Letters
Welcoming Refugees
I’ve always thought that how you treat those who are powerless shows your true character. People rarely mistreat others who have power over them -- for example, their boss — because they might suffer adverse consequences.
Analytics DeepLearning.AI
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: AI Builds AI, Face Recognition Sees Genetic Disorders, Stock Market Simulation, Tracking AI's Global Progress
I’ve always thought that how you treat those who are powerless shows your true character. People rarely mistreat others who have power over them -- for example, their boss — because they might suffer adverse consequences.
Business
Who Needs Programming? Behind the rise of no-code AI.
The next killer AI application may be developed by someone who has never heard of gradient descent. A rising generation of software development platforms serves users who aren’t familiar with AI — and even programming.
Science
The Many Faces of Genetic Illness: Face recognition identifies childhood genetic diseases.
People with certain genetic disorders share common facial features. Doctors are using computer vision to identify such syndromes in children so they can get early treatment.
Machine Learning Research
Stock-Trading Test Bed: AI system simulates stock market performance.
If you buy or sell stocks, it’s handy to test your strategy before you put real money at risk. Researchers devised a fresh approach to simulating market behavior.
AI Industry
AI Progress Report: Stanford University's fifth annual AI Report for 2022
A new study showcases AI’s growing importance worldwide. What’s new: The fifth annual AI Index from Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered AI documents rises in funding, regulation, and performance.
Tech & Society
Know When to Fold ’Em: Casinos use AI to spot gambling addicts.
Lose too much money at Texas hold ’em, and you may get an AI-generated warning. Casinos and gaming websites are using machine learning to flag gamblers who show signs of addictive behavior.
Tech & Society
Barnyard Sentiment Analysis: AI calculates a pig's mood using snorts.
Neural networks may help farmers make sure their animals are happy. Researchers led by Elodie Briefer and Ciara Sypherd at University of Copenhagen developed a system that interprets the moods behind a pig’s grunts and squeals.
Machine Learning Research
Who Needs Training? Graph neural network selects optimal weights for image tasks.
When you’re training a neural network, it takes a lot of computation to optimize its weights using an iterative algorithm like stochastic gradient descent. Wouldn’t it be great to compute the best parameter values in one pass? A new method takes a substantial step in that direction.
Tech & Society
AI for President: How South Korean president's campaign used deepfakes
A deepfake of South Korea’s new president helped propel him into office. Yoon Suk-yeol, who won the country’s March 9 election, campaigned using videos that featured an AI-generated likeness of himself answering voters’ questions.
Technical Insights
How AI Can Help Achieve Humanity's Grand Challenges
Last week, I wrote about the grand challenge of artificial general intelligence. Other scientific and engineering grand challenges inspire me as well. For example, fusion energy, extended lifespans, and space colonization have massive...
The Batch Newsletter
The Batch: AI For President, Pig Sqeal Recognition, Help For Problem Gamblers, Hypernetworks For Hyper Training
Last week, I wrote about the grand challenge of artificial general intelligence. Other scientific and engineering grand challenges inspire me as well. For example, fusion energy, extended lifespans, and space colonization have massive potential to remake civilization (for good or ill).