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@GaryMarcus shared
On Jan 22, 2020
RT @forodeeplearn: "AI's hardest problem? Developing common sense"https://t.co/wkmL0Jnn3J de @GaryMarcus en @LinkedIn
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AI's hardest problem? Developing common sense

By Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis Artificial Intelligence has seen radical advances of many kinds over the last years, roundly beating human champions in games like Go and poker that once seemed out of reach. Advances in other domains like speech recognition, machine translation, and photo ...

@GaryMarcus shared
On Jan 22, 2020
RT @forodeeplearn: "AI's hardest problem? Developing common sense"https://t.co/wkmL0Jnn3J de @GaryMarcus en @LinkedIn
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AI's hardest problem? Developing common sense

AI's hardest problem? Developing common sense

By Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis Artificial Intelligence has seen radical advances of many kinds over the last years, roundly beating human champions in games like Go and poker that once ...

@GaryMarcus shared
On Jan 20, 2020
RT @bendee983: @palomacitadina @MelMitchell1 Perfect choice. I would also suggest @GaryMarcus' "Rebooting AI." Another refreshing read that cuts through the hype and confusion surrounding #ArtificialIntelligence. https://t.co/TfBYXkAMA1
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Rebooting AI: What reading and robots have in common

Rebooting AI by Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis is a refreshing read on the limits and capabilities of artificial intelligence.

@GaryMarcus shared
On Jan 20, 2020
RT @bendee983: @palomacitadina @MelMitchell1 Perfect choice. I would also suggest @GaryMarcus' "Rebooting AI." Another refreshing read that cuts through the hype and confusion surrounding #ArtificialIntelligence. https://t.co/TfBYXkAMA1
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Rebooting AI: What reading and robots have in common

Rebooting AI: What reading and robots have in common

Rebooting AI by Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis is a refreshing read on the limits and capabilities of artificial intelligence.

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Jan 28, 2020
RT @EBKania: Even against the backdrop of strategic distrust, major militaries should cooperate on measures to improve the safety, surety, and security of AI systems in military affairs, @Andrew_Imbrie and I argue in this commentary for @DefenseOne via @CSETGeorgetown. https://t.co/k0GUI5yjpe
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Great Powers Must Talk to Each Other About AI

Even as they compete, major militaries have reason to cooperate: to avoid misunderstanding and to establish best practices and pragmatic parameters.

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Jan 28, 2020
RT @EBKania: Even against the backdrop of strategic distrust, major militaries should cooperate on measures to improve the safety, surety, and security of AI systems in military affairs, @Andrew_Imbrie and I argue in this commentary for @DefenseOne via @CSETGeorgetown. https://t.co/k0GUI5yjpe
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Great Powers Must Talk to Each Other About AI

Great Powers Must Talk to Each Other About AI

Even as they compete, major militaries have reason to cooperate: to avoid misunderstanding and to establish best practices and pragmatic parameters.

@NatGeo shared
On Jan 12, 2020
“It's surprising how many problems machine learning can meaningfully contribute to.” https://t.co/SzQ4zKUiIW
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How artificial intelligence can tackle climate change

The biggest challenge on the planet might benefit from machine learning to help with solutions. Here are a just a few.

@NatGeo shared
On Jan 12, 2020
“It's surprising how many problems machine learning can meaningfully contribute to.” https://t.co/SzQ4zKUiIW
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How artificial intelligence can tackle climate change

How artificial intelligence can tackle climate change

The biggest challenge on the planet might benefit from machine learning to help with solutions. Here are a just a few.

@NSF shared
On Jan 6, 2020
RT @TACC: Counting down our Top 10 stories of 2019 at #1: TACC launched Frontera: the fastest supercomputer at any university and the 5th most powerful system in the world. Thank you @NSF, @UTAustin, @DellEMC, @intel and everyone who helped make it possible. https://t.co/QhkbX3TXvW https://t.co/a5SUiWgKWh
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Texas boosts U.S. science with fastest academic supercomputer in the world

Frontera, at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, will power discoveries of nation’s top computational scientists

@NSF shared
On Jan 6, 2020
RT @TACC: Counting down our Top 10 stories of 2019 at #1: TACC launched Frontera: the fastest supercomputer at any university and the 5th most powerful system in the world. Thank you @NSF, @UTAustin, @DellEMC, @intel and everyone who helped make it possible. https://t.co/QhkbX3TXvW https://t.co/a5SUiWgKWh
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Texas boosts U.S. science with fastest academic supercomputer in the world

Texas boosts U.S. science with fastest academic supercomputer in the world

Frontera, at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, will power discoveries of nation’s top computational scientists

@rodneyabrooks shared
On Jan 25, 2020
A careful review of GPT-2 by @GaryMarcus. https://t.co/urqald993Z
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GPT-2 and the Nature of Intelligence

Anything that looks like genuine understanding is just an illusion.

@rodneyabrooks shared
On Jan 25, 2020
A careful review of GPT-2 by @GaryMarcus. https://t.co/urqald993Z
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GPT-2 and the Nature of Intelligence

GPT-2 and the Nature of Intelligence

Anything that looks like genuine understanding is just an illusion.

@mpshanahan shared
On Jan 17, 2020
Great work from @DaniSBassett et al. On a quick skim, seems to support the theory in https://t.co/iHAbI7sjG7 https://t.co/C2zEKoKS0Z
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The brain's connective core and its role in animal cognition

To facilitate this blend of serial and parallel, it is hypothesized that a certain pattern of connectivity is required, wherein information and influence funnel into and fan out from a connective core of cognitively important brain regions, resulting in an integrated response to the ...

@mpshanahan shared
On Jan 17, 2020
Great work from @DaniSBassett et al. On a quick skim, seems to support the theory in https://t.co/iHAbI7sjG7 https://t.co/C2zEKoKS0Z
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The brain's connective core and its role in animal cognition

The brain's connective core and its role in animal cognition

To facilitate this blend of serial and parallel, it is hypothesized that a certain pattern of connectivity is required, wherein information and influence funnel into and fan out from a ...

@GaryMarcus shared
On Jan 25, 2020
RT @MelMitchell1: Excellent and perceptive article by @philipcball on the state of AI and whether machines could ever attain human-level intelligence or consciousness. Features discussion of recent books by @GaryMarcus & Ernest Davis; Christof Koch; and me. https://t.co/yANCOjBwrX
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The AI delusion: why humans trump machines

Artificial intelligence may never match the brain

@GaryMarcus shared
On Jan 25, 2020
RT @MelMitchell1: Excellent and perceptive article by @philipcball on the state of AI and whether machines could ever attain human-level intelligence or consciousness. Features discussion of recent books by @GaryMarcus & Ernest Davis; Christof Koch; and me. https://t.co/yANCOjBwrX
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The AI delusion: why humans trump machines

The AI delusion: why humans trump machines

Artificial intelligence may never match the brain

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