Top news of the week: 27.05.2019.
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RT @m4rkmc: Samsung researchers have released a model that can generate faces in new poses from just a single image/frame (for each of face, pose). Done by building a well-trained landmark model in advance & one-shotting from that.
This gif is my favourite...
https://t.co/lJrRQAGoSM https://t.co/YzA9HBgUfN
OpenMona Lisa frown: Machine learning brings old paintings and photos to life
Machine learning researchers have produced a system that can recreate lifelike motion from just a single frame of a person's face, opening up the possibility of animating not just photos ...
RT @GaryMarcus: Henry Minsky: What are some fundamental problems in Computer Vision that Deep Learning may not be able to solve? https://t.co/DKoSKr7BNO
OpenWhat are some fundamental problems in Computer Vision that Deep Learning alone may not be able to solve?
The two spirals above are topologically different. One is a single closed curve, the other is two separate but intertwined curves. Can you…
Cardiovascular Research Highlight: CVD risk prediction using automated machine learning and data from UK Biobank, by Ahmed Alaa et al. from @UCLA https://t.co/Hz493KcRZB https://t.co/UhGVlKyvi5
OpenCardiovascular disease risk prediction using automated machine learning: A prospective study of 423,604 UK Biobank participants
Background Identifying people at risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is a cornerstone of preventative cardiology. Risk prediction models currently recommended by clinical guidelines are ...
"This finding lends insight into what AI can learn without explicit instruction, and may prove interesting for scientists studying how number sensitivity arises in animals." via @ScienceNews
https://t.co/JmbD3ak2vS
OpenA new AI acquired humanlike ‘number sense’ on its own
A new artificial intelligence seems to share our intuitive ability to estimate numbers at a glance.
"This finding lends insight into what AI can learn without explicit instruction, and may prove interesting for scientists studying how number sensitivity arises in animals." via @ScienceNews
https://t.co/JmbD3ak2vS
OpenA new AI acquired humanlike ‘number sense’ on its own
A new artificial intelligence seems to share our intuitive ability to estimate numbers at a glance.
RT @mathewi: This is the piece I mentioned earlier about the risks of journalistic entities taking funding from Google and Facebook -- one risk being the perception of bias (or the existence of actual bias) during discussions like the EU misinformation debate https://t.co/fyt3sWHyjb
OpenThe platform patrons: How Facebook and Google became two of the biggest funders of journalism in the world
<p>In March, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of the Google News Initiative, a $300 million program aimed at “building a strong future for journalism,” as the company put it. ...
This robot watches you flex to learn to be a better teammate
An MIT robot collaborates with a person by tracking his or her muscles.
RT @m4rkmc: Samsung researchers have released a model that can generate faces in new poses from just a single image/frame (for each of face, pose). Done by building a well-trained landmark model in advance & one-shotting from that.
This gif is my favourite...
https://t.co/lJrRQAGoSM https://t.co/YzA9HBgUfN
OpenMona Lisa frown: Machine learning brings old paintings and photos to life
Machine learning researchers have produced a system that can recreate lifelike motion from just a single frame of a person's face, opening up the possibility of animating not just photos ...
RT @mathewi: This is the piece I mentioned earlier about the risks of journalistic entities taking funding from Google and Facebook -- one risk being the perception of bias (or the existence of actual bias) during discussions like the EU misinformation debate https://t.co/fyt3sWHyjb
OpenThe platform patrons: How Facebook and Google became two of the biggest funders of journalism in the world
<p>In March, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of the Google News Initiative, a $300 million program aimed at “building a strong future for journalism,” as the company put it. ...
"New research could make deep-learning models much harder to manipulate in harmful ways.” Via @techreview https://t.co/HC01CIF3Zg https://t.co/6EXN0eaf3p
OpenHow We Might Protect Ourselves From Malicious A.I.
How We Might Protect Ourselves From Malicious A.I. | RealClearScience
This robot watches you flex to learn to be a better teammate
An MIT robot collaborates with a person by tracking his or her muscles.
RT @mathewi: This is the piece I mentioned earlier about the risks of journalistic entities taking funding from Google and Facebook -- one risk being the perception of bias (or the existence of actual bias) during discussions like the EU misinformation debate https://t.co/fyt3sWHyjb
OpenThe platform patrons: How Facebook and Google became two of the biggest funders of journalism in the world
<p>In March, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of the Google News Initiative, a $300 million program aimed at “building a strong future for journalism,” as the company put it. ...
