Top news of the week: 31.07.2020.

#latinainSTEM #DiversityandInclusion #blackinstem #diversityinSTEM #STEM #AI #deeplearning #machinelearning

Applied Use Cases

On Jul 30, 2020
@MIT_CSAIL shared
Applications are now open for @OpenAI's Fall 2020 Scholars program, where underrepresented groups in STEM get to study deep learning full-time for 6 months. Apply here by Sep. 8: https://t.co/jCcRLtoNJf #diversityinSTEM #DiversityandInclusion #STEM #latinainSTEM #blackinstem https://t.co/SgH03zVIB1
Open

OpenAI Scholars Program: Fall 2020

OpenAI Scholars Program: Fall 2020

We are now accepting applications for our fourth cohort of OpenAI Scholars. In this program, we will provide stipends and mentorship to 10 individuals from underrepresented groups in ...

On Jul 27, 2020
@AI_TechNews shared
RT @EnterpriseCIO_: 10 ways #AI is improving new product development https://t.co/b3pqPAhj0M https://t.co/y2UZC0nsZ7
Open

10 ways AI is improving new product development

10 ways AI is improving new product development

Startups’ ambitious AI-based new product development is driving AI-related investment with $16.5 billion raised in 2019, driven by 695 deals.

On Jul 30, 2020
@jackclarkSF shared
I think COVID and associated economic impacts are going to cause a rise in surveillance tech being developed and sold by authoritarian nations, such as China. You can read my piece here: https://t.co/2yMhDayM4e https://t.co/OD9vdgQvje
Open

The world in 2025:

The world in 2025:

First, increasing government interest in AI-augmented surveillance systems to help counter COVID-19 led to a rapid acceleration in capabilities and increasingly broad …

On Jul 25, 2020
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @hlntnr: "Data is the new oil, China is the new Saudi Arabia" has been a bugbear of mine for quite a while. So I'm very excited that this paper picking it apart is out: https://t.co/S7cEXLQcAp Congrats to @HsjChahal, @RyanFedasiuk and @carrickflynn! I'll link people to this often. https://t.co/U2Frddt4Ks
Open

Messier than Oil: Assessing Data Advantage in Military AI

Messier than Oil: Assessing Data Advantage in Military AI

Both China and the United States seek to develop military applications enabled by artificial intelligence. This issue brief reviews the obstacles to assessing data competitiveness and ...

On Jul 30, 2020
@vnfrombucharest shared
RT @mdr: Interested in developing algorithms for learning from interaction data to help make search, recommendation and conversational systems understand people? In making this type of learning explainable? In de-biasing interaction data? Fully funded Phd position: https://t.co/nk0LotNs0M
Open

PhD position on Explainable De-biasing in Learning from Interactions

PhD position on Explainable De-biasing in Learning from Interactions

Interested in a PhD position in designing and evaluating interactive systems that learn from interactions with their in a de-biased and explainable way?

On Jul 29, 2020
@IEET shared
RT @EvanSelinger: . @andersen's deep-dive (https://t.co/gDFVrzhIHI)into China's AI politics notes an important fact: public-private partnerships prime the U.S. for massive surveillance creep. See @FoxCahn & me on the domestic danger of facial recognition use at protests. https://t.co/hHLVt7mRAj
Open

China Is What Orwell Feared

China Is What Orwell Feared

Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.

On Jul 30, 2020
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @lavanyaai: In today's episode @l2k interviews @chipro about the gnarliest challenges in moving machine learning pipelines from research into production. Chip draws on lessons from her ML research at Snorkel, NVIDIA, Netflix & Primer. https://t.co/8N8THhOE9c #machinelearning #deeplearning
Open

ML Research and Production Pipelines with Chip Huyen

ML Research and Production Pipelines with Chip Huyen

Chip has worked on ML research at Snorkel, NVIDIA, Netflix and Primer. She joins us to shares the biggest challenges of moving machine learning pipelines from research to production.

On Jul 27, 2020
@math_rachel shared
RT @mattmayo13: Computational Linear Algebra for Coders: The Free Course - KDnuggets Thanks to @math_rachel and @fastdotai https://t.co/eq4Kn51rNB https://t.co/N6XBnOhJOy
Open

Computational Linear Algebra for Coders: The Free Course

Computational Linear Algebra for Coders: The Free Course

Interested in learning more about computational linear algebra? Check out this free course from fast.ai, structured with a top-down teaching method, and solidify your understanding of an ...