Last Week in AI

Weekly summaries of the AI news that matters!

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Saturday Nov 07, 2020


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.
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Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Wednesday Nov 04, 2020

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 News Summary segment5:00 News Discussion segment
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:  https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eighty-ninth
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Wednesday Oct 28, 2020


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 segment5:40 News Discussion segment
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:  https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eighty-eighth
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

The Top Myths About AI

Sunday Oct 25, 2020

Sunday Oct 25, 2020


An interview with Daniel Leufer and Alexa Steinbrück about their project AIMyths.org.
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Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
 

Wednesday Oct 21, 2020


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 segment5:40 News Discussion segment
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup:  https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eighty-seventh
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Monday Oct 19, 2020


An interview with Jack Clark and Raymond Perrault about their recent paper Measurement in AI Policy: Opportunities and Challenges.
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Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Wednesday Oct 14, 2020


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 segment5:00 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 Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Friday Oct 09, 2020

An interview with Professor Matt Beane about his recent paper Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World, co-authored with Professor Erik Brynjolfsson.
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Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Wednesday Oct 07, 2020


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 segment5:00 News Discussion segment
Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eighty-fifth
Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Saturday Oct 03, 2020

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."
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Music: Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
 

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