM Watson Retrieve and Rank service.
Earlier today, we released a first version of the tool. Now it’s finally out there, I can share what I’ve been working on!
My video walkthrough of the IBM Watson Retrieve and Rank tool
A simple hands-on activity to let kids train a machine learning classifier to be able to play Rock, Paper, Scissors.
I’ve written and spoken before that I think we should do more to introduce children to the idea of machine learning. And I’ve tried introducing my two kids to it, such as by making a Code Club-style game with them: we built a system to play Guess Who, that they trained both to understand what you say and to recognise the characteristics of faces from photos.
This weekend, we tried out another idea – Rock, Paper, Scissors from a web app, using the web cam to see your moves, and training a system to recognise your hand signs.
