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Ethics

On Apr 17, 2019
@mer__edith shared
RT @melindagates: New research from @AINowInstitute proves out a fundamental point: When women aren't represented on the teams building artificial intelligence, the technology doesn’t represent the needs of millions of users. Let's fix this. https://t.co/8rh2i1Se4L
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'Disastrous' lack of diversity in AI industry perpetuates bias, study finds

Report says an overwhelmingly white and male field has reached ‘a moment of reckoning’ over discriminatory systems

On Apr 24, 2019
@PKathrani shared
Further to our discussions on #10AIEthicsPrinciples, please see this: AI ethics governance: 7 key factors to consider https://t.co/mp7TR8WNRi @JohnAFlood @PabloRedux @David_Gunkel @EmergTechEthics @sd_marlow @DorotheaBaur
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AI ethics governance: 7 key factors to consider

Tech companies that create AI systems might encounter ethical challenges. When you're forming an AI ethics committee, be sure to think about these seven critical points.

On Apr 22, 2019
@alan_winfield shared
RT @Patrick_Henz: An interview with @johnchavens of the IEEE about the role of engineers and technologists in shaping the future of autonomous and intelligent systems https://t.co/1Wq7x4rPgE
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John Havens On Ethics, Autonomous and Intelligent Systems and Why Protecting Users’ Data Is Good for Society and Innovation

John C. Havens, executive director, The IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems. This article represents [...]

Research

On Apr 22, 2019
@edersantana shared
RT @pabbeel: Thrilled to be teaching a new course on Deep Unsupervised Learning with @peterxichen (ImprovedGAN, InfoGAN, PixelCNN++, VLAE, PixelSNAIL, Flow++), @hojonathanho (Flow++, GAIL), @aravind7694 (Flow++). Follow along here: https://t.co/pzJQptPAdN Lecture vids go up once captioned https://t.co/CtftvW86FX
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CS294-158 Deep Unsupervised Learning Spring 2019

About: This course will cover two areas of deep learning in which labeled data is not required: Deep Generative Models and Self-supervised Learning. Instructors: Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, ...

On Apr 23, 2019
@jackclarkSF shared
RT @OpenAI: Releasing the Sparse Transformer, a network which sets records at predicting what comes next in a sequence — whether text, images, or sound. Improvements to neural 'attention' let it extract patterns from sequences 30x longer than possible previously: https://t.co/FZlDEPsi1A https://t.co/1cn1PO2nJX
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Generative Modeling with Sparse Transformers

We've developed the Sparse Transformer, a deep neural network which sets new records at predicting what comes next in a sequence—whether text, images, or sound. It uses an algorithmic ...

On Apr 17, 2019
@gdb shared
RT @KelseyTuoc: Last week, I sat down with @gdb and @ilyasut to talk about OpenAI's mission, the pace of AI progress, and their new hybrid for-profit/non-profit structure that'll let them raise billions to work on AGI: https://t.co/8vX03wWJGd
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Why the world’s leading AI charity decided to take billions from investors

A Q&A with the founders of the cutting-edge AI lab OpenAI.

Robotics

On Apr 19, 2019
@ericoguizzo shared
Video Friday: Boston Dynamics' Spot Robots Pull a Truck, and More https://t.co/rOh1XFAgIq
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On Apr 17, 2019
@BotJunkie shared
Home Robot Control for People With Disabilities https://t.co/qfzpqoug5r https://t.co/fAyFZqEgsg
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Home Robot Control for People With Disabilities

Georgia Tech's augmented-reality interface gives control over complex robots to the people who need them

On Apr 22, 2019
@BotJunkie shared
Paris Firefighters Used This Remote-Controlled Robot to Extinguish the Notre Dame Blaze https://t.co/GMeHE3d4ZH https://t.co/e1JcMFcMeC
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Paris Firefighters Used This Remote-Controlled Robot to Extinguish the Notre Dame Blaze

Colossus can carry heavy hoses into spots that are too dangerous for human firefighters to enter

On Apr 19, 2019
@ericoguizzo shared
Video Friday: Boston Dynamics' Spot Robots Pull a Truck, and More https://t.co/rOh1XFAgIq
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On Apr 17, 2019
@BotJunkie shared
Home Robot Control for People With Disabilities https://t.co/qfzpqoug5r https://t.co/fAyFZqEgsg
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Home Robot Control for People With Disabilities

Georgia Tech's augmented-reality interface gives control over complex robots to the people who need them

On Apr 22, 2019
@BotJunkie shared
Paris Firefighters Used This Remote-Controlled Robot to Extinguish the Notre Dame Blaze https://t.co/GMeHE3d4ZH https://t.co/e1JcMFcMeC
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Paris Firefighters Used This Remote-Controlled Robot to Extinguish the Notre Dame Blaze

Colossus can carry heavy hoses into spots that are too dangerous for human firefighters to enter

Applied Use Cases

On Apr 23, 2019
@jackclarkSF shared
RT @OpenAI: Releasing the Sparse Transformer, a network which sets records at predicting what comes next in a sequence — whether text, images, or sound. Improvements to neural 'attention' let it extract patterns from sequences 30x longer than possible previously: https://t.co/FZlDEPsi1A https://t.co/1cn1PO2nJX
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Generative Modeling with Sparse Transformers

We've developed the Sparse Transformer, a deep neural network which sets new records at predicting what comes next in a sequence—whether text, images, or sound. It uses an algorithmic ...

On Apr 19, 2019
@jackclarkSF shared
RT @sleepinyourhat: 🚨GLUE News!🚨 In a couple of weeks, we'll launch SuperGLUE as a reboot of the GLUE benchmark for general-purpose methods for language understanding. Same setup; new task formats; hard even for BERT. Medium: https://t.co/PEcfLTDUz0 PDF: https://t.co/urH5m35I65 https://t.co/62fmOJ1SC2
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Introducing SuperGLUE: A New Hope Against Muppetkind

Over the past year, a machine learning models have dramatically improved scores across many language understanding tasks in NLP. ELMo…

On Apr 23, 2019
@sidneyfussell shared
RT @kateconger: "If we can’t fight fear, then people aren’t going to speak up and we’re not going to listen to the voices that need to be heard.” https://t.co/AjF5oqI9nY
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Google Employees Say They Faced Retaliation After Organizing Walkout

Two Google workers who called for an employee protest over the company’s treatment of sexual harassment said they were demoted or told their role would change.