The world’s best poker players are getting crushed by AI
In a Pittsburgh casino, four of the world’s best poker players are taking part in a tournament with very high stakes. They are not competing for a huge pot of money or international acclaim, but for some something much more important — the pride of the human race. The players are playing against an artificial […]
Artificial Intelligence Breakthroughs of 2016
From AlphaGo to universal language translation, 2016 was an awesome year for advancements in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Progress in the field seems to be accelerating, as seen with both the algorithms developed and the applications created. Deep learning – which has been the hottest trend in machine learning for the past decade — […]
Artificial intelligence ‘as good as cancer doctors’
The Stanford University team said the findings were “incredibly exciting” and would now be tested in clinics. Eventually, they believe using AI could revolutionise healthcare by turning anyone’s smartphone into a cancer scanner. Cancer Research UK said it could become a useful tool for doctors. The AI was repurposed from software developed by Google that […]
For driverless cars, a moral dilemma: Who lives or dies
BOSTON — Imagine you’re behind the wheel when your brakes fail. As you speed toward a crowded crosswalk, you’re confronted with an impossible choice: veer right and mow down a large group of elderly people or veer left into a woman pushing a stroller. Now imagine you’re riding in the back of a self-driving car. […]
Deepgram open sources Kur to make DIY deep learning less painful
Deepgram, a YC backed startup using machine learning to analyze audio data for businesses, is open sourcing an internal deep learning tool called Kur. The release should further help those interested in the space get their ideas off the ground more easily. The startup is also including 10 hours of transcribed audio, spliced into 10 second increments, to […]
Poker may be the latest game to fold against artificial intelligence
Perhaps most interestingly, the academics behind the work say their program overcame its human opponents by using an approximation approach that they compare to “gut feeling.” “If correct, this is indeed a significant advance in game-playing AI,” says Michael Wellman, a professor at the University of Michigan who specializes in game theory and AI. “First, […]
5 unexpected sources of bias in artificial intelligence
We tend to think of machines, in particular smart machines, as somehow cold, calculating and unbiased. We believe that self-driving cars will have no preference during life or death decisions between the driver and a random pedestrian. We trust that smart systems performing credit assessments will ignore everything except the genuinely impactful metrics, such as […]
Why geopolitical superpowers are racing to perfect artificial intelligence
A country’s dexterity with artificial intelligence technology might be the next strong source of national pride and international power. Knowing it would lay the foundation for the future of medicine, IBM captured the world’s imagination in 2011 with Watson, a supercomputer that not only won Jeopardy!, but beat trivia superstar Ken Jennings in the process. […]
PREPARING FOR THE FUTUREOF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20502October 12, 2016 Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology have opened up new markets and new opportunitiesfor progress in critical areas such as health, education, energy, and the environment. In recent years,machines have surpassed humans in the performance of certain specific tasks, such […]
Google’s AI Experiments help you understand neural networks by playing with them
Google’s work in machine learning and artificial intelligence is often interesting, but it can be a bit academic. People like to get their hands on these things — as much as you can, anyway, with something intangible. To that end, Google is collecting a bunch of little demonstrations of this emerging category of tech in […]
