Opinion
Are Xinhua’s News Anchors Really AIs?
If you’ve been keeping up with my recent posts, then you will remember us mentioning the AI news anchors that seem to have debuted in China. As we stated before, even though they depend on […]
Articles by Ian LeViness
Cryptocurrency
What is Superrare?
If you haven’t yet read any of our previous pieces on the subject, be warned. Art is moving to the Blockchain. Helping this process along is the existence of GANs and therefore, what may be […]
AI News
AI’s Newest Use Case: Our Toilets?
The future effect that Artificial Intelligence systems will have in your home extends to more than just your technological devices and your everyday home appliances. They will also be able to connect quite directly with […]
Machine Learning
ML and Medicine: Neural Networks Can Identify Depression
Back in September, Forbes reported that an estimated 16.2 million people experience some form of depression in the United States. In the same vein, they have suggested that the diagnosis and treatment of such conditions […]
Education
A Quick Intro to Ensemble Learning
One type of Machine Learning that we have not spoken about yet is “Ensemble Learning.” A recent post on Google’s AI blog does an excellent job of shedding some light on what this is. Essentially, […]
AI News
The Curious Case of the AI News Anchor
Are all television news reporters human? Up until this weekend, most of you probably never even got close to giving this question a second thought. Then came Friday’s shocking news from China’s Xinhua news agency. […]
Opinion
The Mystery Behind the AI Called Elixir
Back in February of this year, a Twitter user surfaced called “predictionmonk,” claiming that he or she had gone off the grid for three years to develop an Artificial Intelligence called Elixir that can reliably […]
Machine Learning
What is Reinforcement Learning?
Practice makes perfect. That’s actually the essence of Reinforcement Learning. The more the AI system experiences a certain environment, the more it learns how to succeed in it. Beyond this, to truly understand what Reinforcement Learning […]
AI News
Google’s Android AI: Looking Ahead
The latest version of Google’s Android software is all about simplifying the user experience to the point that your phone becomes as specific to you as possible. Just like an AI in its most basic […]
Education
What is a Mesh Network?
Right now, your data is not the only thing that is being controlled by centralized companies. Your internet usage, including the speed at which you browse and stream ,is being closely controlled as well. Helping them […]