Tag: algorithms

• Biased Algorithms Are Easier to Fix Than Biased People

  December 9, 2019

  Racial discrimination by algorithms or by people is harmful — but that’s where the similarities end. In one study published 15 years ago, two people applied for a job. Their… more ›

• The future of photos with Google Pixel camera’s product manager and Instagram’s director of product

  November 10, 2019

  We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and our… more ›

• Machines Gone Wrong

  August 4, 2019

  Often, when we first fall in love, the person of our affection seems to be perfect. But the happy honeymoon is cut short when we realize they are not that… more ›

• When AI needs a human assistant

  June 12, 2019

  For years, Amazon’s Mechanical Turk (mTurk) has been a kind of open secret in the tech world, a place where fledgling algorithms can hire human labor on the cheap. https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/12/18661657/amazon-mturk-google-captcha-robot-ai-artificial-intelligence-mechanical-turk-humans more ›

• Who’s using your face? The ugly truth about facial recognition

  April 21, 2019

  Gain a global perspective on the US and go beyond with curated news and analysis from 600 journalists in 50+ countries covering politics, business, innovation, trends and more. https://www.ft.com/content/cf19b956-60a2-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e more ›

• Warner Signs Algorithm to Record Deal

  March 26, 2019

  Skip to main contentTagsSigningIndustry NewsVideoWTF https://pitchfork.com/news/warner-signs-algorithm-to-record-deal/ more ›

• This Person Does Not Exist

  March 2, 2019

  StyleGAN (Dec 2018) – Karras et al. and Nvidia Original GAN (2014) – Goodfellow et al. https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/?utm_source=Benedict%27s+newsletter&utm_campaign=411f18f2e8-Benedict%27s+Newsletter_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4999ca107f-411f18f2e8-70754709 more ›

• The era of the camera: Google Lens, one year in

  December 31, 2018

  There is, of course, the vacation beach pic, the kid’s winter recital, and the one–or ten–obligatory goofy selfie(s). But there’s also the book that caught my eye at a friend’s… more ›

• Geoffrey Hinton and Demis Hassabis: AGI is nowhere close to being a reality

  December 31, 2018

  Forecasting musical taste. Detecting metastatic tumors. Generating synthetic scans of brain cancer. Creating virtual environments from real-world videos. Identifying victims of human trafficking. Defeating chess grand masters and expert Dota 2 esports… more ›

• Night Sight: Seeing in the Dark on Pixel Phones

  November 19, 2018

  Night Sight: Seeing in the Dark on Pixel Phones Smartphone cameras that take a single picture begin to struggle at 30 lux. Phones that capture and merge several pictures (as… more ›