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An Endlessly Changing Playground Teaches AIs How To Multitask

An endlessly changing playground teaches AIs how to multitask Credits- MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW   Virtual game worlds provide a non-stop stream of open-ended challenges that nudge AI towards general intelligence. DeepMind has developed a vast candy-colored virtual playground that teaches AIs general skills by endlessly changing the tasks it sets them. Instead of developing just the skills […]

Proof Of Stake

Proof of stake Credits- MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW This alternative method for securing digital currency could end crypto’s energy consumption woes. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin use huge amounts of electricity. In 2021, the Bitcoin network consumed upwards of 100 terawatt-hours, more than the typical annual energy budget of Finland.  Proof of stake offers a way to […]

Synthetic Data For AI

Synthetic data for AI Credits- MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW   Last year, researchers at Data Science Nigeria noted that engineers looking to train computer-vision algorithms could choose from a wealth of data sets featuring Western clothing, but there were none for African clothing. The team addressed the imbalance by using AI to generate artificial images of […]

AI For Protein Folding

AI for protein folding Credits- MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW   DeepMind has opened new paths for drug discovery and design by solving a 50-year-old problem in biology. By the end of 2020, DeepMind, the UK-based artificial-intelligence lab, had already produced many impressive achievements in AI. Still, when the group’s program for predicting protein folding was released in […]