RT @mathewi: This is the piece I mentioned earlier about the risks of journalistic entities taking funding from Google and Facebook -- one risk being the perception of bias (or the existence of actual bias) during discussions like the EU misinformation debate https://t.co/fyt3sWHyjb
OpenThe platform patrons: How Facebook and Google became two of the biggest funders of journalism in the world
<p>In March, Google announced with much fanfare the launch of the Google News Initiative, a $300 million program aimed at “building a strong future for journalism,” as the company put it. ...
This robot watches you flex to learn to be a better teammate
An MIT robot collaborates with a person by tracking his or her muscles.
Don’t worry. Facebook isn’t looking to add arms and legs to its Portal devices to let them explore your home. https://t.co/Ajpzqx48TH
OpenFacebook is now dabbling with robots to help make its AI smarter
Facebook’s efforts to build intelligent helpers show how badly AI needs some sort of grounding in the physical world.Robots rising: Facebook is showing off a new robotics lab at its Silicon ...
Researchers trained 14 bees to add and subtract by one, suggesting their tiny brains have found novel ways of doing complicated tasks. #WorldBeeDay https://t.co/v804R764Tx
OpenHoney Bees Can Do Simple Math, After a Little Schooling
Researchers trained 14 bees to add and subtract by one, suggesting their tiny brains have found novel ways of doing complicated tasks
RT @GaryMarcus: Henry Minsky: What are some fundamental problems in Computer Vision that Deep Learning may not be able to solve? https://t.co/DKoSKr7BNO
OpenWhat are some fundamental problems in Computer Vision that Deep Learning alone may not be able to solve?
The two spirals above are topologically different. One is a single closed curve, the other is two separate but intertwined curves. Can you…
Cardiovascular Research Highlight: CVD risk prediction using automated machine learning and data from UK Biobank, by Ahmed Alaa et al. from @UCLA https://t.co/Hz493KcRZB https://t.co/UhGVlKyvi5
OpenCardiovascular disease risk prediction using automated machine learning: A prospective study of 423,604 UK Biobank participants
Background Identifying people at risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) is a cornerstone of preventative cardiology. Risk prediction models currently recommended by clinical guidelines are ...
The Trump administration might be building walls between America and some countries, but it is eager to forge alliances when it comes to shaping the course of artificial intelligence. https://t.co/xDYcz4vKq7
OpenAmerica and its economic allies announce a “democratic” vision for AI
The Trump administration might be building walls between America and some countries, but it is eager to forge alliances when it comes to shaping the course of artificial intelligence.The ...
RT @Discovery: Discovery and @BattleBots are heading to @AmazonreMARS for a special live event in Vegas! Stream the re:MARS all:STARS #BattleBots Challenge live on @Twitch hosted by @HelloKellyLink Thurs, June 6. Details in the link: https://t.co/2WU1pa4eoP
OpenBattleBots, Furrion Exo-Bionics Mech, and more
What to expect at the Amazon re:MARS party
"New research could make deep-learning models much harder to manipulate in harmful ways.” Via @techreview https://t.co/HC01CIF3Zg https://t.co/6EXN0eaf3p
OpenHow We Might Protect Ourselves From Malicious A.I.
How We Might Protect Ourselves From Malicious A.I. | RealClearScience
This robot watches you flex to learn to be a better teammate
An MIT robot collaborates with a person by tracking his or her muscles.
RT @annemarieconlon: I read all the European election manifestos, so you don't have to: https://t.co/wWrLAGMiQM
Open2019 European elections: How to vote if you care about climate change
Wondering how to vote in the EU elections? We've rounded up what the parties have to say on the biggest issue in science.
The Glass Enterprise Edition 2 has a more powerful processor, a new artificial intelligence engine, a better camera, faster charging and battery life https://t.co/ZTmWlHLVkR
OpenGoogle Glass is back with a new $999 headset designed for businesses
The augmented-reality glasses will continue to be sold to businesses rather than directly to consumers.A reminder: Google Glass was much derided when it launched back in 2013.
