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Monthly report: May 2019

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 192 influencers like Miles Brundage and Mariya, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #ML and #ICLR2019.
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@AlisonBLowndes shared
On May 28, 2019
Kurzweil calls AlexNet "AlexaNet" ?? Kind of ironic he's mistaking the iconic ex @GoogleAI now @dessa Tech Advisor Alex Krizhevsky with @Amazon's #AI! #AIforgood https://t.co/0wCrsRkPIL https://t.co/iGKjW3LKNx
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The inside story of how AI got good enough to dominate Silicon Valley

You might not know Alex Khrizhevsky's name, but he changed the world of AI forever.

@AlisonBLowndes shared
On May 28, 2019
Kurzweil calls AlexNet "AlexaNet" ?? Kind of ironic he's mistaking the iconic ex @GoogleAI now @dessa Tech Advisor Alex Krizhevsky with @Amazon's #AI! #AIforgood https://t.co/0wCrsRkPIL https://t.co/iGKjW3LKNx
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The inside story of how AI got good enough to dominate Silicon Valley

The inside story of how AI got good enough to dominate Silicon Valley

You might not know Alex Khrizhevsky's name, but he changed the world of AI forever.

@thinkmariya shared
On May 14, 2019
Emmanuel Ameisen of Insight Data Science has written a detailed but still accessible tutorial that covers a range of #ML approaches to tackling NLP problems, starting with the simplest method and moving on to more nuanced approaches. https://t.co/MFaxs6sXPT #AI #NLP
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How To Solve 90% Of NLP Problems: A Step-By-Step Guide

Using Machine Learning to understand and leverage text.

@thinkmariya shared
On May 14, 2019
Emmanuel Ameisen of Insight Data Science has written a detailed but still accessible tutorial that covers a range of #ML approaches to tackling NLP problems, starting with the simplest method and moving on to more nuanced approaches. https://t.co/MFaxs6sXPT #AI #NLP
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How To Solve 90% Of NLP Problems: A Step-By-Step Guide

How To Solve 90% Of NLP Problems: A Step-By-Step Guide

Using Machine Learning to understand and leverage text.

@weballergy shared
On May 14, 2019
RT @chipro: Top trends I saw at #ICLR2019 include the rise of unsupervised representation learning, RNN losing its luster, GANs still dominating, RL moving towards meta-learning, the return of old school ideas. Great conference for not only ideas but also motivation https://t.co/gmqbnfXgly
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Top 8 trends from ICLR 2019

Disclaimer: This post doesn’t reflect the view of any of the organizations I’m associated with and is probably peppered with my personal and institutional bi...

@weballergy shared
On May 14, 2019
RT @chipro: Top trends I saw at #ICLR2019 include the rise of unsupervised representation learning, RNN losing its luster, GANs still dominating, RL moving towards meta-learning, the return of old school ideas. Great conference for not only ideas but also motivation https://t.co/gmqbnfXgly
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Top 8 trends from ICLR 2019

Top 8 trends from ICLR 2019

Disclaimer: This post doesn’t reflect the view of any of the organizations I’m associated with and is probably peppered with my personal and institutional bi...

@weballergy shared
On May 25, 2019
RT @demishassabis: Great interview with Fan Hui: “Before I played #AlphaGo, I felt like I knew the world, like I knew many things. But afterwards, everything changed. Now I really believe everything is possible, because I saw something that people thought was impossible.” https://t.co/5ullCpYmhR
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Fan Hui: What I learned from losing to DeepMind’s AlphaGo

In Ridley Scott’s seminal 1982 film Blade Runner, the sinister Tyrell corporation manufactures eerily human-like robots under the company slogan ‘more European Go champion Fan Hui made history when he lost to Google-owned DeepMind's AlphaGo program in 2015, but he's far from bitter

@weballergy shared
On May 25, 2019
RT @demishassabis: Great interview with Fan Hui: “Before I played #AlphaGo, I felt like I knew the world, like I knew many things. But afterwards, everything changed. Now I really believe everything is possible, because I saw something that people thought was impossible.” https://t.co/5ullCpYmhR
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Fan Hui: What I learned from losing to DeepMind’s AlphaGo

Fan Hui: What I learned from losing to DeepMind’s AlphaGo

In Ridley Scott’s seminal 1982 film Blade Runner, the sinister Tyrell corporation manufactures eerily human-like robots under the company slogan ‘more European Go champion Fan Hui made ...

