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Evolutionary Programming Converts Darwinism Into Algorithms
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Evolutionary Programming Converts Darwinism Into Algorithms

Evolutionary computation strategies include a multitude of biologically inspired algorithms for optimizing problems, often those with too many variables to compare...

AI Insights Could Help Reduce Injuries in Construction Industry
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AI Insights Could Help Reduce Injuries in Construction Industry

Researchers are using artificial intelligence to gain new insights into ways to help reduce wear-and-tear injuries and boost the productivity of construction workers...

AI Tutoring: Genius on My Shoulder
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AI Tutoring: Genius on My Shoulder

Students are being given access to an incredibly smart digital friend with unlimited patience, programmed to sense the best way to impart knowledge.

Artificial Intelligence, Nasa Data ­sed to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star
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Artificial Intelligence, Nasa Data ­sed to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star

Our solar system now is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the recent discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star...

Social Media Trends Can Predict Tipping Points in Vaccine Scares
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Social Media Trends Can Predict Tipping Points in Vaccine Scares

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada found analyzing trends on Twitter and Google helped predict vaccine scares.

Artificial Intelligence Is Killing the Uncanny Valley and Our Grasp on Reality
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Artificial Intelligence Is Killing the Uncanny Valley and Our Grasp on Reality

As deep-learning artificial intelligence technologies advance, the "Uncanny Valley"--the unease people feel toward realistic computer-generated humans--is beginning...

Artificial Intelligence and Supercomputers to Help Alleviate ­rban Traffic Problems
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Artificial Intelligence and Supercomputers to Help Alleviate ­rban Traffic Problems

Researchers are working to develop tools enabling searchable traffic analyses using deep learning and data mining.

AI Researchers Are Trying to Combat How AI Can Be ­sed to Lie and Deceive
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AI Researchers Are Trying to Combat How AI Can Be ­sed to Lie and Deceive

Artificial intelligence researchers gathered last week to discuss measures against the technology's use for deceit and disinformation.

Diagnosing Performance Problems in Supercomputers
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Diagnosing Performance Problems in Supercomputers

The Lightweight Distributed Metric Service is a framework to automatically monitor and diagnose performance issues in supercomputers.

Reading a Neural Network's Mind
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Reading a Neural Network's Mind

Researchers at MIT CSAIL and the Qatar Computing Research Institute have used an interpretive method to analyze neural networks trained for machine translation...

Google Is Giving Away AI That Can Build Your Genome Sequence
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Google Is Giving Away AI That Can Build Your Genome Sequence

Today, a teaspoon of spit and a hundred bucks is all you need to get a snapshot of your DNA. But getting the full picture—all 3 billion base pairs of your genome—requires...

Tracking Dolphins With Algorithms You Might Find on Facebook
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Tracking Dolphins With Algorithms You Might Find on Facebook

Researchers have used a machine learning algorithm similar to Facebook's friend recommender program to track dolphins.

New Algorithm Repairs Corrupted Digital Images in One Step
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New Algorithm Repairs Corrupted Digital Images in One Step

A new algorithm incorporates artificial neural networks to simultaneously apply a wide range of fixes to corrupted digital images.

AI Will Replace Coders By 2040, Warn Academics
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AI Will Replace Coders By 2040, Warn Academics

Coders and programmers could find themselves becoming marginalized by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Google's 'superhuman' Deepmind AI Claims Chess Crown
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Google's 'superhuman' Deepmind AI Claims Chess Crown

Google says its DeepMind unit's AlphaGo Zero algorithm defeated world-leading specialist software Stockfish 8 in a chess match within hours of teaching itself the...

New Robots Can See Into Their Future
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New Robots Can See Into Their Future

Visual foresight is a new learning technology enabling robots to foresee the outcome of their actions..

The Next Big Step For Ai? U­nderstanding Video
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The Next Big Step For Ai? U­nderstanding Video

The Moments in Time Dataset is a massive archive of three-second video clips annotated with minute details of the action being performed.

In Pursuit of an Artificial Brain
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In Pursuit of an Artificial Brain

Researchers are creating artificial life to take thinking beyond the human realm; the approach could redefine artificial intelligence.

Demand For AI Talent Turns Once-Staid Conference Into Draft Day
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Demand For AI Talent Turns Once-Staid Conference Into Draft Day

Actors in robot costumes stood in the lobby of the Westin hotel in Long Beach, California on Sunday night, "Intel Inside" stickers displayed on their foam torsos...

Making AI 'intentional'
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Making AI 'intentional'

A new game-playing artificial intelligence program is imbued with social reasoning and "intentionality."
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