COMPUTERS(AI)MACHINES _REVIEW 2017
















    • Forget Doomsday AI-Google Is Worried about Housekeeping Bots Gone Bad
    Tom Murphy graduated from Carnegie Melon University with a PhD in computer science. Then he built software that learned to play Nintendo games. In some cases, the system works well. Playing Super Mario, for instance, it learns to exploit a bug in the game, stomping on enemy Goombas even when floating below them.
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    The surreal dreams of Google's image recognition software
    Image recognition is a complicated business. For Google, that means an artificial neural network -- software capable of learning. The software is based on the structure of biological brains, and it is trained by being shown millions of images. It constantly adjusts until it is able to accurately recognise, say, a schnauzer or a stove.
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    How do you solve Silicon Valley's diversity problem? One nonprofit is starting with internships
    Silicon Valley is overwhelmingly run by white men, but it doesn't need to be. The question then is how to improve the industry's diversity. Google is 60 percent white. Microsoft is 59.2 percent. Apple is 54 percent.
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