AI

Pong-playing brain cells can teach us about better medicine and AI

Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller

"You can take samples from donors, grow genotypically similar neurons, which we can then use to test drugs, which will then hopefully have the same parameters as donor cells"

How “the most advanced machine learning approach” is finding new cancer-causing mutational signatures

Posted in Medicine, Software on 14th Oct, 2022
by Alex Muller

Now, with funding from Cancer Grand Challenges, a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has developed the newest in a suite of tools that’s quickly establishing itself as the best of the best.

Controlling Artificial Intelligence

Posted in Software on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller

Anthropologist Beth Singler at the University of Cambridge studies our relationship with AI and robotics and believes that we should be more critical of those making decisions about how AI is used.

How AI Is Deepening Our Understanding Of The Brain

Posted in Science, Software on 30th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller

"With deep learning networks you can train them to do well on tasks" that standard brain-inspired models couldn't previously solve.

Interview with Farshad Kheiri; Head of AI and Data Science at Legion

Posted in Interviews, Software on 29th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller

While the Great Resignation is beginning to show signs of slowing down, the majority of hourly workers are still deeply dissatisfied with their jobs.