Research
RT @OpenAI: Congrats to our second class of OpenAI Scholars! With a combination of specially-crafted educational resources and dedicated mentors, all 8 Scholars designed and deployed a core ML project in just 3 months. https://t.co/XbtPaFQbi8
Demo Day recording: https://t.co/sIwvdrZHWB https://t.co/hN5wVHUI7e
OpenOpenAI Scholars Spring 2019: Final Projects
Our second class of OpenAI Scholars has concluded, with all eight scholars producing an exciting final project showcased at Scholars Demo Day at OpenAI. Over the past three months, we’ve ...
RT @robhof: No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge https://t.co/48XmzCSA7u via @SiliconANGLE #AI #processors #evs19 Tip @Techmeme
OpenNo cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge
No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge - SiliconANGLE
RT @yoavgo: Very excited and proud to officially announce the opening of AI2 Israel!
https://t.co/WUQRVNOtra
many thanks to @etzioni and the entire team for making this happen.
OpenCommonsenseQA: A Question Answering Challenge Targeting Commonsense Knowledge
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Israel office was founded in 2019 in Sarona, Tel Aviv.
RT @irinimalliaraki: I've seen lots of initiatives lately under the soup term "AI for social good". To leverage this outpouring of interest & avoid virtue singling and techno-solutionism I argue that we need more precise and contextual ways to discuss & develop this practice
https://t.co/021v8Z40n9
Open
RT @NewtonGateway: Looking forward to The Mathematics of Deep Learning and Data Science @NewtonInstitute tomorrow. https://t.co/qDXuxcxAM7 Speakers include @pearsekeane @lawrennd & @AlhusseinFawzi. It's at capacity but where speakers agree, the talks will be streamed https://t.co/A8UTgC7sbz https://t.co/gprzOIGDSd
OpenThe Mathematics of Deep Learning and Data Science
A fascinating issue is that the performance of deep learning methods for image recognition and classification is now often referred to as super human; however, these methods also become ...
RT @NicolasPapernot: CleverHans blog post with @nickfrosst: we explain how the Deep k-Nearest Neighbors (DkNN) and soft nearest-neighbor loss (SNNL) help recognize data that is not from the training distribution. The post includes an interactive figure (credit goes to Nick): https://t.co/aajpf8NOib https://t.co/MKKc4WX8Rp
OpenHow to know when machine learning does not know
by Nicolas Papernot and Nicholas Frosst
RT @NVIDIAAIDev: Microsoft Research announced a conversational #AI breakthrough using NVIDIA #GPUs for NLP tasks on the General Language Understanding Evaluation (GLUE) benchmark. https://t.co/tQhhdQYWij
OpenMicrosoft Announces New Breakthroughs in AI Speech Tasks
Microsoft AI Research just announced a new breakthrough in the field of conversational AI that achieves new records in seven of nine natural language processing tasks from the General ...
RT @yoavgo: Very excited and proud to officially announce the opening of AI2 Israel!
https://t.co/WUQRVNOtra
many thanks to @etzioni and the entire team for making this happen.
OpenCommonsenseQA: A Question Answering Challenge Targeting Commonsense Knowledge
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Israel office was founded in 2019 in Sarona, Tel Aviv.
RT @alanmnichol: The @Rasa_HQ team put in a phenomenal amount of work to make #RasaX a reality. Good training data is the biggest bottleneck for building great conversational AI - Rasa X helps with that. I'm so excited that Rasa X is now available to everyone!
https://t.co/Z3Hx74BTzl
OpenAlgorithms alone won’t solve conversational AI - Introducing Rasa X
We're excited to announce Rasa X, our new product for developers in early access. Also, our open source framework Rasa is now available in 1.0
RT @udacity: Elie's passion for computers fueled him to keep furthering his education. Read about how the Pytorch scholarship and Deep Learning Nanodegree program is shaping his future: #PytorchUdacityScholar https://t.co/5rk6raLyAK
Open
Robotics
Ford Self-Driving Vans Will Use Legged Robots to Make Deliveries https://t.co/wcgQftZ7Bq @IEEESpectrum #Ford #AgilityRobotics #RoboticDelivery https://t.co/cylcLhcn2y
OpenFord Self-Driving Vans Will Use Legged Robots to Make Deliveries
Agility Robotics’ Digit will bring packages from a delivery vehicle to your front door
A miniaturized EEG and a Raspberry Pi Zero W power a headpiece for helping children with ADHD. https://t.co/ByHzU6RwHr
OpenI Built a Brain Computer Interface for Tackling ADHD in Children
A playful headpiece called Agent Unicorn incorporates an EEG that detects P300, the neural signature of attention
RT @OpenRoboticsOrg: Look for us there! Montreal hosts international robotics, automation convention #ICRA2019 @GazeboSim https://t.co/X17IOk4L4z
OpenMontreal hosts international robotics, automation convention
Massive international conference on robotics and automation is in Montreal for the week.
