Amazon, like other tech giants including Google and Facebook, is hunting for workers who are experts in artificial intelligence. Read More
Tag: Machine Learning
How ‘blind learning’ could solve A.I.’s ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ dilemma
A.I. systems need data to learn, but privacy and. governance concerns make sharing it difficult. Read More
Archaeologists train a neural network to sort pottery fragments for them
(credit: Pawlowicz and Downum 2021) Real archaeological fieldwork is seldom as exciting as it looks in the movies. You tend to get fewer reanimated mummies, deadly booby traps, and dramatic shootouts with Nazis. Instead, you’ll see pieces of broken pottery—a lot of them. Potsherds are ubiquitous at archaeological sites, and that’s true for pretty much […]
Why companies should carefully read government A.I. plans
Savvy companies can use the information to decide how to best invest in A.I.-related initiatives. Read More
Programming a robot to teach itself how to move
Enlarge / The robotic train. (credit: Oliveri et. al.) One of the most impressive developments in recent years has been the production of AI systems that can teach themselves to master the rules of a larger system. Notable successes have included experiments with chess and Starcraft. Given that self-teaching capability, it’s tempting to think that […]
Law firms are building A.I. expertise as regulation looms
There’s a wide gulf between A.I. system builders and legal experts. One boutique law firm is hoping to bridge it. Read More
The benefits of ‘shallow’ artificial intelligence
Although giant neural networks get much of the attention, smaller neural networks are more easy to explain, making them more appealing to regulators. Read More
Apple hires yet another ex-Google AI leader
Enlarge / AI researcher Samy Bengio (left) poses with his brother Yoshua Bengio (right) for a photo tied to a report from cloud-platform company Paperspace on the future of AI. (credit: Paperspace) Apple has hired Samy Bengio, a prominent AI researcher who previously worked at Google. Bengio will lead “a new AI research unit” within […]
The sun is setting on A.I.’s Wild West
The EU’s new A.I. regulatory proposal and the FTC’s stark warning signal the era of freewheeling “self-regulation” is over Read More
Why corporate use of A.I. flatlined in 2020
Companies did not spend more time and money on their A.I. projects in 2020, likely due to COVID-19. Read More