Congratulations @AaronHertzmann – a pioneer of machine learning and graphics who has made many outstanding contributions to both fields. Well deserved
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Generative Models for Video and Music Creation
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Creating with generative models of video and music. https://t.co/OS1gh0P8VZ
— Nando de Freitas (@NandoDF) 26 juillet 2024Creating with generative models of video and music.
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DeepMind and OpenAI: Comparing AI Research and Education Impact
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Gary, you’re right that Google DeepMind has been just as amazing as OpenAI. Moreover, I admire DeepMind’s contributions to AI education in Africa and LatAm over the years. I truly love DeepMind. However, I did not mean to invite comparisons. What I really intended to provide as
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Google DeepMind achieves exceptional breakthrough in AI research
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Truly exceptional achievement, bravo. @GoogleDeepMind researchers shine again 👏 https://t.co/Z6CGVJ0Rha
— Nando de Freitas (@NandoDF) 25 juillet 2024Truly exceptional achievement, bravo. @GoogleDeepMind researchers shine again
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OpenAI’s Impact on AI: A Decade of Competition and Inspiration
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@OpenAI has been the most inspiring and most impactful AI organisation in the history of humankind. I say this as someone who’s competed with them for nearly a decade. They made my life far more interesting than I could have dreamt of. The people at @OpenAI are some of the
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AI Video Generation Breakthroughs: Novel Algorithms Enable Impossible Advances
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DearVCs, CEOs, VPs & Governments: Many people, including some AI researchers, thought this video generation and other AI advances would be impossible. Some researchers and engineers persevered with optimism, thought hard, derived novel mathematical algorithms and tractable… https://t.co/uGx7hkj3hR
— Nando de Freitas (@NandoDF) 25 juillet 2024DearVCs, CEOs, VPs & Governments: Many people, including some AI researchers, thought this video generation and other AI advances would be impossible. Some researchers and engineers persevered with optimism, thought hard, derived novel mathematical algorithms and tractable
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Life’s Origin Question Explored at ICML2024 Conference
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What a stimulating day at #ICML2024! No better way to end it than by having dinner with a dear old friend @j_foerst
, enjoying local food, and pondering on: “The transition from non-life to life has never been observed experimentally”. That’s why AI/ML conferences are so amazing -
Visa and travel barriers exclude African researchers from AI conferences
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I think it is more nuanced. It is true that visas exclude people, and sadly even among African countries visas are an issue. There is also bias in the sense that these meetings mostly occur in Europe and north America. It is costly and demanding to travel to these conferences
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Conference Evolution: AI Impact Since GPT-3 Era
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I’ve been attending these conferences since 1997 so I have a sense for their history, and I disagree that it was like this pre-Covid or pre-GPT3. Also, I’m not saying that this is a good or bad thing (no judgement), it just is. I find it interesting, and worth reflecting on.
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AI Conferences Moving to Africa and Latin America
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So there’s no doubt as to why I posted this, my position is I have taught at 2 @Khipu_AI and 3 @DeepIndaba and I raised money for the first 2 Indabas. I highly recommend these inspiring meetings. I strongly campaigned for AI conferences to move to Africa and LatAm. I believe