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29:26

Geoff Hinton‘s Hot Take, Robots in Walmart and Art,...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/11/13

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week: AI pioneer Geoff Hinton: “Deep learning is going to be able to do everything” Walmart Scraps Plan to Have Robots Scan Shelves 2020 AI survey: Confidence in artificial intelligence expands as health industry leaders project faster return on investment Artist Sougwen Chung wanted collaborators. So she designed and built her own AI robots. 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00 News Summary segment 5:00 News

33:15

OpenAI's "Scaling Laws for Autoregressive Generative...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/11/08

An interview with Tom Henighan, a member of the technical staff at OpenAI working on the safety team, about the recent paper “Scaling Laws for Autoregressive Generative Modeling” that he co-authored with many others at OpenAI. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

31:56

Yann LeCun on GPT-3, New Google Projects, Inequality,...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/11/05

NOTE: audio for andrey is a bit rough this week, sorry! Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week: The “Godfather of AI” Just Trashed GPT-3 AI agreement to enhance environmental monitoring, weather prediction Mayo Clinic, Google Focus on AI Effort for Cancer Care Inequality grows in AI research How I used GPT-3 to hit Hacker News front page 5 times in 3 weeks I Asked AI to Write This Post for Me. Here Are the Results. 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00

29:23

DeepNude Bot, Tesla Full Self Driving, Google AI...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/29

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Automating Image Abuse: deepfake bots on Telegram, Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police, Tesla is putting ‘self driving’ in the hands of drivers amid criticism the tech is not ready, Google AI tech will be used for virtual border wall, CBP contract shows 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:40 News Summary segment 5:40 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news

35:57

The Top Myths About AI

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/25

An interview with Daniel Leufer and Alexa Steinbrück about their project AIMyths.org. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

22:04

Accessible AI, Partnership on AI, Dataset...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/22

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Microsoft and partners aim to shrink the ‘data desert’ limiting accessible AI, Access Now resigns from Partnership on AI due to lack of change among tech companies, A radical new technique lets AI learn with practically no data, 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:40 News Summary segment 5:40 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:

51:58

Measurement in AI Policy: Opportunities and Challenges

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/20

An interview with Jack Clark and Raymond Perrault about their recent paper Measurement in AI Policy: Opportunities and Challenges. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

22:00

GPT-3 on reddit, Facial Recognition in Argentina,...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/15

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week A GPT-3 bot posted comments on Reddit for a week and no one noticed , Live facial recognition is tracking kids suspected of being criminals, Many Top AI Researchers Get Financial Backing From Big Tech 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00 News Summary segment 5:00 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eighty-sixth Music: Deliberate

29:02

Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/10

An interview with Professor Matt Beane about his recent paper Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World, co-authored with Professor Erik Brynjolfsson. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

17:24

DeepFake Dictators, AI Sepsis Watch, Biased Exam...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/08

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week How an AI tool for fighting hospital deaths actually worked in the real world, ExamSoft’s remote bar exams sparks privacy and facial recognition concerns, Deepfake Putin is here to warn American’s about their self-inflicted doom 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00 News Summary segment 5:00 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:

50:53

DeepLearning.AI GANs for Good Panel + Q&A

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/04

Courtesy of our regular host Sharon, an except from the event celebrating a new course on GANs she teaches. See the full event here: https://youtu.be/9d4jmPmTWmc "To celebrate the launch of GANs Specialization, we’ve assembled a panel of GANs experts. They will discuss some of their current projects and the importance and future of GANs and also provide practical career advice for ML practitioners." Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | Pocket Casts | YouTube Music: Deliberate Thought by Kevin

23:08

Bias in Twitter & Zoom, LAPD Facial Recognition,...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/10/01

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Twitter and Zoom’s algorithmic bias issues, Despite past denials, LAPD has used facial recognition software 30,000 times in last decade, records show, We’re not ready for AI, says the winner of a new $1m AI prize, How humane is the UK’s plan to introduce robot companions in care homes?, OpenAI is giving Microsoft exclusive access to its GPT-3 language model 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00 News Summary segment 5:00

24:20

Face Mask Recognition, Detecting Disinformation,...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/09/24

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Face mask recognition has arrived - for better or worse, Google claims its AI is becoming better at recognizing breaking news and disinformation, Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence, Why Wasn’t Uber Charged in a Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash? 0:00 - 0:35 Intro 0:35 - 5:25 News Summary segment 5:25 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:

29:51

The Evolving Impact of Robots on Jobs

Last Week in AI ·

2020/09/19

An interview with Professors Jong Hyun Chung and Yong Suk Lee about their recent paper The Evolving Impact of Robots on Jobs. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

23:49

GPT-3 Clickbait, Wildfires, Heroes, Standards, Exports

Last Week in AI ·

2020/09/17

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Hope Returns to the Machine Learning Universe, California Utilities Hope Drones, AI Will Lower Risk of Future Wildfires, How to edit writing by a robot: a step-by-step guide, The Guardian’s GPT-3-generated article is everything wrong with media hype, *AI standards launched to help tackle the problem of overhyped studies, IBM says U.S. should adopt new export controls on facial recognition systems 0:00 - 0:40

20:03

Heartbeat DeepFake Detection, Robot Drug Tests,...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/09/10

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week AI researchers use heartbeat detection to identify deepfake videos, This know-it-all AI learns by reading the entire web nonstop, Google Offers to Help Others With the Tricky Ethics of AI, Robotics, AI, and Cloud Computing Combine to Supercharge Chemical and Drug Synthesis 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 4:00 News Summary segment 4:00 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:

28:57

DeepFake Ads and Memes, New AI Ethics, and AI for...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/09/04

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week "Hulu deepfaked its new ad. It won’t be the last.", "Memers are making deepfakes, and things are getting weird" , "The term ‘ethical AI’ is finally starting to mean something", and "The utopian promise and dystopian potential of real-time detection of police, fire, and medical emergencies". Intro: 0:00 - 0:45 News Summary segment: 0:45 - 6:45 News Discussion segment: 6:45 onward Find this and more in our text

38:06

U.S. Public Opinion about AI with Professor Paul...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/09/02

An interview with Professor Paul Brewer and PhD Students James Bingaman and Ashely Paintsil about their new survey paper "Media Messages and U.S. Public Opinion about Artificial Intelligence" about what the general U.S. public thinks about AI, and how popular media and interaction with new technology shapes it. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

47:59

Machine Learning + Procedural Content Generation with...

Last Week in AI ·

2020/08/29

An interview with Professors Julian Togelius and Sebastian Risi about their new survey paper "Increasing generality in machine learning through procedural content generation", their work at modl.ai, and more! Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

26:42

Hate Speech, Applied AI, NYPD, & Grades

Last Week in AI ·

2020/08/26

Our latest roundup of last week's big AI news! Plus, Stanford AI Lab PhDs Andrey Kurenkov and Sharon Zhou discuss the news and offer their thoughts. We are trying out this combination of formats for the first time - please fill out the listener survey to let us know what you think about it: bit.ly/ltasurvey Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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