WIRED
DeepMind's Losses and the Future of Artificial Intelligence
6 min · · Alphabet’s DeepMind unit, conqueror of Go and other games, is losing lots of money. Continued deficits could imperil investments in AI. · Shared by 222, including LARRY ELKAN, Howard Getson, Johannes Haus, Florian Graillot, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Kirk Borne, Gary Marcus, Antonio Vieira Santos, Dominik Grolimund, Ronald van Loon, Ste Davies, Bob E. Hayes, Sean Gardner, Martin Ford, Nicolas Babin, Carla Gentry 🎶, Katja Evertz, Jose Luis Calvo, Oren Etzioni, Backchannel
Fast Company
Why genuine human intelligence is key for the development of AI
8 min · · Amid stunning developments in artificial intelligence, it’s important for data scientists to rely on their own critical thinking and not just turn everything over to the machines. · Shared by 32, including Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, John Hagel, Gerrit Eicker, Ward Plunet
VentureBeat
AI researchers launch SuperGLUE, a rigorous benchmark for language understanding
2 min · · A consortium of AI researchers from Facebook, NYU, and Google's DeepMind have created SuperGLUE, a benchmark for more nuanced, complex conversational AI. · Shared by 74, including Faik Ersoy, Thomas Telandro, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Chris Messina, Dominik Grolimund, Ward Plunet, Bernhard Huessy, Gerrit Eicker
MIT Technology Review
China has started a grand experiment in AI education. It could reshape how the world learns.
15+ min · · In recent years, the country has rushed to pursue “intelligent education.” Now its billion-dollar ed-tech companies are planning to export their vision overseas. · Shared by 240, including Peter van Sabben.eth, Stephanie A Kowalski, BrendanEich, Amber Mac, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Education Architects, John Nosta, Martina Grolimund, Howard Getson, Niklaus Gerber, Ines Bieler, Nico Luchsinger, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Garde Lecumberri, Andreas Staub, Oleg Baskov, Gengo 🦁, Jonathan Kogan, Marsha Collier, Martin Ford
World Economic Forum
The latest technology isn't enough – you need the business model to go with it
6 min · · As the dawn of electrification and the early history of computing show, pioneering technology means little without the right mindset to apply it. · Shared by 40, including Katja Evertz, #bottish, Bertrand Maltaverne, Antonio Vieira Santos, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Antonio Grasso, Gerrit Eicker
Towards Data Science
Location-Based Recommendations
7 min · · Create a location-based recommender with machine learning. · Shared by 22, including Gerrit Eicker
TechCrunch
Nike buys an AI startup that predicts what consumers want
1 min · · Nike’s market cap has swollen past $100 billion, but the shoe company still sees potential to learn more about what customers want and how to source and stock products to meet those needs. The company… · Shared by 25, including Gerrit Eicker, Howard Getson, Gideonro, Thomas Power
Financial Times
Huge computing power ‘can deliver human-level AI in 5 years’
6 min · · OpenAI bets that size matters in race to artificial general intelligence · Shared by 77, including David Pearce, Oren Etzioni, Yvette Dubel, Luca M. Sergio, Martin Ford, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Niklaus Gerber, Gerrit Eicker, Thomas Power, Howard Getson
TechCrunch
News discovery app SmartNews valued at $1.1B
1 min · · SmartNews, an AI-powered news aggregation app, is the latest company to enter the unicorn club. · Shared by 21, including Sachin Rekhi, Gerrit Eicker, Guy Kawasaki
MIT Technology Review
Instead of practicing, this AI mastered chess by reading about it
2 min · · Machines that appreciate “brilliant” and “dumb” chess moves could learn to play the game—and do other things—more efficiently. · Shared by 59, including Mike Tamir, PhD, Logical Analysis, Ward Plunet, Vikram Dutt, John Hagel, Gerrit Eicker, Bas Grasmayer, Vinod Sharma
fairobserver.com
Google and Our Collective AI Future
4 min · · Artificial intelligence is already a fact of life and its potential will grow exponentially, along with its applicability and impact. · Shared by 12, including Gerrit Eicker
The Verge
Facebook open-sources algorithms for detecting child exploitation and terrorism imagery
2 min · · Crowdsourcing a better solution to disturbing photos and videos · Shared by 11, including Gerrit Eicker, Bjorn Larsen
VentureBeat
Uber open-sources Plato for developing and testing conversational AI
2 min · · Uber AI (Uber's AI research division) has open-sourced Plato, a platform for developing and testing conversational AI agents. · Shared by 32, including Thomas Power, Oleg Baskov, Yvette Dubel, Gerrit Eicker
Harvard Business Review
Your AI Efforts Won’t Succeed Unless They Benefit Employees
5 min · · Workers need to know AI is here to help — not steal their jobs. · Shared by 45, including Bertrand Maltaverne, Joseph Kvedar, MD, Andy Jankowski, Carla Johnson - Keynote Speaker, Gerrit Eicker, 瑞拿頭, Antonio Vieira Santos, Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Wong, Ian M Calvert
MIT Technology Review
A new tool uses AI to spot text written by AI
1 min · · AI algorithms can generate text convincing enough to fool the average human—potentially providing a way to mass-produce fake news, bogus reviews, and phony social accounts. · Shared by 144, including Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Ronald van Loon, Leni "Lee" Krsova ⚔️, Builtvisible, Chris Messina, Jose Luis Calvo, Mike Tamir, PhD, Barnaby Skinner, Josep M. Ganyet, Hans Bickhofe, Stephan Woodtli, Amber Mac, Tiffany Shlain, Ward Plunet, Aamir Raz, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Gil Press, Yvette Dubel, Jonathan Kogan, Vikram Dutt