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Monthly report: November 2018

This month, The Essentials Report, has curated & analyzed the content published by 198 influencers like Nando de Freitas and Yann LeCun, discussing hashtags such as #AI , #NLProc and #EMNLP2018.
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@RichardSocher shared
On Oct 29, 2018
RT @baxterkb: Blown away to be included on list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 & beyond! Humbled to be listed w/ @katecrawford @PopTechWorks @mathbabedotorg @jovialjoy @timnitGebru @ruchowdh @KayFButterfield @feraldata @terahlyons @michellercarney https://t.co/cESjq3NtUs
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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

@RichardSocher shared
On Oct 29, 2018
RT @baxterkb: Blown away to be included on list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics to Follow in 2019 & beyond! Humbled to be listed w/ @katecrawford @PopTechWorks @mathbabedotorg @jovialjoy @timnitGebru @ruchowdh @KayFButterfield @feraldata @terahlyons @michellercarney https://t.co/cESjq3NtUs
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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

@NandoDF 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.

@NandoDF 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.

@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.

@thinkmariya shared
On Nov 10, 2018
RT @AxSaucedo: Check out my "Awesome #MLOps" list, which contains numerous frameworks to scale & productise your machine learning capabilities at https://t.co/9dyVLaCfZu! Do contribute - list now includes @seldon_io @pachydermIO @ucbrise @h2oai @onnxai @apachekafka and more! #DataOps #ML #AI https://t.co/VQ1S5TjcKv
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Machine Learning Operations (ML + DevOps = MLOps)

a curated list of awesome resources to deploy, monitor, version and scale your machine learning (ML + DevOps = MLOps) - EthicalML/awesome-machine-learning-operations

@thinkmariya shared
On Nov 10, 2018
RT @AxSaucedo: Check out my "Awesome #MLOps" list, which contains numerous frameworks to scale & productise your machine learning capabilities at https://t.co/9dyVLaCfZu! Do contribute - list now includes @seldon_io @pachydermIO @ucbrise @h2oai @onnxai @apachekafka and more! #DataOps #ML #AI https://t.co/VQ1S5TjcKv
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Machine Learning Operations (ML + DevOps = MLOps)

Machine Learning Operations (ML + DevOps = MLOps)

a curated list of awesome resources to deploy, monitor, version and scale your machine learning (ML + DevOps = MLOps) - EthicalML/awesome-machine-learning-operations

@NandoDF shared
On Aug 30, 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.

@NandoDF shared
On Aug 30, 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

@graphific shared
On Nov 6, 2018
Contemporary AI systems can “do” (some) stuff well, but don’t really understand what it is they’re doing. More and more research shows that deep learning systems are impressive, but rather unreliable https://t.co/OaUMRSrG2L https://t.co/uqGWzrzSfM
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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.

@graphific shared
On Nov 6, 2018
Contemporary AI systems can “do” (some) stuff well, but don’t really understand what it is they’re doing. More and more research shows that deep learning systems are impressive, but rather unreliable https://t.co/OaUMRSrG2L https://t.co/uqGWzrzSfM
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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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