linkedin post 2020-03-18 06:11:53

linkedin post 2020-03-18 06:11:53

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VIV LEARNS FROM THE WORLD. "Its creators have designed it based on three principles they call its "pillars": it will be taught by the world, it will know more than it is taught, and it will learn something every day. As with other AI products, that teaching involves using sophisticated algorithms to interpret the language and behaviour of people using the system -- the more people use it, the smarter it gets." http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2014/10/features/the-ai-that-could-conquer-the-world View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2020-03-18 06:13:50

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VIV CLOSES SERIES B of $12.5 M from "funding was led by Iconiq Capital, the so-called “Silicon Valley billionaires club” that operates a cross between a family office and venture capital firm. Multiple sources close to the matter confirm the round, which was oversubscribed and values the company at north of nine figures." https://lnkd.in/eJqEZrm View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2020-03-19 05:45:08

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THIRD GENERATION SIRI. "It’s called J.A.R.V.I.S., which is short for Just A Rather Very Intelligent Scheduler. It’s named after Tony Stark’s intelligent computer assistant in the Iron Man movies (and technically, I’m told, his human butler in the old comic books)." http://9to5mac.com/2015/04/27/siri-backend-mesos/ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2020-03-19 05:46:33

linkedin post 2020-03-19 05:46:33

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DEEPMIND AND MORE. "Google recently paid a reported £400 million for the UK deep-learning company DeepMind and has lured AI legends Geoffrey Hinton and Ray Kurzweil to its headquarters in Mountain View, California. Facebook has its own deep-learning group, led by prize hire Yann LeCun from New York University. Their goal is to build a new generation of AI that can process massive troves of data to predict and fulfill our desires." http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2014/10/features/the-ai-that-could-conquer-the-world View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2020-03-19 05:48:13

linkedin post 2020-03-19 05:48:13

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DEEPMIND. "Our mission. Solve intelligence. We combine the best techniques from machine learning and systems neuroscience to build powerful general‑purpose learning algorithms. Founded in 2011 by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman. The team is based in London and was supported by some of the most iconic technology entrepreneurs and investors of the past decade." http://deepmind.com/ View in LinkedIn
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linkedin post 2020-03-19 05:52:01

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A FIRST DEFEAT. "In October 2015, a computer Go program called AlphaGo, powered by DeepMind, beat the European Go champion Fan Hui, a 2 dan (out of 9 dan possible) professional, five to zero. This is the first time an artificial intelligence (AI) defeated a professional player." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_DeepMind View in LinkedIn
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