Top news of the week: 28.05.2019.
#ArtificialIntelligence #deeplearning #ICRA2019 #AI #MSRPodcast #ML #NLProc
Robotics
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.
ACM produced this nice video about our Turing Award.
Shot in Toronto, Montréal and New York, with interviews of Geoff, Yoshua and me.
https://t.co/Kpr3SYTu4M https://t.co/Kpr3SYTu4M
OpenCACM Jun 2019 - 2018 ACM Turing Award
Once treated by the field with skepticism (if not outright derision), the artificial neural networks that 2018 ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Geoffrey Hint...
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
Applied Use Cases
RT @MarkVee10: @johnchavens For clarification: that’s the livestream registration. Registration for in-person attendance is at https://t.co/ESxufxj63c.
OpenTechnology Innovation with a Conscience
A free, public panel discussion about the intersection of artificial intelligence, ethics, and healthcare
Everything about GANs seems controversial these days. Here’s our CPO, Julia Dietmar @JulesKaplan in @Forbes discussing how GANs and deepfakes have the potential to create immense value for the fashion industry, when you take a new tech & put people 1st! https://t.co/FKT4MtSOrE
OpenGANs And Deepfakes Could Revolutionize The Fashion Industry
Producing enough models with GANs to display all the inventory of a brand is still a technical challenge, but the demand is out of control, so it’s only a matter of time.
MIT's robotic system lifts objects --- by looking at your biceps: https://t.co/2XnNjE4cEM https://t.co/HJYbxDeEjE
OpenThis robot helps you lift objects — by looking at your biceps
CSAIL system can mirror a user's motions and follow nonverbal commands by monitoring arm muscles.
General
"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 @d_e_s_p_i: Why #ArtificialIntelligence needs to move beyond #deeplearning and adopt symbolic reasoning by @GaryMarcus - https://t.co/0UCDVrmVjC
OpenWhy Robot Brains Need Symbols
Nowadays, the words “artificial intelligence” seem to be on practically everyone’s lips, from Elon Musk to Henry Kissinger.…
Minecraft competition will challenge AIs to become expert engineers https://t.co/jUSBh48NM6 https://t.co/90c8dNAxeF
OpenMinecraft competition will challenge AIs to become expert engineers
AIs will need to discover and mine a diamond in four days to win a new competition inside the video game Minecraft
RT @d_e_s_p_i: Why #ArtificialIntelligence needs to move beyond #deeplearning and adopt symbolic reasoning by @GaryMarcus - https://t.co/0UCDVrmVjC
OpenWhy Robot Brains Need Symbols
Nowadays, the words “artificial intelligence” seem to be on practically everyone’s lips, from Elon Musk to Henry Kissinger.…
Minecraft competition will challenge AIs to become expert engineers https://t.co/jUSBh48NM6 https://t.co/90c8dNAxeF
OpenMinecraft competition will challenge AIs to become expert engineers
AIs will need to discover and mine a diamond in four days to win a new competition inside the video game Minecraft
Research indicates the only defense against killer AI is not developing it
A recent analysis on the future of warfare indicates that countries that continue to develop AI for military use risk losing control of the battlefield. Those that don’t risk eradication. ...
How can we tackle the emerging threats from disruptive technologies? Watch the full New Scientist debate at: https://t.co/KjNxRYez2i (Sponsored by @BAESystemsplc) https://t.co/Zr8xYha9O9
OpenNew Scientist Debate: emerging threats from disruptive technologies
New technologies have always influenced the delicate balance of power between nations and the people within them. Last month, New Scientist gathered a group of defence experts to discuss ...
Ethics
From accessibility to privacy, @SatyaNadella spoke with @NowThisNews about some of the most important topics in tech today. Watch their full conversation now: https://t.co/3TdiKxn3LV
OpenMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella: Privacy is Human Right [FULL INTERVIEW] | NowThis
In this exclusive interview with Satya Nadella, NowThis correspondent Alejandro Alba speaks with the CEO of Microsoft about some of the most pressing topics ...
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 ...
Research
RT @lizziesilver: Here's my introduction to Causality and Causal Discovery, given at the Melbourne Machine Learning and AI meetup in September: https://t.co/gv5t5pqNI4
OpenElizabeth Silver — Causality and Causal Discovery
From the Melbourne Machine Learning and AI Meetup in September 2018 http://mlai.melbourne/ Talk starts at 11:35 Slides: http://www.lizziesilver.com/MLAI_Sept...
"What’s great is that there is something for everyone regardless of level of expertise."
Read @Medium's article for tools that make MSFT the go-to for Machine Learning: https://t.co/VmGkyp0ILi
For more #ML, listen to our #MSRPodcast with Dr. @NFusi: https://t.co/kFUrouIyvj
Open6 Tools that Make Microsoft the Go-to for Machine Learning Now
Including the latest tools announced at Microsoft Build 2019
New on the @FastForwardLabs blog: @shioulin_sam and @NishaMuktewar dive into meta-learning and learning with limited labelled data: https://t.co/lOHx1r5k9S
OpenMeta-Learners - learning how to learn
Active learning allows us to be smart about picking the right set of datapoints for which to create labels. Done properly, this approach results in models th...
RT @YejinChoinka: I'm surprised to see this article today! --- "No, this AI can’t finish your sentence" by @Zdnet https://t.co/AEqZopubn4 --- it hasn't even been 24 hours since @rown 's first tweet on Hellaswag...? @uwnlp @allen_ai @universeinanegg @ybisk #NLProc
OpenNo, this AI can’t finish your sentence
The New York Times wrote in November that Google's Bert natural language model can finish your sentences, but this week, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence argues it's not so ...