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Oct 4, 2020 • 51min

DeepLearning.AI GANs for Good Panel + Q&A

Courtesy of our regular host Sharon, an except from the event celebrating a new course on GANs she teaches. See the full event here: https://youtu.be/9d4jmPmTWmc "To celebrate the launch of GANs Specialization, we’ve assembled a panel of GANs experts. They will discuss some of their current projects and the importance and future of GANs and also provide practical career advice for ML practitioners." Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | Pocket Casts | YouTube Music: Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  
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Oct 1, 2020 • 23min

Bias in Twitter & Zoom, LAPD Facial Recognition, GPT-3 Exclusivity

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Twitter and Zoom’s algorithmic bias issues, Despite past denials, LAPD has used facial recognition software 30,000 times in last decade, records show, We’re not ready for AI, says the winner of a new $1m AI prize, How humane is the UK’s plan to introduce robot companions in care homes?, OpenAI is giving Microsoft exclusive access to its GPT-3 language model 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00 News Summary segment 5:00 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eighty-fourth Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sep 24, 2020 • 24min

Face Mask Recognition, Detecting Disinformation, Protecting Kids, and Uber‘s Crash

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Face mask recognition has arrived - for better or worse, Google claims its AI is becoming better at recognizing breaking news and disinformation, Why kids need special protection from AI’s influence, Why Wasn’t Uber Charged in a Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash? 0:00 - 0:35 Intro 0:35 - 5:25 News Summary segment 5:25 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eighty-third Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sep 19, 2020 • 30min

The Evolving Impact of Robots on Jobs

An interview with Professors Jong Hyun Chung and Yong Suk Lee about their recent paper The Evolving Impact of Robots on Jobs. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sep 17, 2020 • 24min

GPT-3 Clickbait, Wildfires, Heroes, Standards, Exports

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week Hope Returns to the Machine Learning Universe, California Utilities Hope Drones, AI Will Lower Risk of Future Wildfires, How to edit writing by a robot: a step-by-step guide, The Guardian’s GPT-3-generated article is everything wrong with media hype, *AI standards launched to help tackle the problem of overhyped studies, IBM says U.S. should adopt new export controls on facial recognition systems 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 5:00 News Summary segment 5:00 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eighty-second Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sep 10, 2020 • 20min

Heartbeat DeepFake Detection, Robot Drug Tests, Ethics as a Service

Our latest episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news! This week AI researchers use heartbeat detection to identify deepfake videos, This know-it-all AI learns by reading the entire web nonstop, Google Offers to Help Others With the Tricky Ethics of AI, Robotics, AI, and Cloud Computing Combine to Supercharge Chemical and Drug Synthesis 0:00 - 0:40 Intro 0:40 - 4:00 News Summary segment 4:00 News Discussion segment Find this and more in our text version of this news roundup: https://www.skynettoday.com/digests/the-eightieth Music: Deliberate Thought, Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sep 4, 2020 • 29min

DeepFake Ads and Memes, New AI Ethics, and AI for Emergency Response

This podcast discusses the use of deepfake technology in advertising and memes, the growing importance of ethical AI, and the potential for AI to aid in emergency response.
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Sep 2, 2020 • 38min

U.S. Public Opinion about AI with Professor Paul Brewer and co-authors

An interview with Professor Paul Brewer and PhD Students James Bingaman and Ashely Paintsil about their new survey paper "Media Messages and U.S. Public Opinion about Artificial Intelligence" about what the general U.S. public thinks about AI, and how popular media and interaction with new technology shapes it. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Aug 29, 2020 • 48min

Machine Learning + Procedural Content Generation with Julian Togelius and Sebastian Risi

An interview with Professors Julian Togelius and Sebastian Risi about their new survey paper "Increasing generality in machine learning through procedural content generation", their work at modl.ai, and more! Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Aug 26, 2020 • 27min

Hate Speech, Applied AI, NYPD, & Grades

Our latest roundup of last week's big AI news! Plus, Stanford AI Lab PhDs Andrey Kurenkov and Sharon Zhou discuss the news and offer their thoughts. We are trying out this combination of formats for the first time - please fill out the listener survey to let us know what you think about it: bit.ly/ltasurvey Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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