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Published inMay 2023
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Aleksander Molak
Aleksander Molak
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Aleksander Molak

Aleksander Molak is a Machine Learning Researcher and Consultant who gained experience working with Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and Inc. 5000 companies across Europe, the USA, and Israel, designing and building large-scale machine learning systems. On a mission to democratize causality for businesses and machine learning practitioners, Aleksander is a prolific writer, creator, and international speaker. As a co-founder of Lespire, an innovative provider of AI and machine learning training for corporate teams, Aleksander is committed to empowering businesses to harness the full potential of cutting-edge technologies that allow them to stay ahead of the curve.
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Chains, forks, and colliders or…immoralities

On a sunny morning of June 1, 2020, Mr. Huang was driving his gleaming white Tesla on one of Taiwan’s main highways. The day was clear, and the trip was going smoothly. Mr. Huang engaged the autopilot and set the speed to 110 km/h. While approaching the road’s 268-kilometer mark, he was completely unaware that only 300 meters ahead, something unexpected was awaiting him. Nine minutes earlier, another driver, Mr. Yeh, had lost control of his vehicle. His white truck was now overturned, almost fully blocking two lanes of the highway right at the 268.3-kilometer mark.

Around 11 seconds later, to Mr. Huang’s dismay, his Tesla crashed into the overturned truck’s rooftop. Fortunately, the driver, Mr. Huang, survived the crash and came out of the accident without any serious injuries (Everington, 2020).

A chain of events

Many modern cars are equipped with some sort of collision warning or collision prevention...

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Aleksander Molak

Aleksander Molak is a Machine Learning Researcher and Consultant who gained experience working with Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and Inc. 5000 companies across Europe, the USA, and Israel, designing and building large-scale machine learning systems. On a mission to democratize causality for businesses and machine learning practitioners, Aleksander is a prolific writer, creator, and international speaker. As a co-founder of Lespire, an innovative provider of AI and machine learning training for corporate teams, Aleksander is committed to empowering businesses to harness the full potential of cutting-edge technologies that allow them to stay ahead of the curve.
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