3 Reasons Why NLP Matters
“Each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that depression affects over 300 million people, with nearly 800,000 suicides. This could either mean that a demand for clinical and counselling psychologists may grow as...
Machine Learning Applications in Retail: 6 Real World Examples from Market Leaders
With the evolution of technology, consumer behavior also continues to evolve. Naturally, to stay ahead of the competitive curve the retailers need to make more rigorous use of the customer data. As the data...
Why did the Tech hub of San Francisco ban Facial Recognition?
To put it simply... the fledgling technology is "Racist." Not the best course of action for the tech hub city as the proponents of technology would argue, but San Francisco's metropolis’ Board of Supervisors...
Models and Techniques of Algorithmic Accountability based on Predicted Variables
Machine learning (ML) has become an indispensable part of the modern way of living; yet when it comes to establishing user trust, still no in-depth discussion seems to have taken place regarding the use...
The Employment-Based Economy WILL Soon Fail: What Can We do to Avoid Disaster?
Let’s look at what we know for sure: Artificial intelligence (AI) will soon surpass human ability to complete complex tasks. Right now, AI could do over 50% of all paid tasks better than humans...
Identifying Disaster-related Tweets using NLP
Identifying disaster-related tweets using deep learning and natural language processing with Fast Ai
I’m still taking the Fast Ai course and can’t stop thinking how easily you can make an effective deep learning model with just...
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 Artificial Intelligence Trends To Watch This Year
Expect a broad range of AI-enabled significant advancements in 2019. From Google searches to handling complex jobs like big data analysis, artificial intelligence (AI) has already started shaping many areas of modern life. In 2018,...
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...
