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Monthly report: February 2019

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 228 influencers like Miles Brundage and Jeremy Howard, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #FederatedLearning and #100DaysOfMLCode.
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@Miles_Brundage shared
On Feb 21, 2019
Reminder that @OpenAI's policy team is hiring! Research Assistant: https://t.co/36T4pwZhVy Research Scientist: https://t.co/r3yof30uEZ
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Research Assistant, Policy

As a Research Assistant at OpenAI, you'll work with Research Scientists in Policy to analyze the AI policy landscape; conduct research into areas of relevance to AI policy (for example: dual use, coordination between AI developers, measuring and assessing AI progress and impacts); and ...

@Miles_Brundage shared
On Feb 21, 2019
Reminder that @OpenAI's policy team is hiring! Research Assistant: https://t.co/36T4pwZhVy Research Scientist: https://t.co/r3yof30uEZ
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Research Assistant, Policy

Research Assistant, Policy

As a Research Assistant at OpenAI, you'll work with Research Scientists in Policy to analyze the AI policy landscape; conduct research into areas of relevance to AI policy (for example: ...

@AlecRad shared
On Feb 15, 2019
RT @mtrc: Shoutout to @katyanna_q who fed the system a curveball, which I always like to see. As you might expect by now after seeing AlphaStar, OpenAI 5 etc. etc., if you drag the system away from its training data and into weirder territory, it begins to wobble. https://t.co/0d3I41df1r https://t.co/gUUXFgiQ3z
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Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

'Not safe on database server!' it screamed back as its makers resist releasing full code in case it's abused

@AlecRad shared
On Feb 15, 2019
RT @mtrc: Shoutout to @katyanna_q who fed the system a curveball, which I always like to see. As you might expect by now after seeing AlphaStar, OpenAI 5 etc. etc., if you drag the system away from its training data and into weirder territory, it begins to wobble. https://t.co/0d3I41df1r https://t.co/gUUXFgiQ3z
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Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

Roses are red, this is sublime: We fed OpenAI's latest chat bot a classic Reg headline

'Not safe on database server!' it screamed back as its makers resist releasing full code in case it's abused

@stanfordnlp shared
On Feb 24, 2019
RT @ecsquendor: Jit Ghosh discusses the "GloVe" 2014 Stanford paper on word embeddings. This one was a great session! #paperreviewcalls #nlp #deeplearning https://t.co/bLhT8WpwqW
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Paper Reviews Call 006 - GloVe

"GloVe is an unsupervised learning algorithm for obtaining vector representations for words. Training is performed on aggregated global word-word co-occurren...

@stanfordnlp shared
On Feb 24, 2019
RT @ecsquendor: Jit Ghosh discusses the "GloVe" 2014 Stanford paper on word embeddings. This one was a great session! #paperreviewcalls #nlp #deeplearning https://t.co/bLhT8WpwqW
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Paper Reviews Call 006 - GloVe

Paper Reviews Call 006 - GloVe

"GloVe is an unsupervised learning algorithm for obtaining vector representations for words. Training is performed on aggregated global word-word co-occurren...

@jeremyphoward shared
On Feb 5, 2019
RT @mmitchell_ai: Great new piece by @math_rachel on current AI concerns, incl. "the tyranny of metrics: metrics are just a proxy for what you really care about, and unthinkingly optimizing a metric can lead to unexpected, negative results." https://t.co/ySG2V7tNFS
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I’m an AI researcher, and here’s what scares me about AI

Warnings about sentient robots are overblown. Here are the 5 things that really scare me…

@jeremyphoward shared
On Feb 5, 2019
RT @mmitchell_ai: Great new piece by @math_rachel on current AI concerns, incl. "the tyranny of metrics: metrics are just a proxy for what you really care about, and unthinkingly optimizing a metric can lead to unexpected, negative results." https://t.co/ySG2V7tNFS
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I’m an AI researcher, and here’s what scares me about AI

I’m an AI researcher, and here’s what scares me about AI

Warnings about sentient robots are overblown. Here are the 5 things that really scare me…

@haldaume3 shared
On Feb 22, 2019
RT @benbendc: NEW STYLE, NEW AUDIENCE: What alchemy and astrology can teach artificial intelligence researchers https://t.co/TGyMdj4IfG via @ConversationUS @umdcs @hcil_umd @UMDResearch @UMDscience
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What alchemy and astrology can teach artificial intelligence researchers

Pursuing big, unrealistic dreams can distract from real scientific progress. It's time for AI research to focus on restoring and expanding human control and responsibility.

