Why Active Learning Fails: Pairing active learning with visual question answering.
Machine Learning Research

Why Active Learning Fails: Pairing active learning with visual question answering.

Where labeled training data is scarce, an algorithm can learn to request labels for key examples. While this practice, known as active learning, can supply labeled examples that improve performance in some tasks, it fails in others.

January 5, 20222 min read
Why Active Learning Fails: Pairing active learning with visual question answering.
Machine Learning Research

Why Active Learning Fails: Pairing active learning with visual question answering.

Where labeled training data is scarce, an algorithm can learn to request labels for key examples. While this practice, known as active learning, can supply labeled examples that improve performance in some tasks, it fails in others.

January 5, 20222 min read
Tax Relief the AI Way: AI Economist creates optimal tax rate.
Machine Learning Research

Tax Relief the AI Way: AI Economist creates optimal tax rate.

Nothing is certain except death and taxes, the saying goes — but how to make taxes fair and beneficial remains an open question. New research aims to answer it.

January 5, 20222 min read
Image Transformations Unmasked: CNNs for vision that aren't fooled by changing backgrounds.
Machine Learning Research

Image Transformations Unmasked: CNNs for vision that aren't fooled by changing backgrounds.

If you change an image by moving its subject within the frame, a well trained convolutional neural network may not recognize the fundamental similarity between the two versions. New research aims to make CNN wise to such alterations.

December 15, 20212 min read
Image Transformations Unmasked: CNNs for vision that aren't fooled by changing backgrounds.
Machine Learning Research

Image Transformations Unmasked: CNNs for vision that aren't fooled by changing backgrounds.

If you change an image by moving its subject within the frame, a well trained convolutional neural network may not recognize the fundamental similarity between the two versions. New research aims to make CNN wise to such alterations.

December 15, 20212 min read
Large Language Models Shrink: Gopher and RETRO prove lean language models can push boundaries.
Machine Learning Research

Large Language Models Shrink: Gopher and RETRO prove lean language models can push boundaries.

DeepMind released three papers that push the boundaries — and examine the issues — of large language models.

December 15, 20212 min read
Large Language Models Shrink: Gopher and RETRO prove lean language models can push boundaries.
Machine Learning Research

Large Language Models Shrink: Gopher and RETRO prove lean language models can push boundaries.

DeepMind released three papers that push the boundaries — and examine the issues — of large language models.

December 15, 20212 min read
Reinforcement Learning Transformed: Transformers succeed at reinforcemend learning tasks.
Machine Learning Research

Reinforcement Learning Transformed: Transformers succeed at reinforcemend learning tasks.

Transformers have matched or exceeded earlier architectures in language modeling and image classification. New work shows they can achieve state-of-the-art results in some reinforcement learning tasks as well.

December 8, 20213 min read
Reinforcement Learning Transformed: Transformers succeed at reinforcemend learning tasks.
Machine Learning Research

Reinforcement Learning Transformed: Transformers succeed at reinforcemend learning tasks.

Transformers have matched or exceeded earlier architectures in language modeling and image classification. New work shows they can achieve state-of-the-art results in some reinforcement learning tasks as well.

December 8, 20213 min read
Recognizing Autism: AI research can help identify autism early in children.
Machine Learning Research

Recognizing Autism: AI research can help identify autism early in children.

Classical machine learning techniques could help children with autism receive treatment earlier in life. Researchers led by Ishanu Chattopadhyay at University of Chicago developed a system that classified autism in young children based on data collected during routine checkups.

December 8, 20212 min read
Recognizing Autism: AI research can help identify autism early in children.
Machine Learning Research

Recognizing Autism: AI research can help identify autism early in children.

Classical machine learning techniques could help children with autism receive treatment earlier in life. Researchers led by Ishanu Chattopadhyay at University of Chicago developed a system that classified autism in young children based on data collected during routine checkups.

December 8, 20212 min read
A Deeper Look at Graphs: Graph Neural Networks Work Better With More Layers
Machine Learning Research

A Deeper Look at Graphs: Graph Neural Networks Work Better With More Layers

New research shows that drastically increasing the number of layers in a graph neural networks improves its performance on large datasets.

December 1, 20212 min read
A Deeper Look at Graphs: Graph Neural Networks Work Better With More Layers
Machine Learning Research

A Deeper Look at Graphs: Graph Neural Networks Work Better With More Layers

New research shows that drastically increasing the number of layers in a graph neural networks improves its performance on large datasets.

December 1, 20212 min read
Long-Haul Chatbot: Facebook Chatbot is Able to Carry on Long Conversations
Machine Learning Research

Long-Haul Chatbot: Facebook Chatbot is Able to Carry on Long Conversations

Facebook released a chatbot that summarizes dialog on the fly and uses the summary to generate further repartee.

November 24, 20212 min read
Long-Haul Chatbot: Facebook Chatbot is Able to Carry on Long Conversations
Machine Learning Research

Long-Haul Chatbot: Facebook Chatbot is Able to Carry on Long Conversations

Facebook released a chatbot that summarizes dialog on the fly and uses the summary to generate further repartee.

November 24, 20212 min read

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