Machine Learning & AI

The Computer Scientist Training AI to Think With Analogies

Quanta Magazine: The Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gödel, Escher, Bach inspired legions of computer scientists in 1979, but few were as inspired as Melanie Mitchell. After reading the 777-page tome, Mitchell, a high school math teacher in New York, decided she “needed…

What Ever Happened to IBM’s Watson?

New York Times: A decade ago, IBM’s public confidence was unmistakable. Its Watson supercomputer had just trounced Ken Jennings, the best human “Jeopardy!” player ever, showcasing the power of artificial intelligence. This was only the beginning of a technological revolution about to sweep through society, the company pledged. “Already,” IBM declared…

Humanities versus STEM: The forced dichotomy where no one wins

IT Pro: Last autumn, following a difficult six months of redundancies and furloughs that hit the arts and culture sector particularly hard, a governmental campaign encouraging people to retrain to work in the tech industry was met with heavy criticism from…

Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance

Wired UK: Your body is a data goldmine. From the way you look to how you think and feel, firms working in the burgeoning biometrics industry are developing new and alarming ways to track everything we do. And, in many cases,…