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@NandoDF shared
On Dec 14, 2021
RT @NetHack_LE: Proud to present this short report on the outcomes of and learnings from #NetHackChallenge21, held at @NeurIPSConf. Did DeepRL win the day, or did symbolic challengers surprise us all? What do the results tell us about next steps for AI? Read to find out! https://t.co/J15mUIpK8W
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Why we organized the NetHack Challenge

Why we organized the NetHack Challenge

NeurIPS 2021 NetHack Challenge website

@egrefen shared
On Dec 16, 2021
RT @aloeworkshop: Announcing the first Agent Learning in Open-Endedness (ALOE) Workshop at #ICLR2022! We're calling for papers across many fields: If you work on open-ended learning, consider submitting. Paper deadline is February 25, 2022, AoE. https://t.co/ZEZExVBQut. https://t.co/zRaqSEennM
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Agent Learning in Open-Endedness (ALOE)

Agent Learning in Open-Endedness (ALOE)

CALL FOR PAPERS Rapid progress in AI has produced agents that learn to succeed in many challenging domains. However, once this domain has been mastered, the learning process typically ...

@hardmaru shared
On Dec 14, 2021
RT @risi1979: Finally done with my first blog post "The Future of Artificial Intelligence is Self-Organizing and Self-Assembling"! https://t.co/XL2N6ozMx1 Covering work from our group and others on the combination of ideas from deep learning and self-organizing systems. https://t.co/GAb2DBxU2U
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The Future of Artificial Intelligence is Self-Organizing and Self-Assembling

The Future of Artificial Intelligence is Self-Organizing and Self-Assembling

In this first post, we’ll look at some of the developed approaches and the domains they have been applied to, ranging from growing soft robots and Minecraft machines to …

@WIREDScience shared
On Dec 15, 2021
A referral program and partner sites have spurred the spread of invasive, AI-generated “nude” images. https://t.co/fPc2G2scX0
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The Biggest Deepfake Abuse Site Is Growing in Disturbing Ways

The Biggest Deepfake Abuse Site Is Growing in Disturbing Ways

A referral program and partner sites have spurred the spread of invasive, AI-generated “nude” images.

@hugo_larochelle shared
On Dec 12, 2021
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Volunteering to beta test TMLR OpenReview site

Volunteering to beta test TMLR OpenReview site

Please submit your information if you'd like to volunteer to help for the upcoming Transactions on Machine Learning Research.

@_rockt shared
On Dec 15, 2021
RT @ylecun: Meta AI has an AI Residency Program in the US and the UK. Applications are open! US-based applications: https://t.co/PKMCb8mNB0 UK-based applications: https://t.co/U54ADWrq0M https://t.co/N7YKURaTuO
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AI Residency Program 2022 - UK Location

AI Residency Program 2022 - UK Location

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@haldaume3 shared
On Dec 14, 2021
RT @timnitGebru: Featuring many of the bank rollers of Open AI, which during its founding was supposed to save humanity from AI. Of course many of us knew back then who they considered human. “$25 million from Silicon Valley A-listers like Sam Altman, https://t.co/Fikg05i1Yn
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Startup Pitched Tasing Migrants From Drones, Video Reveals

Startup Pitched Tasing Migrants From Drones, Video Reveals

Well-funded Brinc positions its use of robots as nonviolent, but an early promo video undercuts this message.

@petewarden shared
On Dec 11, 2021
The death of feature engineering is greatly exaggerated: https://t.co/HeYiEgr7mS https://t.co/W0u30ddBH4
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The Death of Feature Engineering is Greatly Exaggerated

The Death of Feature Engineering is Greatly Exaggerated

Image by OfSmallThings One of the most exciting aspects of deep learning’s emergence in computer vision a few years ago was that it didn’t appear to require any feature engineering, unl…