In this post I thought I’d try to explain how deep learining works. I want this to be a “Deep Learning for Dummies” kind of article.
Amazon Go and Just Walk Out Tech in 2023
It has been over five years since Amazon opened its cashierless stores to the public. How are things going with this project?
The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is – Review
I write a review of a book written by Prof Smith on the Philosophy of the Internet.
The West Fears AI, the East Does Not
What is the attitude to AI in the East? Our western culture has a vastly different culture. Perhaps our fear of AI is not matched elsewhere.
Deep Learning Eliminated Creativity in AI
Deep Learning revolutionised AI and Computer Vision but, as I argue in this post, at the cost of sacrificing the need for creativity in finding solutions to problems.
AI Will Never Create High Art
The advances of AI have been truly incredible. AI has encroached on nearly aspect of our lives and it is now trying to venture into the world of high art (something to be distinguished from pop/commercial art). In this post I talk about why AI has no place in this world whatsoever. I also ask why the merging of AI and high art is even being discussed.
AI Video Generation (Text-To-Video Translation)
We’ve all seen image generators like DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion take off (for good and for bad). In this post I look at what the latest is with respect to AI generating videos. What has Google and Facebook lined up for us? Is this something to also look forward to?
The Need for New Terminology in AI
There is a fundamental difference between humans and machines. Most people would agree with this. Hence, maybe we should not use terms like “intelligence”, “understanding”, and “creating” for machines as we do for humans. Terms like these (and others) are loaded and imply something profound in the existence of an entity that is said to be or do those things.
Artificial Intelligence is Over-Hyped
AI is not only fundamentally unintelligent but at the moment it is fundamentally over-hyped.
AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee – Review
I review the fantastic book written by former assistant professor at CMU, Principal Speech Scientist at Apple, founding director of Microsoft Research Asia, and former President of Google China