Top news of the week: 27.08.2019.
#AI #TinyML #bias #ethnlp #nlproc #decelerate
Robotics
svrobo: I'm giving a webinar on the robotics landscape on Aug 28 - tune in to learn more about the approaching horizon where innovation meets commercialization https://t.co/v6zGxydSDf https://t.co/aReA1UiccB
OpenRobotics 2.0
We really are facing a robot revolution, but the hype and misinformation in media conceals the information that you need to know; about the technology timeline and the implications for you, ...
svrobo: I'm giving a webinar on the robotics landscape on Aug 28 - tune in to learn more about the approaching horizon where innovation meets commercialization https://t.co/v6zGxydSDf https://t.co/aReA1UiccB
OpenRobotics 2.0
We really are facing a robot revolution, but the hype and misinformation in media conceals the information that you need to know; about the technology timeline and the implications for you, ...
Self-folding robot changes shape in response to heat: https://t.co/r89gMbNVcu (@engadget @Caltech) https://t.co/O3IGMyfvRE
OpenSelf-folding 'Rollbot' changes its shape in response to heat
It starts as a flat sheet and turns into a wheel.
Children growing up in the Age of AI, won't remember a time before smartphones and they'll likely be the first to ride in self-driving cars. https://t.co/AajqChIf2F
OpenComing of Age in the Age of AI: The First Fully Digital Generation
Machine learning, computer vision, and other AI disciplines will shape this yet-unformed generation more definitively than any before it.
Self-folding robot changes shape in response to heat: https://t.co/r89gMbNVcu (@engadget @Caltech) https://t.co/O3IGMyfvRE
OpenSelf-folding 'Rollbot' changes its shape in response to heat
It starts as a flat sheet and turns into a wheel.
Children growing up in the Age of AI, won't remember a time before smartphones and they'll likely be the first to ride in self-driving cars. https://t.co/AajqChIf2F
OpenComing of Age in the Age of AI: The First Fully Digital Generation
Machine learning, computer vision, and other AI disciplines will shape this yet-unformed generation more definitively than any before it.
Applied Use Cases
"[O]nly a small % of students’ essays [is] randomly selected for a human grader to double check the machine’s work. But research from psychometricians & #AI experts show that these tools are susceptible to ... #bias against certain demographic groups."
https://t.co/l95Hz0sVjq
OpenFlawed Algorithms Are Grading Millions of Students’ Essays
Fooled by gibberish and highly susceptible to human bias, automated essay-scoring systems are being increasingly adopted, a Motherboard investigation has found
Women in Machine Learning Board of Directors is looking for a new member of our Policy & Research Committee @WiMLworkshop
More details here:
https://t.co/WqNi1cJr6T
OpenWiML Board of Directors Call — Policy and Research Committee
WiML Board of Directors Call — Policy and Research Committee Above image from #WOCinTechChat, Creative Commons License Seeking a motivated and responsible individual to join the Women in ...
RT @Patrick_Henz: In the short-movie "Blade Runner 2036: Nexus Dawn" the business leader Niander Wallace presented his new line of advanced replicants. @OfficialOMD @ingliguori @antgrasso @johnchavens https://t.co/4bNM3fBLlA
OpenArtificial Intelligence without the Human Touch
In the short-movie “Blade Runner 2036: Nexus Dawn” the business leader Niander Wallace presented his new line of advanced replicants. A lesson about AI and humanity.
Research
RT @julien_c: This quote from almost exactly a year ago's “NLP's ImageNet moment has arrived” by @seb_ruder:
IS JUST ABSOLUTE 💯
https://t.co/c9higDPE1a https://t.co/brTPf26ygN
OpenNLP's ImageNet moment has arrived
Big changes are underway in the world of NLP. The long reign of word vectors as NLP's core representation technique has seen an exciting new line of challengers emerge. These approaches ...
RT @yieldthought: Squeezing keyword spotting into 16KB with ~91% accuracy using Kronecker decomposition https://t.co/QTs6BsJNJO #TinyML
OpenTaking Constrained ML to the Next Level
One the primary research thrusts of our ML Research Lab is investigating ways to bring more machine learning applications to Arm's products, and to make existing applications more efficient.
RT @ylecun: Moshe Vardi reminds us that research is a long game, using the ebbs and flows of neural net history as a case study.... https://t.co/0MeUWKnTW8
OpenThe Long Game of Research
Research is a long game; patience and endurance are necessary components.
Ethics
Some question “the very existence of such platforms, suggesting that they are simply too fast and too big to be effectively governed”
https://t.co/SzKJzObCJw #decelerate
OpenProbably Speech, Maybe Free: Toward a Probabilistic Understanding of Online Expression and Platform Governance
Crawford and Gillespie, supra note 10; Gillespie, supra note 7; Gorwa, supra note 9; David Kaye, Speech Police: The Global Struggle to Govern the Internet (2019);Roberts, supra note 10; ...
Why We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’—As a new generation grows up surrounded by #AI, researchers find education as early as preschool can help avoid confusion about robots’ role | via @WSJProAI
https://t.co/JXfjIOGO19
OpenWhy We Should Teach Kids to Call the Robot ‘It’
As a new generation grows up surrounded by artificial intelligence, researchers find education as early as preschool can help avoid confusion about robots’ role.
“Such access is unheard-of for executives or directors of companies that sell to the government, say 3 current and former DOD officials, both to prevent opportunities for bribery or improper influence & to ensure that one company does not get advantages”
https://t.co/Q5dhiEIZpV
OpenHow Amazon and Silicon Valley Seduced the Pentagon
Tech moguls like Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt have gotten unprecedented access to the Pentagon. And one whistleblower who raised flags has paid the price.