@haldaume3 shared
On Feb 22, 2019
RT @benbendc: NEW STYLE, NEW AUDIENCE: What alchemy and astrology can teach artificial intelligence researchers https://t.co/TGyMdj4IfG via @ConversationUS @umdcs @hcil_umd @UMDResearch @UMDscience
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What alchemy and astrology can teach artificial intelligence researchers

What alchemy and astrology can teach artificial intelligence researchers

Pursuing big, unrealistic dreams can distract from real scientific progress. It's time for AI research to focus on restoring and expanding human control and responsibility.

@jeremyphoward shared
On Feb 19, 2019
Facebook’s chief AI scientist @ylecun: Deep learning may need a new programming language https://t.co/3DQbjgG2PN
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Facebook’s chief AI scientist: Deep learning may need a new programming language

Deep learning may need a new programming language that’s more flexible and easier to work with than Python, Facebook AI Research director Yann LeCun said today. It’s not yet clear if su…

@jeremyphoward shared
On Feb 19, 2019
Facebook’s chief AI scientist @ylecun: Deep learning may need a new programming language https://t.co/3DQbjgG2PN
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Facebook’s chief AI scientist: Deep learning may need a new programming language

Facebook’s chief AI scientist: Deep learning may need a new programming language

Deep learning may need a new programming language that’s more flexible and easier to work with than Python, Facebook AI Research director Yann LeCun said today. It’s not yet clear if su…

@dnouri shared
On Feb 15, 2019
RT @ilparone: A healthy reminder in the midst of AI-powered fake news hype: “You don’t need AI to create fake news... People can easily do it.” -@RichardSocher https://t.co/DFolo0KPS0 by @willknight #ux #ai
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An AI that writes convincing prose risks mass-producing fake news

Fed with billions of words, this algorithm creates convincing articles and shows how AI could be used to fool people on a mass scale.

@dnouri shared
On Feb 15, 2019
RT @ilparone: A healthy reminder in the midst of AI-powered fake news hype: “You don’t need AI to create fake news... People can easily do it.” -@RichardSocher https://t.co/DFolo0KPS0 by @willknight #ux #ai
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An AI that writes convincing prose risks mass-producing fake news

An AI that writes convincing prose risks mass-producing fake news

Fed with billions of words, this algorithm creates convincing articles and shows how AI could be used to fool people on a mass scale.

@etzioni shared
On Feb 5, 2019
RT @b0yle: Artificial intelligence plays on your team in #Iconary, a picture puzzle game from @allenai_org: https://t.co/FpZBPFHNlQ H/T @etzioni https://t.co/EGC7OqfCGl
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Artificial intelligence plays on your team in Iconary, a picture puzzle game from AI2

For decades, the games that put artificial intelligence to the test have pit the machine against the human. Why isn’t there a game where they’re on the same team? Now there is.

@etzioni shared
On Feb 5, 2019
RT @b0yle: Artificial intelligence plays on your team in #Iconary, a picture puzzle game from @allenai_org: https://t.co/FpZBPFHNlQ H/T @etzioni https://t.co/EGC7OqfCGl
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Artificial intelligence plays on your team in Iconary, a picture puzzle game from AI2

Artificial intelligence plays on your team in Iconary, a picture puzzle game from AI2

For decades, the games that put artificial intelligence to the test have pit the machine against the human. Why isn’t there a game where they’re on the same team? Now there is.

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