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The Computer Scientist Challenging AI to Learn Better

August 2, 2022

Christopher Kanan is building algorithms that can continuously learn over time — the way we do.

Can Computers Be Mathematicians?

June 29, 2022

Artificial intelligence has bested humans at problem-solving challenges like chess and Go. Is mathematics research next? Steven Strogatz speaks with mathematician Kevin Buzzard to learn about the effort to translate math into language that computers understand.

By Exploring Virtual Worlds, AI Learns in New Ways

June 24, 2022

Intelligent beings learn by interacting with the world. Artificial intelligence researchers have adopted a similar strategy to teach their virtual agents new tricks.

How to Make the Universe Think for Us

May 31, 2022

Physicists are building neural networks out of vibrations, voltages and lasers, arguing that the future of computing lies in exploiting the universe’s complex physical behaviors.

Powerful ‘Machine Scientists’ Distill the Laws of Physics From Raw Data

May 10, 2022

Researchers say we’re on the cusp of “GoPro physics,” where a camera can point at an event and an algorithm can identify the underlying physics equation.

Researchers Gain New Understanding From Simple AI

April 14, 2022

Language processing programs are notoriously hard to interpret, but smaller versions can provide important insights into how they work.

Machine Learning Reimagines the Building Blocks of Computing

March 15, 2022

Traditional algorithms power complicated computational tools like machine learning. A new approach, called algorithms with predictions, uses the power of machine learning to improve algorithms.

Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence?

March 10, 2022

A simple algorithm that revolutionizes how neural networks approach language is now taking on image classification as well. It may not stop there.

In New Math Proofs, Artificial Intelligence Plays to Win

March 7, 2022

A new computer program fashioned after artificial intelligence systems like AlphaGo has solved several open problems in combinatorics and graph theory.

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