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robotics
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Getting Data for Robot AI — Hard, but Possible
Embodied AI agents need data of interactions with the real world, which is far more difficult to get than data of other AI domains like vision and language.
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policy
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Deciphering the Components of National Approaches to AI
In the piece on the United States, we explicitly discussed how regulation and development were different priorities and components of a national strategy.
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gpt3
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The Inherent Limitations of GPT-3
On why GPT-3 as is will not cost many people their jobs or soon lead to AGI.
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robotics
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Futuristic Hardware for Intelligent Robots
What advances in hardware do we need to build intelligent robots of the future?
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policy
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AI Governance in the US - so much more than R&D
Looking at existing AI governance measures in the United States and considering the path ahead
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gpt3
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GPT-3 is No Longer the Only Game in Town
GPT-3 was by far the largest AI model of its kind last year. Now? Not so much.
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robotics
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Why we don't have Robot Butlers yet
AI is necessary for autonomous robots of the future; its development and deployment is full of incredible challenges and promising opportunities
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hype
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AI as a Hype Tool
To look beyond the hype, we must understand its genesis and propagation
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overview
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Please Stop Saying 'An AI'
Popular usage of the term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ adds to misunderstanding of AI as it exists today.
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overview
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When to Assume Neural Networks Can Solve a Problem
A pragmatic guide to the powers and limits of neural networks
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overview
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The Nooscope — a visual manifesto of the limits of AI
Introducing the Nooscope, a diagram that shows how Machine Learning works and how it fails
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jobs
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So-So Artificial Intelligence
Could mediocre AI threaten labor more than brilliant AI, under the right conditions?
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hype
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opinion
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overview
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AI Coverage Best Practices, According to AI Researchers
AI researchers often bemoan low quality coverage of their field; here are their recommendations.
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DeepFakes
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OpenAI
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Humans Who Are Not Concentrating Are Not General Intelligences
On why human level intelligence is not needed to create algorithmically generated text that may seem like it was written by a human
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AGI
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Less Like Us: An Alternate Theory of Artificial General Intelligence
Rather than acting like a single brain that strives to achieve a particular goal, the central AI would be more like a search engine
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Requests for Articles: a Call on AI Experts and Communicators
Skynet Today is seeking contributors for new briefs and editorials!
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overview
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3000 Years of Algorithmic Rituals: The Emergence of AI from the Computation of Space
On AI as a long historical process of crystallizing collective behavior, personal data, and individual labor into privatized algorithms
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AGI
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opinion
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Artificial Intelligence — The Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet
On artificial intelligence as a phrase, a fast moving research field, and an emerging new discipline of engineering
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AGI
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risks
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opinion
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Worry about present-day AI first, and far off AGI hypotheticals second
The whole debate about existential risks AI poses to humanity in the far off future is a huge distraction.
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AGI
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opinion
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Artificial General Intelligence is Here, and it's Useless
On why the potential or threat of 'artificial general intelligence' is most often overstated
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overview
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art
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The Past, Present, and Future of AI Art
AI art has a long history that is often overlooked
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hype
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RL
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OpenAI
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DeepMind
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How have DOTA and StarCraft wins advanced AI research?
Impressive results have been obtained by scaling known techniques, and the long-term prospects remain unclear
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jobs
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overview
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Job Loss Due To AI — How Bad Is It Going To Be?
Studies suggest the impact of AI on jobs in the near future will not be significantly more disruptive than the impact of automation in the past
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risks
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opinion
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Why Your AI Might Be Racist
On the risks of enshrining all sorts of injustices into computer programs, where they could fester undetected in perpetuity
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AGI
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opinion
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Symbiotic human-level AI: fear not, for I am your creation
Human-level AI may well be possible — and we may not have to fear it
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bias
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singularity
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The singularity isn’t here yet. Biased AI is.
A summary of what AI bias is, why we should care, and what we can and are doing about it
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self-driving
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opinion
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panic
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Why We Find Self-Driving Cars So Scary
Even if autonomous cars are safer overall, the public will accept the new technology only when it fails in predictable and reasonable ways
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overview
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Inside an AI Conference - Robotics Science and Systems
What do AI researchers do at conferences? Check this out to find out!
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NLP
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overview
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Has AI surpassed humans at translation? Not even close!
Neural network translation systems still have many significant issues which make them far from superior to human translators
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self-driving
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computer vision
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policy
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applications
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Autonomous Driving, Both Close and Far from Ubiquity
Autonomous vehicle technology has made huge advances in the last couple of years — what's left to solve? A whole lot.
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hype
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opinion
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Artificial Intelligence: Think Again
AI has a public relations problem, and AI researchers should do something about it
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Skynet Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
The evolution of discussions about AI has never been as fast paced as it is now, and so we too have been up to a lot lately
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hype
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Google
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RL
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AlphaGo Zero Is Not A Sign of Imminent Human-Level AI
Why DeepMind's Go playing program is not about to solve all of AI
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Why Skynet Today
We are working on the Snopes for AI — here is why
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The Rise of “Killer Robots” and the Race to Restrain Them
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Bots, Lies, and DeepFakes — Online Misinformation and AI's Role in it
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