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First DeepMind Postgraduate Scholarships in Africa coming to Stellenbosch University
RT @DeepMind: To ensure that AI is a technology of global benefit, increasing African participation is vital. We’re very excited to announce DeepMind’s first scholarship programme on the African continent with @StellenboschUni.
Read more about it here: https://t.co/hQRSPUeSYI https://t.co/BUAymBtFs3
OpenArtificial intelligence and machine learning expertise on the African continent is set to get a major boost, thanks to prestigious scholarships to be awarded for postgraduate studies in the fields of applied mathematics, statistics, electrical and electronic engineering and computer ...
RT @DeepMind: To ensure that AI is a technology of global benefit, increasing African participation is vital. We’re very excited to announce DeepMind’s first scholarship programme on the African continent with @StellenboschUni.
Read more about it here: https://t.co/hQRSPUeSYI https://t.co/BUAymBtFs3
OpenFirst DeepMind Postgraduate Scholarships in Africa coming to Stellenbosch University
Artificial intelligence and machine learning expertise on the African continent is set to get a major boost, thanks to prestigious scholarships to be awarded for postgraduate studies in the ...
#TriggerWarning I am on that list! 50 Leaders in Artificial Intelligence https://t.co/DTja0tOlYr https://t.co/sTiYtMRPnx
OpenHub Culture presents 50 Leaders in Artificial Intelligence
Welcome to Hub Culture's second listing of 50 people leading the AI conversation across science, business, government, and academia.
Some things need to change if we want artificial intelligence to be useful with future pandemics, and you might not like them. (from March) https://t.co/hcMXTdnUGK
OpenAI could help with the next pandemic—but not with this one
It was an AI that first saw it coming, or so the story goes. On December 30, an artificial-intelligence company called BlueDot, which uses machine learning to monitor outbreaks of ...
Some people complained that the 'Uncontrollability of AI' paper is too long. Customer is always right! We are now offering Uncontrollability in Small (36p), Medium (59p), and Large (73p).
https://t.co/vjI59xoqP6
https://t.co/4cNO66LnEr
https://t.co/vmOuqZOXmu https://t.co/lKPANgQCzm
OpenOn Controllability of Artificial Intelligence
Invention of artificial general intelligence is predicted to cause a shift in the trajectory of human civilization. In order to reap the benefits and avoid pitfalls of such powerful ...
Baby-mounted cameras teach AI to ‘see’ through a child’s eyes https://t.co/PUilhZBJWe https://t.co/KhldFtj63L
OpenBaby-mounted cameras teach AI to ‘see’ through a child’s eyes
An AI has learned to recognise objects using video captured by a head-mounted camera worn by young children for a few hours per week over their first 3 years of life
RT @PrincetonSML: Olga Russakovsky received the Emerging Leader Abie Award recognizing her AI4ALL work and research on artificial intelligence. Congrats @orussakovsky 🏆🎉
https://t.co/wk1JgdL649
OpenOlga Russakovsky receives award for AI4ALL, artificial intelligence work
Olga Russakovsky, assistant professor of computer science and participating faculty member of the Center for Statistics and Machine Learning (CSML), received the Emerging Leader Abie Award ...
RT @NVIDIAAI: [email protected] researchers are working on #radiology and predictive #AI models for #COVID19 and will use the new NVIDIA DGX A100 to accelerate their work. https://t.co/lM9gTqvEnU
OpenMass General’s Martinos Center Adopts AI for COVID, Radiology Research
Martinos Center researchers are adopting the NVIDIA DGX A100 for AI models to analyze medical images and outcomes in COVID patients.
A new artificial intelligence algorithm called MosAIc draws unexpected connections between seemingly disparate works of art. https://t.co/e1LCxZYWMq
OpenHow an Algorithm Draws Unexpected Connections Between Works of Art
Given a starting image, the artificial intelligence can identify objects that match its colors, textures and themes
A small but growing crop of machines is learning to design and carry out its own experiments. How will this change the future of research?
By Jennifer Walter
https://t.co/622pJZ87pU
OpenThe Robot Scientists Are Coming. But That's Not a Bad Thing
A small but growing crop of machines is learning to design and carry out its own experiments. How will this change the future of research?
ML tool automatically reorganizes a dataset’s storage layout based on users' query types.
-Runs queries 10x faster than the SotA
-Uses learned indexes that are ~100x smaller than traditional indexes
Paper: https://t.co/HJ7GXjGWkb
More: https://t.co/qDv0wqI711
v/@tim_kraska https://t.co/frFUPLHwZl
OpenData systems that learn to be better
Storage tool developed at MIT CSAIL adapts to what its datasets’ users want to search.
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RT @NREL: As #OffshoreWind continues to emerge, understanding and characterizing the resource for #WindPower, considering a wide array of new variables offshore, is essential to future development. Learn how NREL experts are leading the way at https://t.co/fpCC9gj4iz https://t.co/gg2loAUw8P
OpenTomorrow’s Forecast: Sunny with a Strong Chance of Wind
Meteorologists, engineers, and geographic information system experts at the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are leading wind resource ...
