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.…
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…
How to Quickly and Easily Remove a Background in Photoshop
Photoshop offers many different techniques to remove a background from an image. For simple backgrounds, using the standard magic wand tool to select and delete the background may well be more than adequate. For more complicated backgrounds, you might use the Background Eraser tool. The Background Eraser Tool The Background Eraser tool samples the color…
