Top news of the week: 19.02.2019.
#AI #AutoML #ML #GoROS #robotics #HomeRobot #Laundry #Mira #deeplearning
Research
Tenure track Assistant professor Geometric Machine Learning
The Amsterdam Machine Learning Lab (AMLAB) at the Institute for Informatics (IvI) of the Faculty of Sciences (FNWI) has a tenure track position at the …
RT @KelseyTuoc: OpenAI scaled up some work they'd been doing with unsupervised learning for language AIs, and the results are incredible: https://t.co/xA6Fmk5d8A
OpenAn AI helped us write this article
An impressive new language AI writes product reviews and news articles. Its creators are worried about misuse.
@faroit @samim Yes, definitely on all counts. The SANE2017 talks highlight a ton of different methods https://t.co/yITlRW67ui too. Do you know how the method you linked compares to something like "Phasebook and Friends" https://t.co/tbBjiOO22z? I'm bookmarking and prioritizing future reading :D
OpenSANE 2017 - Speech and Audio in the Northeast
It was a follow-up to SANE 2012, held at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs (MERL), SANE 2013, held at Columbia University, SANE 2014, held at MIT CSAIL, SANE 2015, (already!) (Note: the ...
Ethics
Why the Singularity is certain to happen in my own lifetime, and how it matters (Futurist/Humanist Gerd Leonhard)
I recently came to an important realisation: I will most likely see the so-called Singularity happen in my own lifetime. I’m 56, and I believe that this inflection point at which computers, ...
RT @KelseyTuoc: Back in December I wrote a really long piece explaining why AI as an existential risk should be taken seriously. It's good! You should read it! But it's 5500 words. (https://t.co/f8ltH5rb16)
OpenThe case for taking AI seriously as a threat to humanity
Why some people fear AI, explained.
If we don’t manage our companion-robot expectations, we’re in for heartbreak. https://t.co/Ya5KT2f008
OpenCompanion Robots Are Here. Just Don't Fall in Love With Them
If we don’t learn how to manage relationships with robots that look and act more like humans, we're in for heartbreak.
Robotics
RT @OpenRoboticsOrg: How to speed #robotics development with the cloud https://t.co/yDHGJEZloH via @therobotreport @_RicardoTellez_ @rosorg #GoROS https://t.co/hQyRK2wvWN
OpenHow to speed robotics development with the cloud
A lack of standards has hindered the development of autonomous robots, but the Robot Operating System and a cloud robotics development platform can help.
Remotely Operated Home Robot Can Do Your #Laundry https://t.co/aS6jtVkHVy @IEEESpectrum #HomeRobot #Mira https://t.co/QS8852PX5H
OpenRemotely Operated Home Robot Can Do Your Laundry
In Japan, you'll be able to rent a home robot that someone else occasionally inhabits to fold your clothes
Sensors and Machine Learning Are Giving Robots a Sixth Sense
Robots with chemical sensors could be highly accurate in smell and taste, but building in a robot’s sense of itself and its body is far more difficult.
Applied Use Cases
How well does AutoML actually work? Rachel Thomas of https://t.co/muPbmHyOZi breaks down the promises but also the pitfalls of approaches like Google's neural architecture search https://t.co/huCJ0H2Hdk #AI #ML #AutoML #deeplearning
OpenAn Opinionated Introduction To AutoML And Neural Architecture Search
Rachel Thomas, Co-founder of fast.ai, offers an in-depth discussion of the promises and challenges of neural architecture search, with a focus on Google AutoML
Tenure track Assistant professor Geometric Machine Learning
The Amsterdam Machine Learning Lab (AMLAB) at the Institute for Informatics (IvI) of the Faculty of Sciences (FNWI) has a tenure track position at the …
Given the challenges of hiring machine learning & AI talent, many companies look to AutoML as a potential solution. Rachel Thomas of https://t.co/muPbmHyOZi examines whether the reality of Google's AutoML promises live up to hype https://t.co/dEf5BMiDqe #AI #ML #AutoML
OpenMaking neural nets uncool again
It’s a small world indeed… The dataset collection The following categories are currently included in the collection: Image classification, with a focus on fine-grained classification and ...