Congrats to @VivianGradinaru, 2020 grand prize winner of the Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation!
Gradinaru's work on enabling precise, minimally invasive alteration of nerves deep in the brain could inform new ways to treat brain disorders. https://t.co/4hlv6kkltz
OpenNew Research Offers Minimally Invasive Approach to Deep Brain Stimulation
Work by Viviana Gradinaru, the 2020 grand prize winner of the Science & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation, could also target the nervous system outside the brain and spinal column.
RT @marywareham: Concerns over removing human control from the use of force are multiplying, not diminishing - @hrw report shows https://t.co/yGsCgupPQV Since 2013, 97 countries have commented on #KillerRobots but every nation has a duty to save humanity from this dangerous development. #KeepCtrl
OpenKiller Robots: Growing Support for a Ban
(Washington, DC, August 10, 2020) –A growing number of countries recognize a duty to save humanity from fully autonomous weapons, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. ...
Researchers have come up with a new way to design synthetic routes to drugs now being tested in some #COVID19 clinical trials, using AI software. https://t.co/fJr1Ao3G4y
OpenAI invents new ‘recipes’ for potential COVID-19 drugs
Discovery could bolster global supplies of drugs
RT @PLOSCompBiol: In this new article on #antibioticresistance Hoyle and colleagues combine biological experiments, mathematical models and artificial intelligence to find optimal antibiotic treatment regimens: https://t.co/Uoi3FoeIIS @csmstir @IoAStirling @Stir_Research @DesDoesScience https://t.co/r6rvNnNI9S
OpenOptimising efficacy of antibiotics against systemic infection by varying dosage quantities and times
Author summary Research into optimal antibiotic use to improve efficacy is far behind that of cancer care, where personalised treatment is common. The integration of mathematical models ...
I e-mailed the AIP asking if this was an April Fool's joke (because we're still at the end of March, right?). They said it isn't...
I'd be curious to know what my physics followers think!
https://t.co/qcsAHRIDU7
OpenThe information catastrophe
Currently, we produce ∼1021 digital bits of information annually on Earth. Assuming a 20% annual growth rate, we estimate that after ∼350 years from now, the number of bits produced will ...
Just 4 months ago, Masayoshi Son, the daring billionaire who leads the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, looked as if he might lose it all. But on Tuesday, SoftBank declared a seemingly miraculous turnabout. https://t.co/V1cPss4R4L
OpenSoftBank Claws Back Into the Black After Historic Losses
Asset sales and a hot stock market have helped fuel a rebound for the beleaguered Japanese conglomerate, which runs the world’s largest tech fund.
RT @nikitaggarwal: "Initial Considerations for Islamic Digital Ethics"
by Yaqub Chaudhary @dr_myc of @CMC_Cambridge
https://t.co/t7qGJDnmQO
Part of the special issue of Philosophy and Technology on Intercultural Digital Ethics #IDES @oxfordethicslab
OpenInitial Considerations for Islamic Digital Ethics
Recent literature on Islam and the digital covers a wide range of topics and themes; however, what is yet to be developed from an Islamic perspective is a broader philosophical framework ...
RT @drfranksauer: Since 2013 weapon autonomy has been a topic of discussion within the United Nations framework. If you're interested in which country has been saying what and positioned itself how, then look no further than this neat new report by @hrw 👉https://t.co/V5d12Qne07
Let's see...🇩🇪🤔 https://t.co/fdRTVnM5eQ
OpenStopping Killer Robots
Summary Weapons systems that select and engage targets without meaningful human control are unacceptable and need to be prevented. All countries have a duty to protect humanity from this ...
This vibe comes from the school of "systems thinking," which goes back to W. Ross Ashby, Norbert Wiener, and Ludwig von Bertalanffy. A reference on this history: https://t.co/gyK0mNM43U
The connection to category theory was made by Robert Rosen in 1958! https://t.co/cUJYdFJWJU https://t.co/pNzEx6IpWf
OpenOn the history of Ludwig von Bertalanffy’s “General Systemology”, and on its relationship to cybernetics – part III: convergences and divergences
Bertalanffy’s so-called “general system theory” (GST) and cybernetics were and are often confused: this calls for clarification. In this article, Bertalanffy’s conceptions and ideas are ...
@_julesh_ Computational graphs are "just" morphisms in a finitely presented copy/discard category. These include arrows over cartesian categories (see https://t.co/UqaiVKp1EU), which in turn include Kleisli arrows like 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗵, as well as 𝗟𝗲𝗻𝘀, 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻, 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲, etc
OpenClick here to read the article
This paper develops a three phase compositional axiomatisation of CGT: (i) the first phase consists of selecting an arrow to represent the play/coplay structure of open games; (ii) the ...