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Sep 29, 2016
Google unleashes deep learning tech on language with Neural Machine Translation
Posted by Elmar Arunov in category: robotics/AI
Translating from one language to another is hard, and creating a system that does it automatically is a major challenge, partly because there are just so many words, phrases and rules to deal with. Fortunately, neural networks eat big, complicated data sets for breakfast. Google has been working on a machine learning translation technique for years, and today is its official debut.
The Google Neural Machine Translation system, deployed today for Chinese-English queries, is a step up in complexity from existing methods. Here’s how things have evolved (in a nutshell).
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Sep 28, 2016
Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft come together to create historic Partnership on AI
Posted by Elmar Arunov in categories: finance, governance, robotics/AI
The world’s largest technology companies hold the keys to some of the largest databases on our planet. Much like goods and coins before it, data is becoming an important currency for the modern world. The data’s value is rooted in its applications to artificial intelligence. Whichever company owns the data, effectively owns AI. Right now that means companies like Facebook, Amazon, Alphabet, IBM and Microsoft have a ton of power.
In an act of self-governance, these five companies came together today to announce the launch the new Partnership on AI. The group is tasked with conducting research and promoting best practices. Practically, this means that the group of tech companies will come together frequently to discuss advancements in artificial intelligence. The group also opens up a formal structure for communication across company lines. It’s important to remember that on a day-to-day basis, these teams are in constant competition with each other to develop the best products and services powered by machine intelligence.
Financial support will be coming from the initial tech companies that are members of the group, but in the future, membership and involvement is expected to increase. User activists, nonprofits, ethicists and other stakeholders will be joining the discussion in the coming weeks.
Sep 28, 2016
Stephen Hawking Should Chill Out With His Fear of Aliens Destroying Us
Posted by Shane Hinshaw in categories: alien life, innovation
Sep 28, 2016
Amazon looking to abandon UPS, FedEx in favor of its own delivery service
Posted by Dan Kummer in category: futurism
Ship and deliver —
Amazon looking to abandon UPS, FedEx in favor of its own delivery service.
The online retailer could save billions by holding onto packages through delivery.
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Sep 28, 2016
Life Without Shimon Peres? In Many Ways, His Israel Faded Long Ago — By Isabel Kershner | The New York Times
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: government
“The world awoke on Wednesday to an actuality it had never known before: a modern state of Israel without Shimon Peres. But in many respects Mr. Peres’s Israel began to disappear long ago.”
Sep 28, 2016
‘Uber for yoga’ app brings instructors to you | Fox News
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: fun
“A new mobile app being dubbed as “Uber for yoga” allows users to request a yoga teacher at their whim, hailing one who will come to their home or office whenever they want to practice.”
Sep 28, 2016
Neuroscience and psychology have rendered it basically unnecessary to have a soul — By George Paxinos | Quartz
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in category: neuroscience
“But as a neuroscientist and psychologist, I have no use for the soul. On the contrary, all functions attributable to this kind of soul can be explained by the workings of the brain.”
Sep 28, 2016
Soon, Tesla Cars Could Power the Grid (and Our Homes)
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: Elon Musk, engineering, sustainability, transportation
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RnbcgU4ECPc
In Brief.
Tesla and SolarCity are working on making their cars capable of powering a household, and even the entire grid. Using vehicle-to-grid technology, Tesla may be on to something here, and its more than just saving on your electric bills.
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Sep 28, 2016
We went to China’s Silicon Valley to see the front lines of the robot wars
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in category: robotics/AI
The lights dimmed inside the Shenzhen Bay Sports Stadium as the countdown to the match began. “Wu, si, san, er, yi!” A chime sounded and two teams of robots sprang into action across an intricately constructed battlefield. In the stands, thousands of fans cheered, and groups of small children beat red and blue balloons together, producing a percussive roar.
Each team had four rovers, nimble infantry units that quickly spread over the terrain. The rovers were shaped like small cars, but could also slide side to side, strafing like water bugs over the surface of a lake. They fired small plastic marbles from cannons mounted on top of their frames. Lumbering alongside the nimble rovers was each team’s hero, a larger tank-like robot that could fire the small plastic marbles as well as more powerful golf balls.
The heavy favorite in this matchup of RoboMasters, an annual competition held each summer, was team 1.5S, returning champions hailing from China’s University of Electronic Science and Technology in the Sichuan province. They were taking on StarPro, from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan.
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