Hello world by Hannah Fry 2018
Accessible introduction to the use of algorithms in everyday life. Fry’s book walks its reader...
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Category: AI
Fei-Fei Li and Yuval Noah Harari in conversation on The Coming AI Upheaval 24 April 2019
No conclusions reached but a good airing of the problem. The case for the prosecution (Harari)...
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One of these is a power drill by Chris Baraniuk in NewScientist 270419
AI uses one method to do object recognition; humans use two. Everyone is familiar with the AI...
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The creativity code by Marcus du Sautoy 2019
An ode to the beauty of mathematics as well as a discussion of AI and creativity. The author does...
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In our own image by George Zarkadakis 2015
A comprehensive and accessible run-through of all matters AI-related. The book covers a lot of...
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The festival of AI and emerging technology by CogX 10-12 June 2019
500 speakers over three days. CogX produces great daily newsflow on trends and events in AI. They...
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How AI Will Go Out Of Control According To 52 Experts by CBInsights 19 February 2019
Give yourself a cheap thrill reading about AI’s potential to wipe us out. This is a wonderful...
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Robots that look after grandma in The Economist 16 February 2019
Demand for multi-purpose robots is rising, unlike supply. Two recent research studies have...
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Algorithms are just too easy a bogeyman for volatile markets by David Siegel in FT 22 January 2019
Algorithmic thinking has its place. Whilst the article was written for a financial audience, it...
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The Future of AI Will Be About Less Data, Not More by J Wilson, P Daugherty & C Davenport in Harvard Business Review 14 January 2019
Introducing the next big chapter in AI development. It is easy to be carried away with today’s...
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Quora answer to Is reinforcement learning a dead end? by Sridhar Mahadevan
Trenchant critique of reinforcement learning. Mahadevan, a fellow of the AAAI, sets out his...
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Uber has cracked two classic ’80s video games by Will Knight in MIT Technology Review 26 November 2018
New algorithm makes up for intermittent reinforcement. In most games, a machine learning algorithm...
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Lecture on Creativity and AI by Demis Hassabis to The Royal Academy of Arts 17 September 2018
AI is still only at the quite creative stage of development. Hassabis breaks creativity down into...
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Westworld (s1) and Humans (s3)
Fancy coding generates consciousness. It is interesting watching Westworld and Humans...
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Will robots kill us by Stephen Hawking in Sunday Times 14 October 2018
The existential risk lies in AI drivers and goals. Hawking rightly points out the distinct...
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FT Big Read Artificial Intelligence by Richard Waters in Financial Times 10 October 2018
Mid-term report on AI paints a cooperative picture. The story here is that AI will work most...
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Thoughts laid bare by Timothy Revell in NewScientist 29 September 2018
Could AI help us discover where consciousness lies in the brain? Some of the world’s big...
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Machine Learning Confronts the Elephant in the Room by Kevin Hartnett in Quanta Magazine 20 September 2018
Machine learning has yet to grow up. Machine learning is like a primary school child. It has...
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I want to make a chemical brain by Roman Hooper in NewScientist 15 September 2018
Consciousness in silico will not work. So says the chemist, Lee Cronin. He believes that the...
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Head full of brains, shoes full of feet in The Economist 1 September 2018
As AI becomes more human, it grows stronger. Supervised machine learning has made great strides in...
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