Machine Learning at Veriff: What is possible in a year

Taivo Pungas

Nov 7, 2019 • 1 min read

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Diffuse mode: thinking by relaxing

I recently started drinking coffee again. Caffeine has always had the effect of narrowing my focus and reducing mind-wandering. The downside is, caffeine makes me less likely to get into diffuse mode, the other main mode of thinking. Focused mode means taking a direct, head-on approach to work: writing an

Taivo Pungas Aug 12, 2021 • 1 min read

Tesla's data engine: the road to full self-driving

I've driven a Tesla only once but looking at Karpathy's recent presentation at the CVPR conference, soon no human will. I think Tesla's unique data engine is what will get them there. In their self-driving stack, Tesla has always been betting on cameras and radar. This contrasts with Waymo's bet

Taivo Pungas Jul 14, 2021 • 2 min read

Becoming a definite optimist

Peter Thiel has a 2x2 matrix: indefinite vs. definite, and optimist vs. pessimist. I want to be a definite optimist: imagine a better future and work to build it. Recently, I've been more of an indefinite optimist. Hoping that startup inspiration hits, without a concrete plan to make that happen.

Taivo Pungas Jul 12, 2021 • 1 min read

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