In the News
Artificial Intelligence’s white guy problem
"Sexism, racism and other forms of discrimination are being built into the machine-learning algorithms that underlie the technology behind many intelligent systems that shape how we are categorized and advertised to."
DeepMind to use 1 million NHS eye scans to spot diseases
The stated hope is that this will allow early treatment of common causes of sight loss, like diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration.
Also in the news this week...
- Google buys Computer Vision company Moodstocks for an undisclosed amount. More
- Former Apple engineers are getting into the smart-car field with Pearl Automation that develops a rear-view camera for cars. More
- BMW teams up with Intel and Mobileye to focus on self-driving vehicles. More
- Tesla reported what seems to be history's first death in a "self-driving" car. More
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Learning
Recommender systems in fashion: Interview with Eric Colson
Instead of recommending items for shoppers to choose from, this company goes a step further and simply ships items its algorithms and stylists choose to customers. The key to making this work, according to the interviewee, is to optimize the division of labor between human and machine.
Wide & Deep Learning
Google introduces here a very interesting notion: Wide-learning, which they hope will act as a useful addition to traditional Deep Learning approaches.
Software tools & code
Chasing Cats
This project was motivated by two things: a desire to learn more about neural net software and a desire to encourage the neighbors' cats to hang out somewhere other than my front yard.
Minecraft becomes an AI testing ground
Microsoft created a platform (project Malmö) that uses the world of Minecraft as a testing ground for AI research, available for novice to experienced programmers here.
Visualize Algorithms based on the Backpropagation
Article in which you will be testing different algorithms based on the backpropagation method, visualizing them and trying to figure out some important features.
Beyond full utilization: Winograd kernels
Blog post on the use of the Winograd algorithm to make convolutional networks 2-3x faster than before.
Brains & Neurons
Software faults raise questions about the validity of brain studies
Interpretation of functional MRI data is called into question and may have a strong impact on past research.
Some thoughts
Society in the Loop
In the future, AI is expected to be faced with hard decisions, where "human-in-the-loop" approaches would be desirable. Iyad Rahwa introduced a broader "society-in-the-loop" notion, that may proove useful.