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Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

By Max G. Levy
February 1, 2023
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A wave of research improves reinforcement learning algorithms by pre-training them as if they were human.

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The Physics Principle That Inspired Modern AI Art

By Anil Ananthaswamy
January 5, 2023
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Diffusion models generate incredible images by learning to reverse the process that, among other things, causes ink to spread through water.

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What Does It Mean to Align AI With Human Values?

By Melanie Mitchell
December 13, 2022
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Making sure our machines understand the intent behind our instructions is an important problem that requires understanding intelligence itself.

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AI Reveals New Possibilities in Matrix Multiplication

By Ben Brubaker
November 23, 2022
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Inspired by the results of a game-playing neural network, mathematicians have been making unexpected advances on an age-old math problem.

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New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI

By Allison Whitten
November 10, 2022
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An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers.

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How Transformers Seem to Mimic Parts of the Brain

By Stephen Ornes
September 12, 2022
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Neural networks originally designed for language processing turn out to be great models of how our brains understand places.

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The AI Researcher Giving Her Field Its Bitter Medicine

By Max G. Levy
August 30, 2022
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Anima Anandkumar wants computer scientists to move beyond the matrix, among other challenges.

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Self-Taught AI Shows Similarities to How the Brain Works

By Anil Ananthaswamy
August 11, 2022
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Self-supervised learning allows a neural network to figure out for itself what matters. The process might be what makes our own brains so successful.

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The Computer Scientist Challenging AI to Learn Better

By Allison Whitten
August 2, 2022
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Christopher Kanan is building algorithms that can continuously learn over time — the way we do.


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