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On Mar 20, 2020
@MIT_CSAIL shared
This robotic mouth chants algorithmically generated prayers: https://t.co/2thGez8uDX https://t.co/6NSULGvXOl
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The Prayer

The Prayer

Diemut Strebe, author of concept and final design The production is a collaboration with Regina Barzilay, Tianxiao Shen, Enrico Santus, all MIT CSAIL, Amazon Polly, Bill and Will …

On Mar 23, 2020
@nytimes shared
Speech recognition systems from 5 of the biggest tech companies make far fewer errors with white users than with black users, a study found https://t.co/frCXNIpbRr
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There Is a Racial Divide in Speech-Recognition Systems, Researchers Say

There Is a Racial Divide in Speech-Recognition Systems, Researchers Say

Technology from Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM and Microsoft misidentified 35 percent of words from people who were black. White people fared much better.

On Mar 23, 2020
@VladoBotsvadze shared
RT @stephatkins: The Artificial Intelligence Industry and Global Challenges #ArtificialIntelligence via https://t.co/UjgP4Ojc0F https://t.co/TT3LByiKud
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The Artificial Intelligence Industry and Global Challenges

The Artificial Intelligence Industry and Global Challenges

Whoever controls the strongest artificial intelligences controls the world. Artificial intelligence is the most important technology of the 21st century. It is therefore important to ...

On Mar 24, 2020
@dmonett shared
@j2bryson The whole JAGI site is down (not only the special issue): https://t.co/UKPROhb6yH
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The Journal of the Artificial General Intelligence Society

The Journal of the Artificial General Intelligence Society

The journal Journal of Artificial General Intelligence deals with topics from the following subject areas: Computer Sciences, Artificial Intelligence.

On Mar 20, 2020
@AdnanBoz shared
In response to the rapidly evolving events surrounding COVID-19, Stanford Continuing Studies is moving some classes online to make sure we can continue to serve and maintain the health and safety of our students. Please be informed…https://t.co/P4COfmVL94 https://t.co/SskLCT1hzb
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WSP 359 — Product Management in the Artificial Intelligence Era

WSP 359 — Product Management in the Artificial Intelligence Era

How are product and service development changing in the artificial intelligence (AI) era? How is AI affecting the product management profession? And what do you need to learn in order to ...

On Mar 25, 2020
@bellorio shared
Coronavirus outbreak: China’s use of Artificial Intelligence for COVID-19 - The Financial Express https://t.co/0RMuEFdgPA
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Coronavirus outbreak: China’s use of Artificial Intelligence for COVID-19

Coronavirus outbreak: China’s use of Artificial Intelligence for COVID-19

BlueDot’s has a good track record and is known to have made predictions about the Zika (2016) and Ebola (2014) in the past.

On Mar 25, 2020
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @PartnershipAI: Despite a recognized need to mitigate algorithmic bias in pursuit of fairness, there exists a gap in the conversation between current #MachineLearning approaches and anti-discrimination law. @alicexiang explains in her blog: https://t.co/KcH7yjT67Q
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To Prevent Algorithmic Bias, Legal and Technical Definitions around Algorithmic Fairness Must Align

To Prevent Algorithmic Bias, Legal and Technical Definitions around Algorithmic Fairness Must Align

PAI research highlights a divergence between legal and machine learning terminology related to fairness and bias. These two communities must collaborate and align in order to effectively ...

On Mar 25, 2020
@NathanBenaich shared
If you need more third party validation for what I wrote here, here’s some from the @BrookingsInst yesterday: https://t.co/IWEqz0WB6Y https://t.co/1T58WgS29F
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The robots are ready as the COVID-19 recession spreads

The robots are ready as the COVID-19 recession spreads

Any coronavirus-related recession is likely to bring about a spike in labor-replacing automation.