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The future of deep learning, according to its pioneers
Deep neural networks will move past their shortcomings without help from symbolic artificial intelligence, three pioneers of deep learning argue in a paper published in the July issue of the Communications of the ACM journal.
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Beginners Guide to Artificial Intelligence! Deep Dive into AI
A distinction is made between supervised learning and unsupervised learning. In unsupervised learning the application creates its own model with its own classifiers. Natural Language Processing, NLP for short: Attempts to process natural language on a computer. 14 Applications Of Artificial...
AI Brain-Computer Interface Turns Mental Handwriting to Text
A new brain-computer interfaces using artificial intelligence (AI) to decodes brain activity from mental handwriting movements into text. The new mental-handwriting-to-text BCI exceeds typing speeds of existing solutions.
Applied use cases
Experts debate whether GitHub’s latest AI tool violates copyright law
GitHub’s impressive new code-assisting AI tool called Copilot is receiving both praise and criticism. Critics claim the system is using copyrighted code that GitHub then plans to charge for: Julia Reda, a researcher and former MEP, published a blog post arguing that “GitHub Copilot is not infringing...
When Curation Becomes Creation
Algorithms, Microcontent, and the Vanishing Distinction between Platforms and Creators Authors: Liu Leqi, Dylan Hadfield-Menell, and Zachary C. Lipton To appear in Communications of the ACM (CACM) and available on arXiv.org. This distinction is ill-adapted to the modern social media landscape, where...
Unveiling Cambridge-1: The UK’s Most Powerful AI Supercomputer
On Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at 6AM PDT (2PM BST) watch leading research institutions reveal their groundbreaking research to be conducted on Cambridge-1 that will propel healthcare forward. NVIDIA’s investment in computing, combined with the power of deep learning, will enable solutions to some of...
Ethics
Study finds that few major AI research papers consider negative impacts
In an effort to document the factors influencing AI research, researchers at Stanford, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Washington, and University College Dublin & Lero surveyed 100 highly cited studies submitted to two prominent AI conferences, NeurIPS and ICML.
The importance of having accountability in AI ethics
AI ethics expert Joanna J Bryson spoke to Siliconrepublic.com about the challenges of regulating AI and why more work needs to be done. There have been several examples in recent years highlighting ethical problems with AI, including an MIT image library to train AI that contained racist and...
AI legislation must address bias in algorithmic decision-making systems
The Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency bill, introduced by Sen. Edward Markey and Rep. Doris Matsui in May, clamps down on harmful algorithms, encourages transparency of websites’ content amplification and moderation practices, and proposes a cross-government investigation into discriminatory algorithmic processes throughout the economy.
Robotics
Grubhub and Yandex bring autonomous deliveries to US college campuses
Grubhub is teaming up with Russian tech giant Yandex to deliver food to students and others on US college campuses with the help of autonomous robots. Yandex says its robots can access areas and navigate obstacles that cars cannot.
With $8.4M raised, strawberry-picking robotics startup Traptic begins commercial deployment
For starters, it began commercial deployment of its strawberry-picking mobile robot early this month. Traptic tells TechCrunch that Blazer-Wilkinson, a top-five U.S. strawberry producer, began to deploy the technology in June, the system working in tandem with human pickers.
Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot challenges BTS to a boy band dance-off in latest video
Hyundai has officially completed its acquisition of Boston Dynamics, the creator of the internet’s favorite dancing Spot and Atlas robots (which only occasionally look like dystopian nightmare machines). And to celebrate, the company is collaborating with K-pop sensation BTS on a new video that shows seven Spot robots grooving to the band’s 2020 song “IONIQ: I’m On It.”
Research
Deep Learning: Logistic Regression
Logistic Regression actually works on the principles of Logistic Regression in Statistics. Logistic Regression is actually widely used in Machine Learning, it's used to find out simple yes/no, true/false, i.e Binary classification of data.
Meta Learning: How To Learn Deep Learning And Thrive In The Digital World
— Sebastian Raschka(@rasbt), Asst Prof of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, author of "Python Machine Learning", Machine Learning & Deep Learning researcher "Inspiring, insightful & reassuring for anyone looking to make a career in Machine Learning 🎉 Thanks @radekosmulski for...
⚔️ The NetHack Learning Environment
The NetHack Learning Environment (NLE) is a Reinforcement Learning environment presented at NeurIPS 2020. We encourage participants to use reinforcement learning (RL) agent architectures, training methods and other machine learning ideas.
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