Aleph Week #9 | The forgotten Einstein, Gustav Klimt, LeCun, and more cool stuff
The forgotten Einstein: how John von Neumann shaped the modern world
More than anyone else, John von Neumann created the future. He was an unparalleled genius, one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, and he helped invent the world as we now know it.
Programming in ‘natural’ language is coming sooner than you think
CodeNet is an attempt to do for Artificial Intelligence (AI) coding what ImageNet did for computer vision: it is a dataset of over 14 million code samples, covering 50 programming languages, intended to solve 4,000 coding problems.
Google used AI to recreate Gustav Klimt paintings burned by Nazis
In partnership with Vienna's Belvedere Museum, Google Arts & Culture used machine learning techniques to recreate what the paintings would have looked like in full color.
Alphabet’s DeepMind A.I. lab turns a profit for the first time ever
DeepMind, one of the world’s premier artificial intelligence labs, has turned a profit for the first time ever, according to a filing with the U.K. company registry published Tuesday.
LEARN SOMETHING! NYU Deep Learning Spring 2021 (NYU-DLSP21)
An incredible opportunity to learn the basics -and more!- of deep learning directly from one of the founders of the field, Yann LeCun. The course is “fundamental” and starts with the basic, but then speeds up in a few sessions. This is serious material, for both beginners and experienced data geeks. A true must-see.
Course website: http://bit.ly/DLSP21-home Playlist: http://bit.ly/DLSP21-YouTube Speaker: Yann LeCun, Alfredo Canziani
AI Is No Match for the Quirks of Human Intelligence
We may sometimes behave like computers, but more often, we are creative, irrational, and not always too bright.
Researchers Warn Of ‘Dangerous’ Artificial Intelligence-Generated Disinformation At Scale
We just needed a much smaller dataset, half hour of training time, and all of a sudden, GPT was now a New York Times writer
Researchers at Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) are raising alarms about powerful artificial intelligence technology now more widely available that could be used to generate disinformation at a troubling scale.
Failing to freelance in data visualization
After freelancing in data visualization for a little over a year, I decided to call it quits. I reflect on what went wrong and what you could learn from my mistakes.
How I Got a Job at DeepMind as a Research Engineer (without a Machine Learning Degree!)
I recently landed a job at DeepMind as a Research Engineer! It’s a dream come true for me, I still can’t believe it! 😍(if you feel like an imposter sometimes, trust me, you’re not alone…) I don’t have a Ph.D. in ML. I don’t have a master's in ML. In fact, I don’t have any type of degree in ML — I did my bachelor’s in EE.
New sci-fi anthology 'AI 2041' presents hopeful realities of artificial intelligence
"AI 2041: Ten Visions For Our Future" (Currency, 2021), a fascinating new sci-fi anthology, ushers us into this brave new world of digital enlightenment on a more upbeat note. Its 480 pages deliver a collection of provocative tales describing how artificial intelligence might touch our lives and loves 20 years from today.
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