Ford Self-Driving Vans Will Use Legged Robots to Make Deliveries https://t.co/wcgQftZ7Bq @IEEESpectrum #Ford #AgilityRobotics #RoboticDelivery https://t.co/cylcLhcn2y
OpenFord Self-Driving Vans Will Use Legged Robots to Make Deliveries
Agility Robotics’ Digit will bring packages from a delivery vehicle to your front door
Drone uses swiveling propellor arms to become a robotic car when it hits the ground https://t.co/qiAkDSOWwh @nwtls #FStar #HybridRobot #Drone https://t.co/DHZ2p6AfJs
OpenDrone uses swiveling propellor arms to become a robotic car when it hits the ground
We've seen a few impressive drones now that can adapt themselves to different modes of transport. Equally so is a new quadcopter developed at Israel's Ben-Gurion University, which flies ...
RT @ieytd: We made @RtoVR 's list of must-have games for the @oculus Quest.
https://t.co/jOJlPYIrCi https://t.co/aHIP6fpRbT
OpenThe First 10 Games You Should Consider Buying on Quest
Today is the day that many pre-orderees will be unboxing Oculus Quest, the company’s latest standalone headset, and the big question will naturally be: what should I play first? Here’s our ...
The iPod of VR is here, and you should try it
Never before have I seen a single technology improve so quickly.
RT @Louiseontwitr: Please enjoy and share this really interesting and important story #WorldTurtleDay -
https://t.co/ghYlpBYLTi
OpenThe unlikely story of the 'punk turtle'
How an endangered Australian turtle supported by the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund became an internet sensation
Ethics
The Future of AI & FinTech in the U.K & Beyond post-Brexit. What do you think will happen? https://t.co/pB1fC8c6Qc #brexit #reworkFIN #reworkAI #AI #FinTech https://t.co/9bp35mATCd
OpenThe Future of AI & FinTech in the U.K & Beyond post-Brexit
March 29th, 2019. A much-anticipated date, though one that now holds little meaning. At the most recent summit in Brussels, both the UK and the EU agreed to postpone Brexit, with the two ...
Question: Can a programmer apply their own moral codes to machines that function so fast? ‘The Turing Point: Artificial Intelligence At The Nexus Of Morality, Bias...’ https://t.co/VzdIsncdR1 @JohnAFlood @David_Gunkel @EmergTechEthics @PabloRedux @sd_marlow
OpenThe Turing Point: Artificial Intelligence At The Nexus Of Morality, Bias, & Societal Change
Artificial intelligence is at a turning point. We are at a decision point where we must consider the implications of AI, or else risk creating a world where AI makes choices that impact all ...
RT @MIT: “You have to integrate the ethics piece at every point,” says research assistant Blakeley Payne of her work developing a curriculum that teaches children about the ethics of artificial intelligence. via @WSJ https://t.co/jmugHasiyU
OpenHow to Teach Kids About AI
A researcher at MIT Media Lab has designed a middle-school curriculum to help demystify algorithms and their effects.
Alles nur Fake Ethik
Facebook, Google & Co. spielen sich nach zahlreichen Skandalen neuerdings als moralische Musterschüler auf. Warum wir darauf nicht hereinfallen sollten.
RT @RobMcCargow: San Francisco State University is launching a graduate certificate in #AI ethics | via @WSJ
https://t.co/j1mBJGsX36
OpenUniversity Is Rolling Out Certificate Focused on AI Ethics
San Francisco State University is launching a graduate certificate in artificial-intelligence ethics this fall, one of the first programs aimed solely at this issue.
