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Playing a role playing game (pt 1) using Human Level Artificial Intelligence – Video

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Playing a role playing game (pt 1) using Human Level Artificial Intelligence
Building a robot to play chess is easy. Building a robot to play a role playing game (RPG) is 10 times harder. Even better, is to build a robot that can play any boardgame or any videogame....

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Facebook working on “deep learning” artificial intelligence to improve news feed

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Facebook is aiming to get inside its users minds, figuratively speaking, to find out what they mean when posting statuses. Such is coming by way of an artificial intelligence being created by the social network that MIT reports as functioning with simulated networks of brain cells, all of them crunching away at data to perform deep learning, helping it to ascertain the emotions and subtleties behind a status.

The goal behind what is being referred to as the deep learning system is the ability to analyze a status and figure out what the events or likely emotions were behind the words, though neither may be specified. The artificial intelligence could also learn to pinpoint what objects are in photographs, and learn to predict what users may do in the future.

Such information comes from Facebooks Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer, who says the project is being worked on by eight individuals who are collectively known as the AI Team. The deep learning project is new, and the social network is remaining tight-lipped about most of its details, not surprisingly. But some of the ends goals have been revealed, among them being a boost to users news feeds.

In particular, Facebook aims to improve what status updates Facebook users see in their news feed, selecting the ones amidst the barrage that happens every day that each user is mostly likely to want to see. The company already does this using more conventional means, attempting to provide status updates from friends that each user would likely be most interested in, a necessity given the vast amount posted every day.

Said Schroepfer, The data set is increasing in size, people are getting more friends, and with the advent of mobile, people are online more frequently. Its not that I look at my news feed once at the end of the day; I constantly pull out my phone while Im waiting for my friend, or Im at the coffee shop. We have five minutes to really delight you.

SOURCE: MIT Technology Review

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Playing a role playing game (pt 2) using Human Level Artificial Intelligence – Video

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Patrick Pilarski Artificial Intelligence Part I LABMP 590 2013 Sept 12 – Video

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Patrick Pilarski Artificial Intelligence Part I LABMP 590 2013 Sept 12
Patrick Pilarski presents "The Promise and Perils of Artificial Intelligence: Part I Introduction to Machine Intelligence" from theTechnology and Future of Medicine course LABMP 590 at the...

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Playing Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker using Human Level Artificial Intelligence – Video

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Playing Michael Jackson #39;s Moonwalker using Human Level Artificial Intelligence
This video shows a robot playing Moonwalker. There are no sound in the video because I wanted to show the viewers what the robot is thinking while playing the game. The flashing text and...

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Essentials of Robotic Artificial Intelligence with LabVIEW and Lego NXT – Video

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Essentials of Robotic Artificial Intelligence with LabVIEW and Lego NXT
Goes over essential principles and terminology in robotic AI, Logic flow diagrams, and touch and ultrasonic sensor programing in LabVEIW. By Andrew M. and Da...

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Artificial Intelligence To Control Enterprise PC Power Use

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ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Verismic launches Verismic Power Manager 4.0, revolutionary new PC power management software which uses its new DynamicWakeUp functionality to intelligently learn individuals' working behavior and personalize PC power management settings accordingly. Managing individuals' power consumption by artificial intelligence (AI) enables considerable cost savings for businesses.

Other new features include DynamicBrightness which reduces screen brightness during the working day to ease eyestrain and aid sleeping patterns of staff and the Application Programming Interface (API) integrates Verismic Power Manager with building control systems managing the powering-on and off of PCs when users enter or leave buildings, further reducing power consumption and increasing staff productivity.

A survey by Verismic of public and private sector professionals shows that 91 per cent of respondents care how much their employer spends on energy, 49 per cent worry about energy use at work and 50 per cent wish to conserve power at work as much as at home. However, 24 per cent of professionals take no measures to reduce energy usage.

"As a leader in green technology, Verismic has an extensive, sector-varied and long-retained customer base which gives us a deep understanding of IT infrastructure issues," says Ashley Leonard, CEO, Verismic. "We also understand that users want to save employers money through reduced power consumption but they want it automated, near invisible and with no impact on their working day."

For IT managers, Verismic Power Manager boasts a new, simplified admin interface, wizard based deployment, improved online support and real-time calculation of cost-savings, scalable up to 100,000 seats.

