Jul 17, 2019
Generative adversarial networks clearly learn to extract meaningful information about images. After all, they dream up pictures that, to human eyes, can be indistinguishable from photos. Researchers at DeepMind tapped that power, building a GAN that generates feature vectors from images.
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My stash of new blank notebooks just arrived in the mail. I have a weakness for stationery. I always feel that if only I had the perfect pen and notebook, I might have better ideas.
Jul 10, 2019
The ability to recognize text is useful in contexts from ecommerce to augmented reality. But existing computer vision systems fare poorly when a single image contains characters of diverse sizes, styles, angles, and backgrounds along with other objects...
Jul 10, 2019
Viruses evolve at a breakneck clip. That keeps medical researchers working overtime to develop vaccines. Now AI is designing inoculations that could help humans stay one step ahead of the bugs.
Jul 10, 2019
Automated systems for interpreting human emotions have analyzed speech, text, and facial expressions. New research shows progress on the subtle art of reading body language.
Jul 10, 2019
Science is drowning in data. Hard-won findings can sink into obscurity amid the rising tide of research. But new research shows that deep learning can serve as a net for catching knowledge.
Jul 10, 2019
Sorting data into the right categories is AI's bread-and-butter task. Now the technology is being used to sort recyclables into the right bins.
Jul 10, 2019
Translating languages that haven't been understood since ancient times typically requires intensive linguistic research. It turns out that neural networks can do the job.
Jul 10, 2019
Eye contact is such an essential element in interpersonal communication that it’s considered rude in face-to-face conversation to avoid another person’s eyes. But a lowered gaze is standard in video chat, when the face on the screen is often several inches lower than the camera’s lens...
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If you wonder how often I take online courses myself, the answer is: Quite often. I have a longstanding interest in AI for healthcare.
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As we were working on the latest course of the deeplearning.ai TensorFlow Specialization, instructor Laurence Moroney messaged me his LSTM-generated poetry, created by learning from a database of roughly 100 Irish song lyrics.
Jul 03, 2019
Automatons will take 20 million manufacturing jobs globally by 2030 even as they drive substantial economic growth, according to a new study. Humans can get ahead of the curve by distributing the benefits where they’ll be needed most.