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@NewsfromScience shared
On Dec 19, 2020
One day, this AI could even make its own AI. #LookBack2020 https://t.co/Uj7tfjCHVc
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Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself

Advance replicates decades of AI research in days

@NewsfromScience shared
On Dec 19, 2020
One day, this AI could even make its own AI. #LookBack2020 https://t.co/Uj7tfjCHVc
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Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself

Artificial intelligence is evolving all by itself

Advance replicates decades of AI research in days

@GaryMarcus shared
On Dec 23, 2020
RT @CACMmag: "Insights for AI from the Human Mind," by @GaryMarcus and Ernest Davis, says the #cognitive sciences offer clues on how to build better #AI systems. #artificialintelligence https://t.co/s9WPEtyhby https://t.co/3PEJzj95FE
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Insights for AI from the Human Mind

How the cognitive sciences can inform the quest to build systems with the flexibility of the human mind.

@GaryMarcus shared
On Dec 23, 2020
RT @CACMmag: "Insights for AI from the Human Mind," by @GaryMarcus and Ernest Davis, says the #cognitive sciences offer clues on how to build better #AI systems. #artificialintelligence https://t.co/s9WPEtyhby https://t.co/3PEJzj95FE
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Insights for AI from the Human Mind

Insights for AI from the Human Mind

How the cognitive sciences can inform the quest to build systems with the flexibility of the human mind.

@GaryMarcus shared
On Dec 30, 2020
RT @Montreal_AI: ‘The Debate of the Next Decade’ — AI Debate 2 Explores AGI and AI Ethics Synced: https://t.co/UveYYETU33 #AIDebate #AIDebate2 #MontrealAI https://t.co/31YqVLMfF2
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‘The Debate of the Next Decade’ — AI Debate 2 Explores AGI and AI Ethics

The four-hour event included three panel discussions: Architecture and Challenges, Insights from Neuroscience and Psychology, and Towards…

@GaryMarcus shared
On Dec 30, 2020
RT @Montreal_AI: ‘The Debate of the Next Decade’ — AI Debate 2 Explores AGI and AI Ethics Synced: https://t.co/UveYYETU33 #AIDebate #AIDebate2 #MontrealAI https://t.co/31YqVLMfF2
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‘The Debate of the Next Decade’ — AI Debate 2 Explores AGI and AI Ethics

‘The Debate of the Next Decade’ — AI Debate 2 Explores AGI and AI Ethics

The four-hour event included three panel discussions: Architecture and Challenges, Insights from Neuroscience and Psychology, and Towards…

@GaryMarcus shared
On Dec 24, 2020
RT @rcalo: Great (and fast! GPT-3?) write up of our #AIDebate2 event over @ZDNet https://t.co/u8rdNnoT2g cc: @GaryMarcus
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AI Debate 2: Night of a thousand AI scholars

Gary Marcus, a frequent critic of deep learning forms of AI, and Vincent Boucher, president of Montreal.AI, hosted sixteen scholars to discuss what things AI needs to move forward, including Daniel Kahneman, Fei-Fei Li, and Judea Pearl.

@GaryMarcus shared
On Dec 24, 2020
RT @rcalo: Great (and fast! GPT-3?) write up of our #AIDebate2 event over @ZDNet https://t.co/u8rdNnoT2g cc: @GaryMarcus
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AI Debate 2: Night of a thousand AI scholars

AI Debate 2: Night of a thousand AI scholars

Gary Marcus, a frequent critic of deep learning forms of AI, and Vincent Boucher, president of Montreal.AI, hosted sixteen scholars to discuss what things AI needs to move forward, ...

@pmddomingos shared
On Dec 24, 2020
Another example of the cancel crowd in action in AI: https://t.co/ChN74F92b1
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Yann LeCun Quits Twitter Amid Acrimonious Exchanges on AI Bias

Turing Award Winner and Facebook Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun has announced his exit from Twitter after getting involved in a long and often acrimonious dispute regarding racial biases in AI.

@pmddomingos shared
On Dec 24, 2020
Another example of the cancel crowd in action in AI: https://t.co/ChN74F92b1
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Yann LeCun Quits Twitter Amid Acrimonious Exchanges on AI Bias

Yann LeCun Quits Twitter Amid Acrimonious Exchanges on AI Bias

Turing Award Winner and Facebook Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun has announced his exit from Twitter after getting involved in a long and often acrimonious dispute regarding racial biases in ...

@AstroKatie shared
On Dec 12, 2020
@CyberSpaceGal Here’s an example: https://t.co/eIpWv9dd3M Original press release: https://t.co/iR1V4SUElf
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New computational method validates images without 'ground truth'

A realtor sends a prospective homebuyer a blurry photograph of a house taken from across the street. The homebuyer can compare it to the real thing—look at the picture, then look at the real house—and see that the bay window is actually two windows close together, the flowers out front ...

@AstroKatie shared
On Dec 12, 2020
@CyberSpaceGal Here’s an example: https://t.co/eIpWv9dd3M Original press release: https://t.co/iR1V4SUElf
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New computational method validates images without 'ground truth'

New computational method validates images without 'ground truth'

A realtor sends a prospective homebuyer a blurry photograph of a house taken from across the street. The homebuyer can compare it to the real thing—look at the picture, then look at the ...

@DiscoverMag shared
On Dec 8, 2020
Deep learning algorithms are prone to a previously unknown problem, say a team of computer scientists at Google. https://t.co/z1Iy17xUws
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Google Reveals Major Hidden Weakness In Machine Learning

Deep learning algorithms are prone to a previously unknown problem, say a team of computer scientists at Google.

@DiscoverMag shared
On Dec 8, 2020
Deep learning algorithms are prone to a previously unknown problem, say a team of computer scientists at Google. https://t.co/z1Iy17xUws
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Google Reveals Major Hidden Weakness In Machine Learning

Google Reveals Major Hidden Weakness In Machine Learning

Deep learning algorithms are prone to a previously unknown problem, say a team of computer scientists at Google.

@AnimaAnandkumar shared
On Dec 13, 2020
.@uwcse thank you for taking a decisive stance against hatred, misogyny and racism. I have one more request. Can you please remove his homepage from your server? If you are disowning him please make sure there is no ambiguity there https://t.co/arUv7XqELN https://t.co/DVSaam5mkK
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PEDRO DOMINGOS

Professor Address: Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington Box 352350 Seattle, WA 98195-2350 Telephone: (206) 543-4229 Fax: (206) 543-2969 Email: pedrod at cs dot washington dot edu Office: 648 Allen Center Twitter: @pmddomingos For speaking ...

@AnimaAnandkumar shared
On Dec 13, 2020
.@uwcse thank you for taking a decisive stance against hatred, misogyny and racism. I have one more request. Can you please remove his homepage from your server? If you are disowning him please make sure there is no ambiguity there https://t.co/arUv7XqELN https://t.co/DVSaam5mkK
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PEDRO DOMINGOS

PEDRO DOMINGOS

Professor Address: Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington Box 352350 Seattle, WA 98195-2350 Telephone: (206) 543-4229 Fax: (206) 543-2969 Email: ...

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