A Victory for International Education
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A Victory for International Education

Last week, I wrote about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that would have forced international students to leave the country if their university went fully online to manage the risk of Covid-19.

July 15, 20201 min read
AI Makes Headlines: Primer introduces an automated headline generator.
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AI Makes Headlines: Primer introduces an automated headline generator.

Which headline was written by a computer? A: FIFA to Decide on 2022 World Cup in March B: Decision in March on 48-team 2022 World Cup, Says Infantino

July 15, 20202 min read
A Victory for International Education
Tech & Society

A Victory for International Education

Last week, I wrote about the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy that would have forced international students to leave the country if their university went fully online to manage the risk of Covid-19.

July 15, 20201 min read
Monsters in Motion: Source of Madness is an AI-powered Lovecraftian nightmare.
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Monsters in Motion: Source of Madness is an AI-powered Lovecraftian nightmare.

How do you control a video game that generates a host of unique monsters for every match? With machine learning, naturally. The otherworldly creatures in Source of Madness learn how to target players through reinforcement learning.

July 15, 20201 min read
Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures
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Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures

An artist is using deep learning to create realistic portraits of historical figures like Napoleon Bonaparte, Vincent Van Gogh, and England’s first Queen Elizabeth.

July 8, 20201 min read
Tiny Images, Outsized Biases: Why MIT withdrew the Tiny Images dataset
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Tiny Images, Outsized Biases: Why MIT withdrew the Tiny Images dataset

MIT withdrew a popular computer vision dataset after researchers found that it was rife with social bias. Researchers found racist, misogynistic, and demeaning labels among the nearly 80 million pictures in Tiny Images, a collection of 32-by-32 pixel color photos.

July 8, 20202 min read
Let International Students Study
Tech & Society

Let International Students Study

I am appalled by the policy, announced on Monday by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that international students in the country on an F-1 visa must leave if their school goes fully online to cope with Covid-19.

July 8, 20201 min read
Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures
Tech & Society

Photos From Before Photos Existed: How Artbreeder generates AI images of historical figures

An artist is using deep learning to create realistic portraits of historical figures like Napoleon Bonaparte, Vincent Van Gogh, and England’s first Queen Elizabeth.

July 8, 20201 min read
Let International Students Study
Tech & Society

Let International Students Study

I am appalled by the policy, announced on Monday by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), that international students in the country on an F-1 visa must leave if their school goes fully online to cope with Covid-19.

July 8, 20201 min read
Tiny Images, Outsized Biases: Why MIT withdrew the Tiny Images dataset
Tech & Society

Tiny Images, Outsized Biases: Why MIT withdrew the Tiny Images dataset

MIT withdrew a popular computer vision dataset after researchers found that it was rife with social bias. Researchers found racist, misogynistic, and demeaning labels among the nearly 80 million pictures in Tiny Images, a collection of 32-by-32 pixel color photos.

July 8, 20202 min read
Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning
Tech & Society

Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning

A new model designed to sharpen images tends to turn some dark faces white, igniting fresh furor over bias in machine learning. Photo Upsampling via Latent Space Exploration (Pulse) generates high-resolution versions of low-resolution images.

July 1, 20202 min read
Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.
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Bots Don’t Need Social Distancing: Covid-19 drove demand for Replika, an AI chatbot.

A chatbot is providing companionship for the locked-down and lonely. Downloads of Replika, a chatbot designed to be a virtual friend, have spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, reports the New York Times.

July 1, 20201 min read
How “Unbiased” AI Can Lead to Biased Outcomes
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How “Unbiased” AI Can Lead to Biased Outcomes

We know that biased data leads to biased machine learning. But does the problem go beyond that? A few colleagues asked about this after a heated exchange on Twitter between Yann LeCun and Timnit Gebru (see “Image Resolution in Black and White” below).

July 1, 20201 min read
How “Unbiased” AI Can Lead to Biased Outcomes
Tech & Society

How “Unbiased” AI Can Lead to Biased Outcomes

We know that biased data leads to biased machine learning. But does the problem go beyond that? A few colleagues asked about this after a heated exchange on Twitter between Yann LeCun and Timnit Gebru (see “Image Resolution in Black and White” below).

July 1, 20201 min read
Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning
Tech & Society

Image Resolution in Black and White: Behind the Pulse controversy about bias in machine learning

A new model designed to sharpen images tends to turn some dark faces white, igniting fresh furor over bias in machine learning. Photo Upsampling via Latent Space Exploration (Pulse) generates high-resolution versions of low-resolution images.

July 1, 20202 min read

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