If you’re a longtime reader of my blog, you’ll know that AIs are consistently terrible at humor. Whether it’s a very simple neural net learning to tell knock-knock jokes, or a more-sophisticated algorithm trained on tens of thousands of short jokes, they ... (more…)

A 2D battleground simulation where AI's fight each other and evolve over time - timjrobinson/evolutionary-ai-battle... (more…)

Numerous research groups have helped in the quest to contain the pandemic. This piece reviews where these efforts have been realized as practical solutions. (more…)

Google research manager Samy Bengio on Tuesday said he is resigning, according to an internal email seen by Reuters, in a blow to the Alphabet Inc unit after the firings of his colleagues who questioned paper review and diversity practices. (more…)

Copyright and patent protections around generative AI are chaotic and changing rapidly. (more…)