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Monthly report: November 2018

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 162 influencers like Joanna J Bryson and Nando de Freitas, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #AIethics and #EMNLP2018.
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@amsekaran shared
On Oct 29, 2018
100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond 🤗 🤖👩🏼‍💻 https://t.co/3icKl3GMkq
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100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

Meet the women working relentlessly to save humanity from the dark side of AI

@amsekaran shared
On Oct 29, 2018
100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond 🤗 🤖👩🏼‍💻 https://t.co/3icKl3GMkq
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100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 and beyond

Meet the women working relentlessly to save humanity from the dark side of AI

@frossi_t shared
On Jul 7, 2018
RT @ylecun: A summary of AI strategies adopted by various countries. https://t.co/s7RULVCRnN https://t.co/s7RULVCRnN
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An Overview of National AI Strategies

The race to become the global leader in artificial intelligence has officially begun.

@frossi_t shared
On Jul 7, 2018
RT @ylecun: A summary of AI strategies adopted by various countries. https://t.co/s7RULVCRnN https://t.co/s7RULVCRnN
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An Overview of National AI Strategies

An Overview of National AI Strategies

The race to become the global leader in artificial intelligence has officially begun.

@j2bryson shared
On Jul 6, 2017
@EvanMPeck @RecklessCoding Andreas was talking about https://t.co/4LiR8cBaxm its readings are: https://t.co/dUK10b6H2m my #aiethics papers are: https://t.co/xFWe5e0OP6
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AI Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Society

Recently we decided it was worth rewriting and publishing the paper properly, so a radically updated version Just an Artifact: Why Machines are Perceived as Moral Agents, appeared in the proceedings of The Twenty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI ...

@j2bryson shared
On Jul 6, 2017
@EvanMPeck @RecklessCoding Andreas was talking about https://t.co/4LiR8cBaxm its readings are: https://t.co/dUK10b6H2m my #aiethics papers are: https://t.co/xFWe5e0OP6
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AI Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Society

AI Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Robots, and Society

Recently we decided it was worth rewriting and publishing the paper properly, so a radically updated version Just an Artifact: Why Machines are Perceived as Moral Agents, appeared in the ...

@hugo_larochelle shared
On Nov 29, 2018
RT @Moustapha_6C: The application window for the Google Africa PhD fellowship is now open. https://t.co/ZyvMPDpnUw has the application information, FAQs and a list of research areas covered under the fellowship. I am looking forward to seeing many applications in AI/ML.
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Google PhD Fellowship Program

The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science, related disciplines, or promising research areas.

@hugo_larochelle shared
On Nov 29, 2018
RT @Moustapha_6C: The application window for the Google Africa PhD fellowship is now open. https://t.co/ZyvMPDpnUw has the application information, FAQs and a list of research areas covered under the fellowship. I am looking forward to seeing many applications in AI/ML.
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Google PhD Fellowship Program

Google PhD Fellowship Program

The Google PhD Fellowship Program recognizes outstanding graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science, related disciplines, or promising research areas.

@cmarschner shared
On Sep 26, 2018
RT @ylecun: Many European country should dramatically increase their R&D investments. https://t.co/27htpbr9P0
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Find Out How Much Your Country Spends on Research & Development

Spending on research and development is essential for building long term economic strength, but countries invest in R&D at radically different rates. Our latest visualization ranks which countries are on top in this critical field.

@cmarschner shared
On Sep 26, 2018
RT @ylecun: Many European country should dramatically increase their R&D investments. https://t.co/27htpbr9P0
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Find Out How Much Your Country Spends on Research & Development

Find Out How Much Your Country Spends on Research & Development

Spending on research and development is essential for building long term economic strength, but countries invest in R&D at radically different rates. Our latest visualization ranks which ...

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Nov 2, 2018
Podcast with @catherineols and Daniel Ziegler on ML engineering as a career and related issues: https://t.co/vcWnebnvoB And a written guide from @catherineols on moving from CS/software engineering to ML engineering/AI safety: https://t.co/H84NvSSpf1 😍
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The fastest way into a high-impact role as a machine learning engineer, according to Catherine Olsson & Daniel Ziegler

Google Brain's Catherine Olsson & OpenAI's Daniel Ziegler on the fast path to machine learning engineering roles focussed on safety and alignment.

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Nov 2, 2018
Podcast with @catherineols and Daniel Ziegler on ML engineering as a career and related issues: https://t.co/vcWnebnvoB And a written guide from @catherineols on moving from CS/software engineering to ML engineering/AI safety: https://t.co/H84NvSSpf1 😍
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The fastest way into a high-impact role as a machine learning engineer, according to Catherine Olsson & Daniel Ziegler

The fastest way into a high-impact role as a machine learning engineer, according to Catherine Olsson & Daniel Ziegler

Google Brain's Catherine Olsson & OpenAI's Daniel Ziegler on the fast path to machine learning engineering roles focussed on safety and alignment.

@NandoDF shared
On Nov 24, 2018
RT @Latent_Logic: New blog post about our recently published paper describing how our 'Video-to-Behaviour' (ViBe) technology uses Learning from Demonstration to create realistic virtual humans to safely test #AutonomousVehicles. https://t.co/Whdh28i8Zg
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Learning from Demonstration in the Wild

Learning from demonstration (LfD), also known as imitation learning, is a machine learning technique that can learn complex behaviours from a dataset of expert

@NandoDF shared
On Nov 24, 2018
RT @Latent_Logic: New blog post about our recently published paper describing how our 'Video-to-Behaviour' (ViBe) technology uses Learning from Demonstration to create realistic virtual humans to safely test #AutonomousVehicles. https://t.co/Whdh28i8Zg
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Learning from Demonstration in the Wild

Learning from Demonstration in the Wild

Learning from demonstration (LfD), also known as imitation learning, is a machine learning technique that can learn complex behaviours from a dataset of expert

@pmddomingos shared
On Nov 6, 2018
Words of wisdom from @MelMitchell1 on how far AI still has to go: https://t.co/XUK9un6D4u
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Artificial Intelligence Hits the Barrier of Meaning

Machine learning algorithms don’t yet understand things the way humans do — with sometimes disastrous consequences.

@pmddomingos shared
On Nov 6, 2018
Words of wisdom from @MelMitchell1 on how far AI still has to go: https://t.co/XUK9un6D4u
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Artificial Intelligence Hits the Barrier of Meaning

Artificial Intelligence Hits the Barrier of Meaning

Machine learning algorithms don’t yet understand things the way humans do — with sometimes disastrous consequences.

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