MIT Technology Review January 4, 2018 China is gearing up to build a technology park in Beijing entirely dedicated to the development of artificial intelligence. The endeavor is just the latest sign of China’s remarkable ambition to master and dominate artificial intelligence by 2020. The plan will apparently establish a “national AI research center” and will include efforts to form partnerships with foreign research institutions and companies. China’s AI masterplan seems to have been inspired, in part, by the the U.S. government report at the very end of the Obama administration, PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Related document National […]
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Deep Learning: A Critical Appraisal
Arxiv January 2, 2018 Although deep learning has historical roots going back decades, neither the term “deep learning” nor the approach was popular just over five years ago. Against a background of considerable progress in areas such as speech recognition, image recognition, and game playing, and considerable enthusiasm in the popular press, the author presents ten concerns for deep learning, and suggests that deep learning must be supplemented by other techniques if we are to reach artificial general intelligence. Read more . Open Access TECHNICAL ARTICLE