Training A Computer To Read Mammograms As Well As A Doctor
Regina Barzilay teaches one of the most popular computer science classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And in her research — at least until five years ago — she looked at how a computer could use machine learning to read and decipher obscure ancient texts. “This is clearly of no practical use,” she says…
Personas temen a la pérdida de empleo por la automatización
La población, en general, teme que la automatización conduzca a una significativa pérdida de empleos, mientras que mucha gente es escéptica de que las tecnologías impulsen la eficiencia económica, según una encuesta realizada en 10 países.El estudio, realizado por Pew Research Center, reveló algunas variaciones entre los países encuestados, siendo Grecia, Sudáfrica y Argentina los…
Self-Driving Vehicles Are Going to Make Traffic Even More Miserable!
Whether you like it or not, self-driving cars will be hitting the road in full-force in the coming years. Thanks to new technology developed by companies like Tesla and even Uber, autonomous vehicles will become a staple of modern culture, with nearly 10 million self-driving cars expected to hit the road by 2020. Yet, not all is…
Machine Learning: Why Now?
In a 2016 Google technical conference keynote, Eric Schmidt, who is now chairman of Google’s parent Alphabet, said he has seen the future of wealth creation from the IT industry, and its name is machine learning. And earlier this year, in a Newsweek opinion piece, Schmidt wrote about the significant impact he sees machine learning having on the world.…
