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AI with AI: Artificial Intelligence with Andy Ilachinski

Nov 30, 2018

Andy and Dave discuss research from Hasani and colleagues that uses a natural method for growing a neural network, which they use to demonstrate that a 12-neuron network can be trained to steer and park a rover robot to a given spot. Jeff Hawkins and co-workers describe a new theory of intelligence, positing that every...


Nov 23, 2018

In the latest news, Andy and Dave discuss Microsoft’s announcement that it will sell artificial intelligence and other advanced technology to the Pentagon; Google is giving $25M to projects that use artificial intelligence for humanitarian projects; Stanford announces the Human-Centered AI initiative; AdaNet offers...


Nov 16, 2018

Deep generative models can generate “spurious” samples (i.e. errors). Researchers from Université Paris-Saclay and PSL Research University explore a basic question, “Is it possible to get rid of all spurious samples [in deep generative models] without sacrificing coverage of a model?” Their research suggests...


Nov 9, 2018

Andy and Dave discuss the latest corporate buzz on the Department of Defense’s JEDI contract, in which Microsoft employees publish an open letter and accuse the company of straying from its AI principles; a new DARPA program seeks to codify humans’ basic common sense through computational models and repositories;...


Nov 2, 2018

Andy and Dave focus of a variety of big news items, including: Google bows out of the bidding for the Pentagon’s “JEDI” cloud contract valued at $10 billion; the Government Accountability Office releases a 50-page report on the poor state of the cybersecurity of U.S. weapons systems; “The Big Hack” makes...