Ask a Techspert: What’s a neural network?

Favorite Back in the day, there was a surefire way to tell humans and computers apart: You’d present a picture of a four-legged friend and ask if it was a cat or dog. A computer couldn’t identify felines from canines, but we humans could answer with doggone confidence.  That all

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Shared by Google AI Technology July 7, 2021

Bring your own model with Amazon SageMaker script mode

Favorite As the prevalence of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) grows, you need the best mechanisms to aid in the experimentation and development of your algorithms. You might begin with the several built-in algorithms in Amazon SageMaker that simply require you to point the algorithm at your data

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Shared by AWS Machine Learning July 6, 2021

Building algorithmic trading strategies with Amazon SageMaker

Favorite Financial institutions invest heavily to automate their decision-making for trading and portfolio management. In the US, the majority of trading volume is generated through algorithmic trading. [1] With cloud computing, vast amounts of historical data can be processed in real time and fed into sophisticated machine learning (ML) models.

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Shared by AWS Machine Learning July 6, 2021

Knowledge recycling – Re-use, review and improve

Favorite Re-use, review and improve are the three basic components of any Knowledge Management cycle Start a piece of work by re-using knowledge that already exists, in preference to starting from a blank sheet, or re-inventing the wheel. There will be times when there is no knowledge to re-use and

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Shared by Nick Milton July 6, 2021

An update on our progress in responsible AI innovation

Favorite Over the past year, responsibly developed AI has transformed health screenings, supportedfact-checking to battle misinformation and save lives, predicted Covid-19 cases to support public health, and protected wildlife after bushfires. Developing AI in a way that gets it right for everyone requires openness, transparency, and a clear focus on

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Shared by Google AI Technology June 30, 2021

The KM team’s post-Covid request to senior management

Favorite This letter to senior management from the KM team represents the deal you need to strike with the leaders in your organisation.  This is a post which I reprise very 5 years or so, given its importance. It’s even more important now, as your leaders start to consider what

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Shared by Nick Milton June 30, 2021

Douglas Coupland fuses AI and art to inspire students

Favorite Have you ever noticed that the word art is embedded in the phrase artificial intelligence? Neither did we, but when the opportunity presented itself to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) inspires artistic expression — with the help of internationally renowned Canadian artist Douglas Coupland — the Google Research team

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Shared by Google AI Technology June 29, 2021