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Robotics

On Mar 22, 2019
@IEEESpectrum shared
Both companies and researchers publish videos of robots doing various tasks but they often fail to point out the limitations of the technology or that those results were achieved in lab conditions. https://t.co/gDJUQFYvDi
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Robotic Dreams, Robotic Realities: Why Is It So Hard to Build Profitable Robot Companies?

Roboticists need to discuss openly and honestly not only our successes but also our failures

On Mar 18, 2019
@RobotShop shared
#IHMC Developing New Gymnast-Inspired #Humanoid Robot https://t.co/Nt9pj3VfVl @IEEESpectrum #Nadia https://t.co/QMXwPBLU3M
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IHMC Developing New Gymnast-Inspired Humanoid Robot

Hydraulic actuators will give Nadia a unique combination of flexibility and power

On Mar 17, 2019
@WIRED shared
Wondering who wins? Spoiler alert: It's not the human https://t.co/co2t6BPjCx
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Watch a Human Try to Fight Off That Door-Opening Robot Dog

A human with a hockey stick does everything in his power to stop a robot from opening a door.

On Mar 22, 2019
@IEEESpectrum shared
Both companies and researchers publish videos of robots doing various tasks but they often fail to point out the limitations of the technology or that those results were achieved in lab conditions. https://t.co/gDJUQFYvDi
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Robotic Dreams, Robotic Realities: Why Is It So Hard to Build Profitable Robot Companies?

Roboticists need to discuss openly and honestly not only our successes but also our failures

On Mar 18, 2019
@RobotShop shared
#IHMC Developing New Gymnast-Inspired #Humanoid Robot https://t.co/Nt9pj3VfVl @IEEESpectrum #Nadia https://t.co/QMXwPBLU3M
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IHMC Developing New Gymnast-Inspired Humanoid Robot

Hydraulic actuators will give Nadia a unique combination of flexibility and power

On Mar 17, 2019
@WIRED shared
Wondering who wins? Spoiler alert: It's not the human https://t.co/co2t6BPjCx
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Watch a Human Try to Fight Off That Door-Opening Robot Dog

A human with a hockey stick does everything in his power to stop a robot from opening a door.

Research

On Mar 18, 2019
@RichardSocher shared
At @Salesforce research we want to make machines better at answering our questions while being interpretable. Research scientist @VictoriaLinML tells @ZDNet why knowledge graphs with reinforcement learning holds great promise https://t.co/0tLfPDeRDM
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Salesforce Research: Knowledge graphs and machine learning to power Einstein

Explainable AI in real life could mean Einstein not just answering your questions, but also providing justification. Advancing the state of the art in natural language processing is done on ...

On Mar 15, 2019
@thinkmariya shared
RT @iamtrask: Note: all of the @OpenAI scholars have a research blog I don't think this is an accident - blogging: 1) forces you to teach AI concepts (forces you to learn) 2) raises awareness of your abilities 3) shows you're proactive Start one! #100DaysOfMLCode https://t.co/wUFmtDjQdO
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OpenAI Scholars Class of Spring ’19

Our class of eight Scholars (out of 550 applicants) brings together collective expertise in literature, philosophy, cell biology, statistics, economics, quantum physics, and business ...

On Mar 21, 2019
@hardmaru shared
Seven Myths in Machine Learning Research https://t.co/F7MkiBa5b6 https://t.co/iEBWFy8kZU
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Seven Myths in Machine Learning Research

Myth 1: TensorFlow is a Tensor manipulation library Myth 2: Image datasets are representative of real images found in the wild Myth 3: Machine Learning researchers do not use the test set ...

Ethics

On Mar 21, 2019
@johnchavens shared
RT @ImagineInternet: “While today people provide ‘consent’ for their data usage, most people don’t understand the depth and breadth of how their information is utilized by businesses and governments at large” – @johnchavens of @IEEEorg / @IEEESA. He then added ⬇️ ⬇️ https://t.co/KS5jFLt8du https://t.co/qEXyjyTyI6
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans

The most encouraging uses of AI will be in early warning of terror activities, incipient diseases and environmental threats and in improvements in decision-making.” Yvette Wohn, director of ...

On Mar 16, 2019
@IBMWatson shared
RT @IBMWatson: IBM's Everyday Ethics for #AI provides an actionable guide for designers and developers to get intentional about ethics: https://t.co/8e3LXu7pJb @adam_cutler @milenapribic #AIEthics https://t.co/nbI5oP0BHC
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Everyday Ethics for Artificial Intelligence

a Practical Guide for Designers and Developers

On Mar 15, 2019
@NoelSharkey shared
RT @MarisaTPP: This talk from 2003 by @NoelSharkey. As I have been reading a lot of pro - and contra #autonomous #weapons reviews, I found most interesting, that these opposed camps have the same goal: both want to save human lives; but choosing different strategies. https://t.co/VgD2TQHEIr
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Toy Soldiers to Killer Robots: Prof Noel Sharkey at TEDxSheffield 2013

Noel Sharkey is a multi-disciplinarian with a career spanning psychology, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, computer science, engineering and robot...

Applied Use Cases

On Mar 15, 2019
@NathanBenaich shared
RT @lombardodier: Where is #AI headed? We discussed applications and new developments with a panel of experts: @NathanBenaich @stevecrossan and Justin Lyon @Simudyne. Read more about the #investment landscape, innovations and ethics here. https://t.co/OIpdHia0bp
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What do new developments in artificial intelligence mean for industry, investing and our society?

<p>New developments in artificial intelligence could have important implications for industry, technology, investing and our future.</p>

On Mar 21, 2019
@johnchavens shared
RT @ImagineInternet: “While today people provide ‘consent’ for their data usage, most people don’t understand the depth and breadth of how their information is utilized by businesses and governments at large” – @johnchavens of @IEEEorg / @IEEESA. He then added ⬇️ ⬇️ https://t.co/KS5jFLt8du https://t.co/qEXyjyTyI6
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humans

The most encouraging uses of AI will be in early warning of terror activities, incipient diseases and environmental threats and in improvements in decision-making.” Yvette Wohn, director of ...

On Mar 19, 2019
@AI_TechNews shared
Toy around with deep learning in Nvidia’s AI Playground https://t.co/8Q6HekSAlL #nvidia #tech #ai https://t.co/nXB1lYkjVR
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Toy around with deep learning in Nvidia’s AI Playground

Nvidia launched an online space called AI Playground on Monday which allows people to mess around with some deep learning experiences. AI Playground is designed to be accessible in order to ...