NeurIPS 2018: How machine learning experts can work with policymakers to make good tech...
At the 32nd annual NeurIPS conference held earlier this month, Edward William Felten, a professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University...
NeurIPS 2018: Rethinking transparency and accountability in machine learning
Key takeaways from the discussion
To solve problems with machine learning, you must first understand them.
Different people or groups of people are going...
Deep Learning Indaba presents the state of Natural Language Processing in 2018
The ’Strengthening African Machine Learning’ conference organized by Deep Learning Indaba, at Stellenbosch, South Africa, is ongoing right now. This 6-day conference will celebrate...
Accountability and algorithmic bias: Why diversity and inclusion matters [NeurIPS Invited Talk]
One of the most awaited machine learning conference, NeurIPS 2018 is happening throughout this week in Montreal, Canada. It will feature a series of...
How NeurIPS 2018 is taking on its diversity and inclusion challenges
This year the Neural Information Processing Systems Conference is asking serious questions to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion at NeurIPS. “Our goal is to...
Technical and hidden debts in machine learning – Google engineers’ give their perspective
In a paper, Google engineers have pointed out the various costs of maintaining a machine learning system. The paper, Hidden Technical Debt in Machine...
The ethical dilemmas developers working on Artificial Intelligence products must consider
Facebook has recently come under the scanner for sharing the data of millions of users without their consent. Their use of Artificial Intelligence to...
What is a convolutional neural network (CNN)? [Video]
What is a convolutional neural network, exactly?
Well, let's start with the basics: a convolutional neural network (CNN) is a type of neural network that...
How Facebook is advancing artificial intelligence [Video]
Facebook is playing a huge role in artificial intelligence research. It’s not only a core part of the Facebook platform, it’s central to how...
Four IBM facial recognition patents in 2018, we found intriguing
The media has gone into a frenzy over Google’s latest facial recognition patent that shows an algorithm can track you across social media and...