"Our restyled interface has a clean, metro feel and has been completely redesigned to simplify product usage. There is a new snapshot toolbar so that energy usage and current savings can be displayed to users helping them understand their contribution to cost-savings," adds Ashley Leonard.

Verismic Power Manager 4.0 also simplifies access to and management of an organization's IT infrastructure. It's new DynamicInventory feature enables IT managers running service desk operations to audit their PC fleets, based on selected criteria only, free disk space or RAM, for example, which increases the speed of audit process.

Verismic Power Manager 4.0 is compatible with Windows notebook and desktop PCs, Windows Server 2012 and Mac OS.

About Verismic Software, Inc. Verismic Software has developed the most advanced, non-disruptive computer energy management product on the market. Verismic Power Manager allows organizations around the globe to reduce energy costs with a quick to deploy and easy to manage solution. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, Verismic has helped Businesses, Institutions of Higher Education and Government Agencies worldwide save millions in lowered IT energy costs. More information can be found at http://www.Verismic.com.

Contact: +1.949.222.2287 info@verismic.com

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'Artificial intelligence' can help fund managers

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In a report published this month by the investment firm, they argue that many jobs performed by fund managers could be replaced by machines.

Using artificial intelligence applications have enhanced our understanding and analysis of financial market behaviour, adding to the range of predictive tools, the investment firm says.

While the firm is aware that, traditionally, investment approaches generally contain both qualitative and quantitative elements, which means that in broad terms human thinking may be better suited to the qualitative side while computers are used to varying extents to add value to quantitative inputs. This looks like it could change.

The flaws in human financial decision making are clear and the ability of a computer to improve the quality of trading decisionsor to speed up the execution of trades is too great to ignore.

Standard Life presents a simple argument: "Man" has to deal with fear and greed, intellectual constraint and fatigue, whereas a machine is agnostic, tireless and has no bias in decision making.

Frances Hudson, Standard Lifes global thematic strategist, said that artificial intelligence applications have enhanced our understanding and analysis of financial market behaviour, and artificial intelligence, which is commonly used in short-term market analysis... may also be applied here [to longer-term investments].

While computer algorithms are not a new thing in themselves dating back to the 1950s and 1960s and used today for high frequency trades the view that long-term investors can benefit from a computers consistent application of collective intelligence to financial markets is increasingly strong.

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QuarterSpot Deploys Artificial Intelligence in Support of Small Business Lending

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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Sep 11, 2013) - Small business lender QuarterSpot revealed that it has funded more than $1M in loans within two months of its launch. Small business owners have responded to QuarterSpot's lower cost loans and more favorable terms as a way to avoid the high cost of capital offered by merchant cash advances and most other online lenders.

Through its use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in underwriting, QuarterSpot can reduce borrowing costs by as much as 85% compared to other well known online lenders. Further, QuarterSpot does not require small business owners to provide personal guarantees.

"QuarterSpot offers a lower-cost loan that is custom designed to meet the needs of small business owners," said QuarterSpot CEO and co-founder Adam Cohen. "By incorporating Artificial Intelligence into our platform, we can constantly evaluate and improve our underwriting to more accurately gauge risk and reduce borrowing costs."

QuarterSpot's innovative AI-driven underwriting platform will incorporate millions of pieces of real time data from business bank accounts, customer reviews, social media, and more to execute a pre-approval decision in milliseconds. This is significantly faster than traditional lenders that can take up to six months to make a decision. The QuarterSpot AI is also able to learn on the fly by monitoring loan repayment and trends to improve its scoring and approval terms in real time.

"The resulting organic data set is much deeper and broader than available commercial credit scores and gives us a more detailed picture of the creditworthiness of a business," continued Cohen.

Through this use of AI-driven underwriting and as one of the only online lenders to amortize interest on loans, QuarterSpot offers a much lower cost of capital for small business owners. Other QuarterSpot loans features include:

For more information about obtaining a loan from QuarterSpot, please visit http://www.quarterspot.com.

About QuarterSpot

QuarterSpot is committed to helping small business owners secure responsible small business loans that are clearly explained and fairly priced. Its innovative small business lending platform enables small business owners in search of capital to obtain loans on more favorable terms. For more information, please visit http://www.quarterspot.com.

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