Sep 02, 2020

14 Posts

Wimbledon in a Box: Generative AI technique creates imaginary tennis matches.
Sep 02, 2020

Wimbledon in a Box: Generative AI technique creates imaginary tennis matches.

Covid shut down the tennis tournament at Wimbledon this year, but a new model simulates showdowns between the sport’s greatest players. Stanford researchers developed Vid2Player, a system that simulates the footwork, positioning, and strokes of tennis pros like Roger Federer.

1 min read
The Batch: Autonomous Air Freight, U.S. National AI Centers, Photorealistic Fantasy Tennis, Transformers Transform into RNNs
Sep 02, 2020

The Batch: Autonomous Air Freight, U.S. National AI Centers, Photorealistic Fantasy Tennis, Transformers Transform into RNNs

Did you ever spend days obsessing over a technical problem? If so, I applaud you. Determined pursuit of solutions to hard problems is an important step toward building deep expertise.

10 min read
How to Build Deep Expertise
Sep 02, 2020

How to Build Deep Expertise

Did you ever spend days obsessing over a technical problem? If so, I applaud you. Determined pursuit of solutions to hard problems is an important step toward building deep expertise.

1 min read
Deep Learning Is in the Air: How Xwing uses AI for autonomous commercial flights
Sep 02, 2020

Deep Learning Is in the Air: How Xwing uses AI for autonomous commercial flights

An aviation startups is using neural networks to put air freight on autopilot.What’s new: Xwing, a California startup, is test-flying an autonomous pilot system aboard cargo aircraft with an eye toward crewless commercial flights in 2022.

1 min read
Dropout With a Difference: Reduce neural net overfitting without impacting accuracy
Sep 02, 2020

Dropout With a Difference: Reduce neural net overfitting without impacting accuracy

The technique known as dropout discourages neural networks from overfitting by deterring them from reliance on particular features. A new approach reorganizes the process to run efficiently on the chips that typically run neural network calculations.

2 min read
How to Build Deep Expertise
Sep 02, 2020

How to Build Deep Expertise

Did you ever spend days obsessing over a technical problem? If so, I applaud you. Determined pursuit of solutions to hard problems is an important step toward building deep expertise.

1 min read
U.S. Proposes National AI Centers: U.S. proposes $180 million for AI research.
Sep 02, 2020

U.S. Proposes National AI Centers: U.S. proposes $180 million for AI research.

The White House called for new funding for AI research including a constellation of research centers. Nonetheless, the U.S. government’s annual spending on the technology still would lag behind that of several other...

2 min read
Wimbledon in a Box: Generative AI technique creates imaginary tennis matches.
Sep 02, 2020

Wimbledon in a Box: Generative AI technique creates imaginary tennis matches.

Covid shut down the tennis tournament at Wimbledon this year, but a new model simulates showdowns between the sport’s greatest players. Stanford researchers developed Vid2Player, a system that simulates the footwork, positioning, and strokes of tennis pros like Roger Federer.

1 min read
The Batch: Autonomous Air Freight, U.S. National AI Centers, Photorealistic Fantasy Tennis, Transformers Transform into RNNs
Sep 02, 2020

The Batch: Autonomous Air Freight, U.S. National AI Centers, Photorealistic Fantasy Tennis, Transformers Transform into RNNs

Did you ever spend days obsessing over a technical problem? If so, I applaud you. Determined pursuit of solutions to hard problems is an important step toward building deep expertise.

10 min read
The Transformation Continues: Technique boosts transformer performance on long sequences.
Sep 02, 2020

The Transformation Continues: Technique boosts transformer performance on long sequences.

Transformer networks are gaining popularity as a high-accuracy alternative to recurrent neural networks. But they can run slowly when they’re applied to long sequences.

2 min read
Dropout With a Difference: Reduce neural net overfitting without impacting accuracy
Sep 02, 2020

Dropout With a Difference: Reduce neural net overfitting without impacting accuracy

The technique known as dropout discourages neural networks from overfitting by deterring them from reliance on particular features. A new approach reorganizes the process to run efficiently on the chips that typically run neural network calculations.

2 min read
U.S. Proposes National AI Centers: U.S. proposes $180 million for AI research.
Sep 02, 2020

U.S. Proposes National AI Centers: U.S. proposes $180 million for AI research.

The White House called for new funding for AI research including a constellation of research centers. Nonetheless, the U.S. government’s annual spending on the technology still would lag behind that of several other...

2 min read
Deep Learning Is in the Air: How Xwing uses AI for autonomous commercial flights
Sep 02, 2020

Deep Learning Is in the Air: How Xwing uses AI for autonomous commercial flights

An aviation startups is using neural networks to put air freight on autopilot.What’s new: Xwing, a California startup, is test-flying an autonomous pilot system aboard cargo aircraft with an eye toward crewless commercial flights in 2022.

1 min read
The Transformation Continues: Technique boosts transformer performance on long sequences.
Sep 02, 2020

The Transformation Continues: Technique boosts transformer performance on long sequences.

Transformer networks are gaining popularity as a high-accuracy alternative to recurrent neural networks. But they can run slowly when they’re applied to long sequences.

2 min read

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