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Understanding deep learning vs machine learning
It can seem difficult to grasp the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI), but if you’re keen to learn the fundamentals, you can break many AI technologies down to two concepts: machine learning and deep learning.
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ML and NLP Research Highlights of 2020
Instead, recent approaches jointly trained retrieval models and large language models, which led to strong results on knowledge-intensive NLP tasks such as open-domain question answering (Guu et al., 2020; Lewis et al., 2020) and language modelling (Khandelwal et al., 2020).
NASA Is Training an AI to Detect Fresh Craters on Mars
NASA Is Training an AI to Detect Fresh Craters on Mars An algorithm discovered dozens of Martian craters. It’s a promising remote method for exploring our solar system and understanding planetary history. “The data was there all the time, it’s just that we hadn’t seen it ourselves.”
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The 100 Most Influential People In AI
Those who know artificial intelligence (AI) only from science fiction were probably surprised by this Guardian op-ed written by the AI GPT-3. “Artificial intelligence will not destroy humans,” it says.
5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Our Lives
Data patterns recorded through the smartphone sensors can identify early symptoms of certain neurological disorders. Scientists in the English city of Birmingham are working on a revolutionary diagnostic method
Redefining mobile photography
Customized settings for every occasion AI in action: Scene detection Scene optimization combines the NPU’s machine learning capability with ISP’s optimization function. AI in action: Next evolution Next generation photography Computational image optimization typically applies a single set of...
Ethics
Worried about your firm’s AI ethics? These startups are here to help.
These can include legal risk, the possibility of breaking the law; organizational risk, the possibility of losing employees; or reputational risk, the possibility of suffering a PR disaster.
The AI Ethics Brief #39: Sociology of AI ethics, robot testimony, believability gap, and more ...
Each contribution, however big or small, helps ensure we can continue to produce quality research, content, and events. This week’s overview: What we are thinking: The Sociology of AI Ethics To achieve Responsible AI, close the "believability gap" Research summaries: Reliabilism and the Testimony of...
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Ethics and technology during a pandemic In the eighth edition of the "AI&I" vTalk, medical ethics expert Alena Buyx discussed – amongst other things – the success as well as the shortcomings of the COVID-19 tracing apps. » more In the fifth event of the dialogue series "AI&I" Vinton G. Cerf talks...
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Personogenesis Through Imitating Human Behavior in a Humanoid Robot “Alter3”
Rössler named the self-organization of a dynamic cognitive map under locomotion as the “Helmholtz–Poincare–Tolman” hypothesis based on Helmholtz's internal map system generated through locomotion (Von Helmholtz, 1867), Poincare's internal and external representation of the world (Poincarẽ, 1905),...
5 Reasons Cobots Will Never Be Completely Safe
Are collaborative robots inherently safe or not!? Yes, collaborative robots are a safe alternative to industrial robots. And there are good reasons to make some cobot applications "less safe"… Myth: all cobot applications are inherently safe.
Self-supervised learning of visual appearance solves fundamental problems of optical flow
Flying insects as inspiration to AI for small drones How do honeybees land on flowers or avoid obstacles? Learning visual appearance as the solution In an article published in Nature Machine Intelligence today [1], we propose a solution to both problems.
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How Facebook is using AI to improve photo descriptions for people who are blind or visually impaired
The latest iteration of AAT represents multiple technological advances that improve the photo experience for our users. Taken together, these advancements help users who are blind or visually impaired better understand what’s in photos posted by their family and friends — and in their own photos —...
Who needs a teacher? Artificial intelligence designs lesson plans for itself
That’s what researchers have done in several new studies, creating artificial intelligence (AI) that can figure out how best to teach itself. The “agent” improves its abilities through a process called reinforcement learning, a kind of trial and error.
New AI research to help predict COVID-19 resource needs from a series of X-rays
As part of our ongoing collaboration with NYU Langone Health’s Predictive Analytics Unit and Department of Radiology, we have developed three machine learning (ML) models that could help doctors predict how a patient’s condition may develop, in order to help hospitals ensure they have sufficient...