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Jul 20, 2020 • 6min

Mini Episode: Pentagon AI, Deep Learning‘s Limits, Discharging Patients, and Robust AI

Our ninth audio roundup of last week's noteworthy AI news! This week, we look at the Pentagon's Joint AI Center, recent research on the computational limits of deep learning, how AI is being used to decide when to discharge patients, and a recent report on robust AI research. Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Jul 19, 2020 • 31min

Therapy Chatbots, AI Ethics at Google, and Higher-Res Climate Data

In this podcast, the hosts discuss therapy chatbots and their potential use in alleviating COVID fears. They also explore efforts by companies like Google to promote ethical AI practices. Additionally, they discuss the use of generative adversarial networks (GANs) to enhance climate data and the incorporation of physics into data sampling models. Lastly, they highlight the importance of AI in climate forecasting and planning.
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Jul 16, 2020 • 35min

Creators of "The Gradient" on its Origins and Purpose

A chat among several of the founders of online AI-focused magazine The Gradient (thegradient.pub) about its origins and purpose. 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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Jul 12, 2020 • 6min

Mini Episode: AI Therapists, Facial Recognition in Detroit, Decolonialism in AI, and Deepfakes for Corporate Training

Our eighth audio roundup of last week's noteworthy AI news! This week, we look at the rise of AI therapy bots, the fight against facial recognition in Detroit, a paper from DeepMind and Oxford on decolonialism in AI, and how deepfakes are being used for corporate training.  Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Jul 10, 2020 • 22min

ACM on Facial Recognition, National AI Cloud, and Positive DeepFakes

Stanford AI Lab PhDs Andrey Kurenkov and Sharon Zhou discuss this week's major AI news stories. Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensea
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Jul 5, 2020 • 5min

Mini Episode: Redeeming AI, More Lessons in AI Bias, and a National AI Research Cloud

Our seventh audio roundup of last week's noteworthy AI news! This week, we look at how an HBO documentary is using deepfake technology for good, a new system to measure AI's carbon impact, a follow-up from last week's story on Timnit Gebru and Yann LeCun, and finally the push for a national AI research cloud. Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Jul 4, 2020 • 28min

False Facial Recognition, Biased AI Drama, and Neo-Phrenology

Stanford AI Lab PhDs Andrey Kurenkov and Sharon Zhou discuss this week's major AI news stories. Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Jun 28, 2020 • 5min

Mini Episode: Lessons in AI bias, Facial Recognition Policy and Effects, and Trump‘s Visa Freeze

Our sixth audio roundup of last week's noteworthy AI news! This week, we look at how one deep learning pioneer still seems to have something to learn about AI bias, how facial recognition led to a wrongful arrest and the facial recognition ban being pushed by Democratic lawmakers, and how Trump's Visa freeze could affect the US's AI prospects. Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Jun 25, 2020 • 46min

On Shaping the Global Terrain of AI Competition with Tim Hwang

Stanford AI Lab PhD Andrey Kurenkov interviews Tim Hwang, Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) about his new report “Shaping the Terrain of AI Competition” and more. Subscribe: RSS | iTunes | Spotify | YouTube Check out coverage of similar topics at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Jun 21, 2020 • 4min

Mini Episode: Startup News, NeurIPS Changes, and US-China Tensions

Our fifth audio roundup of last week's noteworthy AI news! This week, we look at more news from Boston Dynamics, a new MIT startup that wants to help you do deep learning on your CPU, recent changes at NeurIPS, and Baidu's departure from the Partnership on AI. Check out all the stories discussed here and more at www.skynettoday.com Theme: Deliberate Thought by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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