CategoryMachine Learning
Would Google be happier if America were run more like China?
This might be a good time to ask
Facebook’s old motto was “Move fast and break things”
With the current advertising scandal, it might be breaking itself
AI computer chips made simple
The artificial intelligence chips that run your computer are not especially difficult to understand
Hacks damage Facebook, kill Google+
The internet changes everything. For example, it makes the Big Guys more vulnerable, not less vulnerable, than bit players
Did AI teach itself to “not like” women?
No, the program did not teach itself anything. But the situation taught the company something important about what we can safely automate.Back in 2014, it was a “holy grail” machine learning program, developed in Scotland, that would sift through online resumes, using a one-to-five star rating system and cull the top five of 100, saving time and money. Within a year, a problem surfaced: It was “not rating candidates for software developer jobs and other technical posts in a gender-neutral way.”
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I, Robot, am gathering dust in the sales room …
Why do robotics experts think that customers will warm to robots because they look like people?
Google boss quits, writes satirical novel
The novel is said to be so far-fetched that it captures the environment
Remember those awful Seventies TV ads?
The new “attention economy” killed that kind of advertising. But what now?
People-friendly robots company shuts down
The “cobots,” robots that can work with people, got the pink slip—for now
Who built AI? You did, mostly
Along with millions of others, you are providing free training data
Deep Learning won’t solve AI
AlphaGo pioneer: We need “another dozen or half-a-dozen breakthroughs”
When machine learning results in mishap
The machine isn’t responsible but who IS? That gets tricky
Are sex robots a cure for loneliness?
Maybe, in a culture where people see themselves as machines
Can a stuffed toy turn into a robot?
Maybe to amuse a sick child? With the right skin, yes.
George Gilder talks tech at World News Daily
In a three-part interview the tech philosopher explains why he thinks Google is doomed
Do either machines—or brains—really learn?
A further response to Jeffrey Shallit: Actually, brains don’t learn either. Only minds learn.
Machines really can learn!
A computer scientist responds to my parable
The Hills Go High Tech
An American community finding its way in the new digital economy