Different Skills From Different Demos: Implicit reinforcement without interaction at scale, explained
Stanford University

Different Skills From Different Demos: Implicit reinforcement without interaction at scale, explained

Reinforcement learning trains models by trial and error. In batch reinforcement learning (BRL), models learn by observing many demonstrations by a variety of actors. But what if one doctor is handier with a scalpel while another excels at suturing?

December 18, 20192 min read
Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data
Stanford University

Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data

Sophisticated models trained on biased data can learn discriminatory patterns, which leads to skewed decisions. A new solution aims to prevent neural networks from making decisions based on common biases.

December 4, 20192 min read
Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data
Stanford University

Bias Fighter: A neural network for countering bias variables in data

Sophisticated models trained on biased data can learn discriminatory patterns, which leads to skewed decisions. A new solution aims to prevent neural networks from making decisions based on common biases.

December 4, 20192 min read
Robotic Control, Easy as Apple Pie
Stanford University

Robotic Control, Easy as Apple Pie

Robots designed to assist people with disabilities have become more capable, but they’ve also become harder to control. New research offers a way to operate such complex mechanical systems more intuitively.

November 6, 20192 min read
Robotic Control, Easy as Apple Pie
Stanford University

Robotic Control, Easy as Apple Pie

Robots designed to assist people with disabilities have become more capable, but they’ve also become harder to control. New research offers a way to operate such complex mechanical systems more intuitively.

November 6, 20192 min read
Cracking Open Doctors’ Notes
Stanford University

Cracking Open Doctors’ Notes

Weak supervision is the practice of assigning likely labels to unlabeled data using a variety of simple labeling functions. Then supervised methods can be used on top of the now-labeled data.

October 23, 20192 min read
How Neural Networks Generalize
Stanford University

How Neural Networks Generalize

Humans understand the world by abstraction: If you grasp the concept of grabbing a stick, then you’ll also comprehend grabbing a ball. New work explores deep learning agents’ ability to do the same thing — an important aspect of their ability to generalize.

October 23, 20192 min read
How Neural Networks Generalize
Stanford University

How Neural Networks Generalize

Humans understand the world by abstraction: If you grasp the concept of grabbing a stick, then you’ll also comprehend grabbing a ball. New work explores deep learning agents’ ability to do the same thing — an important aspect of their ability to generalize.

October 23, 20192 min read
Cracking Open Doctors’ Notes
Stanford University

Cracking Open Doctors’ Notes

Weak supervision is the practice of assigning likely labels to unlabeled data using a variety of simple labeling functions. Then supervised methods can be used on top of the now-labeled data.

October 23, 20192 min read
Working Through Uncertainty
Stanford University

Working Through Uncertainty

How to build robots that respond to novel situations? When prior experience is limited, enabling a model to describe its uncertainty can enable it to explore more avenues to success.

September 18, 20192 min read
Working Through Uncertainty
Stanford University

Working Through Uncertainty

How to build robots that respond to novel situations? When prior experience is limited, enabling a model to describe its uncertainty can enable it to explore more avenues to success.

September 18, 20192 min read

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