Demystifying the Correlation Matrix
Correlation and the correlation matrix are two terms that you will often come across in statistics, probability theory or Machine Learning. The notations, formulae and numbers involved may seem overwhelming at first. But once...
Which Deep Learning Framework Should You Choose?
If you are into machine learning and Deep Learning, you’ll know how important Deep Learning Frameworks can be. They make the whole task of coding your models so much easier simply by abstracting out...
Top 10 Online Courses in Machine Learning and Data Science
The internet is now full of courses on Data Science and Machine Learning and it’s not surprising looking at the high prospects this field offers in terms of career. But it might be overwhelming...
The Seductive Business Logic of Algorithms
Certain machine behaviors never cease to amaze me. I’m astounded by their ability to learn from their accomplishments and from their interactions with we humans. Unfortunately, many business managers still think of artificial intelligence (AI)...
SXSW: Will AI eventually self-supervise and determine its own ethics?
This is what Hanson Robotics and others had to say at SXSW. Not long ago, Saudi Arabia granted citizenship to Sophia the humanoid robot. This made Sophia the world’s first robot to become a citizen...
Why Ethical AI is a Prerequisite for “True” AGI
That is the conclusion we have drawn from the current research and development for our radically-new, AI-enhanced technology, a DApp called DECENTR. An interesting article on the subject of “ethical AI” saw one expert concluding that: “A critical...
Patterns and Robotics: A Complex Reality
Hayek's famous work ‘The Theory of Complex Phenomena’ (Hayek, 1964) delves into the topic of complexity and asserts that the tension between a narrow or superficial and in-depth or real insight into complex phenomena...
DDI Editor’s Pick: 5 Machine Learning Books That Turn You from Novice to Expert
The booming growth in the Machine Learning industry has brought renewed interest in people about Artificial Intelligence and what it’s really about. Although movies like The Terminator, along with all its sequels and prequels...
The Myth of AIs’ Predictive Power
One of the most promising advantages of AI (artificial intelligence) seems to be its ability to predict the future preferences of consumers. Through means of data collection on past transaction or search histories, the...
Best Coding Languages to Learn in 2019
During my years as an undergrad, I skipped many night-outs to pick up Java hoping it would one day help me get ahead in my career. Years later, when it’s finally time to cash...
New Hopes for AI
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses a variety of technologies ranging from image recognition to robotics and autonomous vehicles which carry their own risks along with potential benefits. AI can be generally defined...
Are We Ready for Military AI?
Today, algorithms may come in charming shapes, such as Sophia, a robot with a lovely attitude and an enlightened philosophy. Others, like Atlas, are being built to look like Robocop brutes that can run, jump,...
5 lessons on how to fight bias in AI from Pause Fest
Lessons from Google, Microsoft, and the best tech companies Last week I was invited by KJR, a strategic IT advisory firm, to speak on their panel at Pause Fest on ‘The risk is real: uncovering...
The Challenge of Forex Trading for Machine Learning
Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence that has grabbed a lot of headlines previously. People are fascinated by the concept of machines seemingly ‘thinking’, and learning how to carry out tasks more...
Embedding Cyber Trust Into The Black Box
One of the shared issues in the fields of both information security and artificial intelligence (AI) is the need to make an explanation to the end user with the objective of gaining trust. Trust is...
AI & Creativity: BigGAN as a creative engine
Truly, the year 2018 can be seen as the beginning of the creativity heyday made with/by Artificial Intelligence. Sure, the whole story begun earlier, Google Deep Dream was already a continuation of human attempts to use a machine for...
Ready or not, the revolution is upon us
"We must develop a comprehensive global shared view of how technology is affecting our lives and reshaping the economic and social environments." Emboldened by the challenge, Nazareen Ebrahim is ready to answer the call to...
Machine Learning in Finance
Before we cover some Machine Learning finance applications, let’s first understand what Machine Learning is. Machine Learning (ML) is a part of data science that uses different models to analyze data and make predictions. The cool thing...
How The Rise of Conversational AI Will Impact The World
From different professional services, insurance, education, finance, travel, telecom, to construction, banking, and business, AI has caused a stir across sectors. As we can see in today's world, many businesses have been trying to...
AI animates marketing returns
Known as The Computer Guy, Joseph Ngare once dreamed of being a sports commentator. Now his thoughts have turned to another sort of sport: artificial intelligence. He sees brands having a choice between embarking on...