@fchollet shared
On May 14, 2019
RT @TensorFlow: We’re excited to share that weight pruning is now part of the TensorFlow Model Optimization Toolkit! Learn how sparsity can dramatically reduce model sizes with negligible accuracy loss. Read here → https://t.co/bhOm3s6ixP https://t.co/GdngCLKjDa
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TensorFlow Model Optimization Toolkit — Pruning API

Since we introduced the Model Optimization Toolkit — a suite of techniques that developers, both novice and advanced, can use to optimize…

@fchollet shared
On May 14, 2019
RT @TensorFlow: We’re excited to share that weight pruning is now part of the TensorFlow Model Optimization Toolkit! Learn how sparsity can dramatically reduce model sizes with negligible accuracy loss. Read here → https://t.co/bhOm3s6ixP https://t.co/GdngCLKjDa
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TensorFlow Model Optimization Toolkit — Pruning API

TensorFlow Model Optimization Toolkit — Pruning API

Since we introduced the Model Optimization Toolkit — a suite of techniques that developers, both novice and advanced, can use to optimize…

@petewarden shared
On May 26, 2019
RT @robhof: No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge https://t.co/48XmzCSA7u via @SiliconANGLE #AI #processors #evs19 Tip @Techmeme
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No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge

No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge - SiliconANGLE

@petewarden shared
On May 26, 2019
RT @robhof: No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge https://t.co/48XmzCSA7u via @SiliconANGLE #AI #processors #evs19 Tip @Techmeme
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No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge

No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge

No cloud required: Why AI’s future is at the edge - SiliconANGLE

@Miles_Brundage shared
On May 25, 2019
RT @ylecun: A triple interview of Geoff, Yoshua and me in the June issue of Communication of the ACM. https://t.co/dmpHs48I2K https://t.co/dmpHs48I2K
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Reaching New Heights with Artificial Neural Networks

ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun on the promise of neural networks, the need for new paradigms, and the concept of making technology accessible to all.

@Miles_Brundage shared
On May 25, 2019
RT @ylecun: A triple interview of Geoff, Yoshua and me in the June issue of Communication of the ACM. https://t.co/dmpHs48I2K https://t.co/dmpHs48I2K
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Reaching New Heights with Artificial Neural Networks

Reaching New Heights with Artificial Neural Networks

ACM A.M. Turing Award recipients Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yann LeCun on the promise of neural networks, the need for new paradigms, and the concept of making technology ...

@Miles_Brundage shared
On May 19, 2019
RT @roydanroy: Bad news, but we've known it was coming for months and months. https://t.co/5KCfzGVUNw Vector is supported by forward thinking federal and business leaders. One man and his cheap beer ain't going to stop this.
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Ford government slashes funding to research institutes focused on artificial intelligence

The Ford government has axed provincial funding for two institutes credited with positioning Ontario and Canada at the forefront of artificial intelligence research — a field the government’s own prosperity think tank says must be supported if the province wants to remain competitive and ...

@Miles_Brundage shared
On May 19, 2019
RT @roydanroy: Bad news, but we've known it was coming for months and months. https://t.co/5KCfzGVUNw Vector is supported by forward thinking federal and business leaders. One man and his cheap beer ain't going to stop this.
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Ford government slashes funding to research institutes focused on artificial intelligence

Ford government slashes funding to research institutes focused on artificial intelligence

The Ford government has axed provincial funding for two institutes credited with positioning Ontario and Canada at the forefront of artificial intelligence research — a field the ...

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