My guest this week is Risto Miikkulainen, professor of computer science at UT-Austin and vice president of Research at Sentient Technologies. Risto came locked and loaded to discuss a topic that we've received a ton of requests for -- evolutionary algorit... (more…)

smallplanet_Pinball - An experiment in using machine vision, deep learning, and CoreML to allow an iPhone to play a real pinball machine. (more…)

A big challenge in neuroscience is understanding how the brain encodes information. Neural networks are turning out to be great code crackers. (more…)

Software that helps judges decide whether to jail a defendant while they await trial could cut crime and reduce racial disparities amongst prisoners. (more…)

Transparent machine learning is a research proposal that would enable machine learning to produce source code in typical programming languages that humans ca... (more…)