RT @SpirosMargaris: 7 #Women Leaders in
#AI, #MachineLearning and #Robotics
https://t.co/ovEiQGn0Xr #fintech #ArtificialIntelligence @techopedia #womenintech @kaliouby @Affectiva @drfeifei @Stanford @cynthiabreazeal @q_mitmedialab @MIT @tessalau @timnitGebru @deviparikh @facebook @DaphneKoller https://t.co/ul2og67uam
Open7 Women Leaders in AI, Machine Learning and Robotics
What would an artificially intelligent world designed by women look like? Here are seven w
RT @MIT: “You have to integrate the ethics piece at every point,” says research assistant Blakeley Payne of her work developing a curriculum that teaches children about the ethics of artificial intelligence. via @WSJ https://t.co/jmugHasiyU
OpenHow to Teach Kids About AI
A researcher at MIT Media Lab has designed a middle-school curriculum to help demystify algorithms and their effects.
RT @code4ca: "Using AI in a mission-driven context could supercharge the capacities of the social change sector."
The team from @mtlaiethics share the potential (and some potential barriers) of #AI and machine learning to benefit the non-profit sector.
https://t.co/Qhczm3v3ES
OpenArtificial Intelligence as a Force for Good
Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence offer enormous benefits for mission-driven organizations and could eventually revolutionize how they work.
Question: Can a programmer apply their own moral codes to machines that function so fast? ‘The Turing Point: Artificial Intelligence At The Nexus Of Morality, Bias...’ https://t.co/VzdIsncdR1 @JohnAFlood @David_Gunkel @EmergTechEthics @PabloRedux @sd_marlow
OpenThe Turing Point: Artificial Intelligence At The Nexus Of Morality, Bias, & Societal Change
Artificial intelligence is at a turning point. We are at a decision point where we must consider the implications of AI, or else risk creating a world where AI makes choices that impact all ...
Applied Use Cases
RT @GoAbiAryan: The AutoML Competition has started- this time it's called AutoDL but it's going to be super exciting given the 5 types and stages - there's something for everyone this time around https://t.co/OapbrB5GVb https://t.co/mhqIvxACtG
OpenAutoDL challenge(s)
The objective of AutoML (Automated Machine Learning) challenges is to provide "universal learning machines" (deep learning or others), which can learn and make predictions without human ...
RT @DorotheaBaur: "what does #SiliconValley represent, if not a locus of quasi-governmental power untouched by either the democratic process or by [the] procedural #liberties that are meant to secure us against abuses by the (actual, elected) #government?" https://t.co/6npIlbx0Ei HT @FrankPasquale
OpenAlgorithmic Governance and Political Legitimacy
In ever more areas of life, algorithms are coming to substitute for judgment exercised by identifiable human beings who can be held to account. The rationale offered is that automated ...
RT @quaesita: The history of #DataScience is a history of data splitting!
https://t.co/aifBoVbBHD
OpenAutomated Inspiration
In this article, Google's Head of Decision Intelligence, Cassie Kozyrkov, outlines how the history—and exciting future—of machine learning is all about our relationship with data sets.
RT @LiveScience: Why Is the Pentagon Interested in UFOs? https://t.co/Xdoz0VsIDo https://t.co/Acj4RFqaik
OpenWhy Is the Pentagon Interested in UFOs?
New rules encourage U.S. Navy pilots and sailors to report UFO sightings. Here's why.
What engineers can do to help ensure artificial intelligence is ethical
https://www.createdigital.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/icon_time.png 3 minutes From face recognition to killer robots, engineers need to think about the human impacts of artificial ...
RT @IoTTechNews: Opinion: The road to truly intelligent connected cars https://t.co/KxbAyRBos5 #tech #cars #ai #ml #iot https://t.co/jYlTA4f42K
OpenOpinion: The road to truly intelligent connected cars
With a connected car outfitted with modern technologies that provide a wide array of new features and functions, our driving experience becomes radically more efficient, productive, ...
RT @MarkSackler: @johnchavens @IEEESA @IEEESpectrum @IEEEorg #ethics #technology #ArtificialIntelligence #robotics https://t.co/g0G8SjxrvD
OpenPodcast #31: Ethically Aligned Design in Autonomous Systems with John C. Havens
“With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.”–Elon Musk One might easily say about the notion of the ethics of disruptive technology–much like Mark Twain…
Tesla’s Navigate on Autopilot feature, which enables automatic lane changes, "doesn’t work very well and could create potential safety risks for drivers,” according to scathing review from @ConsumerReports https://t.co/WmpFxMVkrD https://t.co/WDxdS8Rvu9
OpenTesla's Navigate on Autopilot Requires Significant Driver Intervention
Consumer Reports tested the latest version of Tesla's Navigate on Autopilot, which offers automatic lane changes, and came away with serious concerns.