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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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overview
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Retraining as a Response to Automation — Promising, but Only if Done Right
Effective worker upskilling requires a broad approach that puts more value on human capital.
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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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policy
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bias
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overview
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AI Strategies of U.S., China, and Canada in Global Governance, Fairness, and Safety
Constructing a set of three evaluative criteria for national AI strategy, and using them to consider US, Chinese, and Canadian policy
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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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applications
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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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Bots, Lies, and DeepFakes — Online Misinformation and AI's Role in it
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Retraining as a Response to Automation — Promising, but Only if Done Right
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Artificial Intelligence — The Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet
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Boston Dynamics' robots — impressive, but far from the Terminator
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Job Loss Due To AI — How Bad Is It Going To Be?
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