Chapter 1
The robot apprentices
Chapter 2
Shaving off nanoseconds
Chapter 3
Blueprinting the silicon
Ch 1 · The robot apprentices
007skaty Machine learning algorithms automate tedious model selection and hyperparameter tuning, transforming how humans design artificial intelligence.
Quiz
In what year did Google launch its Cloud AutoML suite, bringing automated machine learning to the public cloud?
007skaty Neural architecture search automates the design of artificial intelligence networks.
007skaty Neural architecture search uses feedback to help AI automatically build superior network designs.
Quiz
What reinforcement learning technique does a controller AI use in Neural Architecture Search to improve its designs?
Quiz
Which researchers popularized Neural Architecture Search in their landmark 2016 paper?
Fun Fact
AI evolution: AutoML-Zero started with empty code and evolved its own machine learning algorithms from scratch without human help.
007skaty EfficientNet scales artificial intelligence models by balancing three key dimensions.
BETA
007skaty Balance the smart scale to discover how AI models design and build new AI.
Quiz
Compared to existing human-designed models of its time, how many times fewer parameters did EfficientNet require to achieve top results?
Quiz
How did the AI-designed EfficientNet model achieve high accuracy while remaining computationally lightweight in 2019?
Glossary
embroidery (noun)
The art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needlework. In September 2026, a robotic hand trained under master Fu Xianghong in Suzhou to perform this craft.
The art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other materials with needlework. In September 2026, a robotic hand trained under master Fu Xianghong in Suzhou to perform this craft.
007skaty Evolutionary Algorithms
Starting from blank code, simple math evolved into a learning machine.
Quiz
What biological concept do evolutionary algorithms mimic to develop new machine learning programs from scratch?