This Moment in Artificial Intelligence

Compilation of interesting links February, 2022

Hey Guys,

I have a treat for you.

I write a lot, I mean a lot. Sometimes I just want to do what most other Newsletters do, curate tons of articles on my favorite topic, A.I. I like AI so much I even try to write about it.

So this article will attempt to just that, by providing some links to the past few weeks around the Web, as relating to artificial intelligence.

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This Moment in A.I. - February, 2022

GAMING

Sony trains AI to leave the world’s best Gran Turismo drivers in the dust: Having thrashed mortal champions at poker, chess, Go, and Starcraft, an artificial intelligence program has delivered another humiliation, leaving the world’s best video game racing drivers in the dust.

AI MEETS THE COMPETITION - DEEPMIND

Competitive programming with AlphaCode (blog, paper, data, video)

HISTORY

An ancient language has defied translation for 100 years. Can AI crack the code?

DNA FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION

A system that can recognize your face from just your DNA: The Israeli AI company purports to be devising a solution for that sort of situation by using DNA to create a model of a face that can then be run through a facial recognition system.

MATH

Machine learning becomes a mathematical collaborator

CHINA INDUSTRY

AI giant SenseTime expands tech application to manufacturing sector

Tl;dr: Chinese AI giant SenseTime has made its name focusing on facial recognition systems, but its latest initiative focuses on the industry inspection market. In a statement on February 14, the company announced SenseSpring, an AI-enabled automated defect detection system.

AI TRAINING OF AUTOMATED FIGHTER PLANES

What Happens When AI Fighter Pilots Take to the Skies? Humans are already being out-manoeuvred in simulations by F-16s armed with algorithms—a new sci-fi war reality is approaching. 

UBER’S SECRET IP

DeepETA: how Uber predicts arrival times using deep learning

LINKEDIN UNDER THE HOOD

Latest LinkedIn AI Research on Using Bayesian Optimization for Balancing Metrics in Recommendation Systems - "The majority of large-scale recommender systems, such as newsfeed ranking, people recommendations, job recommendations, and so on, have many objectives that must be optimized simultaneously. User involvement, diversity, novelty, freshness, and justice are examples of these objectives."

US VS. CHINA IN AI

How the U.S. can dominate in the race to national AI supremacy To assess the winners and losers in the fulfillment of national AI aspirations, we first assembled a country-level dataset that contained a myriad of details on each country’s Tech.

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Look, it’s a cute trustworthy A.I. face! (The Deepfakes are coming).

TRUST IN AI PERSONAS - DEEPFAKE ERA IS COMING

Fake faces created by AI look more trustworthy than real people: Synthetic human faces are so convincing they can fool even trained observers, and they may be highly effective for use in scams.

AI OF MUSIC AT APPLE

Apple Buys Startup That Makes Music With Artificial Intelligence: Technology developed by AI Music can create soundtracks using royalty-free music and artificial intelligence, according to a copy of its now-defunct website. The idea is to generate dynamic soundtracks that change based on user interaction. 

CHINA’S RISE IN AI IS REAL

China's Race Towards AI Research Dominance - "As our chart based on data provided by the OECD.AI project shows, China is well on its way to surpassing traditional artificial intelligence research powerhouses in the upcoming years."

DEEPMIND ON FUSION

DeepMind uses AI to control plasma inside a fusion reactor: For the first time, artificial intelligence has been used to control the super-hot plasma inside a fusion reactor, offering a new way to increase stability and efficiency.

OPENAI CRAVES ATTENTION

OpenAI Chief Scientist Says Advanced AI May Already Be Conscious: The widely accepted idea among AI researchers is that the tech has made great strides over the past decade, but still falls far short of human intelligence, nevermind being anywhere close to experiencing the world consciously.

AI IN 2022 FUTURE BUSINESS PROSPECTS

A.I. predictions for 2022: In 2021, Fifty-seven percent of companies said they were using A.I. in at least one business function, up from 45% in 2020, according to consulting giant McKinsey’s state of A.I. report released in December. 

AI VS. HUMANS IN THE MARKETS

Humans v AI: here’s who’s better at making money in financial markets: There is also a rapid emergence and growth of the financial technology industry (fintech), where technology startups increasingly challenge established financial institutions.

THE RISE OF SYNTHETIC AI

Are You Still Using Real Data to Train Your AI? Nvidia's Rev Lebaredian says synthetic data can make AI systems better and maybe even more ethical.

WILL AI ENHANCE CREATIVITY?

AI generated this moody, entertaining animated music video - "Aza Raskin used OpenAI tools to render a film that looks like it was animated by hand. He says the potential of AI-enhanced creativity is mind-bending."

AI IN NEUROSCIENCE

MIT Researchers Introduce a Machine Learning Technique that can Automatically Describe the Roles of Individual Neurons in a Neural Network with Natural Language - "Researchers at MIT have devised a mechanism for deciphering the inner workings of black-box neural networks."

SO YOU WANT TO BE AN AI ENGINEER

How to become an AI engineer: Learn more about the AI engineer career. Find out what these professionals study, where they work, and how you can prepare for this field.

AI IN MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE

Machine learning predicts marital discord - "The life satisfaction of both partners and the woman's percentage of housework turned out to be the most important predictors of union dissolution"

REMOTE MACHINE OPERATORS ARE NOW A THING

Now Physical Jobs Are Going Remote Too - "Advances in artificial intelligence and other technology allow machines to be operated from far away. The trend could spell trouble for workers."

CAN AI HELP PROTECT OUR SENSITIVE INFRASTRUCTURE POWER GRID?

Nuclear regulatory body wants to use AI to detect cyberattacks on power plants - "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants outside researchers to determine how machine learning and artificial intelligence can detect and respond to cyberattacks at nuclear power plants, according to a SAM.gov notice."

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