Top news of the week: 25.02.2019.

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Ethics

On Feb 23, 2019
@johnchavens shared
RT @j2bryson: @johnchavens @azeem I agree that others' capacity to predict you is a problem (cf Why We Should Worry About AI https://t.co/xFWe5e0OP6 ), but EXTREMELY opposed to calling the models and data underlying that prediction in any way me, human, etc.–a huge civic danger, AND philosophically problematic.
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AI Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Society

Recently we decided it was worth rewriting and publishing the paper properly, so a radically updated version Just an Artifact: Why Machines are Perceived as Moral Agents, appeared in the ...

On Feb 22, 2019
@APPG_AI shared
RT @RobMcCargow: I was pleased to contribute my thoughts to @katieeking for her new book - ‘Using Artificial Intelligence in Marketing’ - which also features my @PwC_Middle_East colleague, @philmennie: https://t.co/QPILdblFTa #AI https://t.co/7xJUqGeEyc
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Using Artificial Intelligence in Marketing

Presents a cutting edge, strategic framework to help marketers capably and confidently integrate artificial intelligence into unparalleled marketing practice.

On Feb 21, 2019
@RobMcCargow shared
#AI researchers debate the ethics of sharing potentially harmful programmes | via @jjvincent @verge https://t.co/0C5cBVjs1a
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Robotics

On Feb 23, 2019
@AutomatonBlog shared
Video Friday: Innfos Humanoid Robot, and More https://t.co/g8HijDKFUW
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Video Friday: Innfos Humanoid Robot, and More

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

On Feb 20, 2019
@AutomatonBlog shared
Sphero's New RVR Robot Is More Hackable Than Ever https://t.co/UBGxkXLiTZ
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Sphero's New RVR Robot Is More Hackable Than Ever

RVR is rugged, affordable, expandable, and easy to program

On Feb 23, 2019
@RobotShop shared
Out of the Way, Human! Delivery Robots Want a Share of Your Sidewalk https://t.co/49VDHhkxUL @sciam #Delivery #Robot https://t.co/Q5pL81qZ8K
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Out of the Way, Human! Delivery Robots Want a Share of Your Sidewalk

As automated delivery ramps up, cities must decide how to make the best use of public spaces

Research

On Feb 21, 2019
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @ericjang11: New blog post! An introduction to "what is meta-learning" and a tutorial on implementing MAML in 50 lines of JAX. https://t.co/J305DvsiiT https://t.co/scVA7kW0ax
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Meta-Learning in 50 Lines of JAX

Github repo here:  https://github.com/ericjang/maml-jax Adaptive behavior in humans and animals occurs at many time scales: when I use a n...

On Feb 21, 2019
@erichorvitz shared
#MSRPodcast with Layla El Asri https://t.co/7Y92HFqsvt on the pursuit of #AI systems that can hold deeper conversations with people #ReinforcementLearning #RL #dialog @sigdial @ComputerSociety @wimlds @WiMLworkshop @RealAAAI @acmeducation @MSFTResearch @elasri_layla
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Talking with machines with Dr. Layla El Asri

Episode 64, February 20, 2019 - Dr. Layla El Asri talks about the particular challenges she and other scientists face in building sophisticated dialogue systems that lay the foundation for ...

On Feb 22, 2019
@glouppe shared
RT @bendee983: Content published by corporate PR blogs of famous #AI labs are not necessarily scientific breakthroughs. Excellent post by @zacharylipton https://t.co/dvTWomL4X2
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OpenAI Trains Language Model, Mass Hysteria Ensues

[latexpage] On Thursday, OpenAI announced that they had trained a language model. They used a

Applied Use Cases

On Feb 21, 2019
@lmatsakis shared
RT @bcmerchant: Honestly, researching this story flat out shocked me. The lengths that Google, Microsoft, Amazon & other tech companies are going to help the oil industry accelerate the climate crisis—and the profits they're reaping in the process—is astonishing. https://t.co/3mUmUExyOp
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How Google, Microsoft, and Big Tech Are Automating the Climate Crisis

In a deal that made few ripples outside the energy industry, two very large but relatively obscure companies, Rockwell Automation and Schlumberger Limited, announced a joint venture called ...

On Feb 21, 2019
@Miles_Brundage shared
RT @ericjang11: New blog post! An introduction to "what is meta-learning" and a tutorial on implementing MAML in 50 lines of JAX. https://t.co/J305DvsiiT https://t.co/scVA7kW0ax
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Meta-Learning in 50 Lines of JAX

Github repo here:  https://github.com/ericjang/maml-jax Adaptive behavior in humans and animals occurs at many time scales: when I use a n...

On Feb 22, 2019
@kaliouby shared
RT @Joi: Welcome back to @MIT Dan. Such great news and very much looking forward to working with you and the new College of Computing! https://t.co/NEoHHkPYYH
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Dan Huttenlocher named inaugural dean of MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Alumnus and founding dean of Cornell Tech in New York City will return to MIT this summer.