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A New Olympics Event: Algorithmic Video Surveillance

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If, however, the surveillance system fines one neglectful neighbor more than another because its algorithm favors one skin color or clothing style over another, opinions could change. It insists that algorithms under its authority “do not process any biometric data and do not implement any facial recognition techniques.

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AI death calculator can predict when you'll die. with eery accuracy

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Researchers analyzed aspects of a persons life story between 2008 and 2016, with the model seeking patterns in the data. Then, they used the algorithm to determine whether someone had died by 2020.The The tool can also determine how much money you'll have when your time comes.

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Quan Sun on finishing in second place in Predict Grant Applications

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What I tried and What ended up working I tried many different algorithms (mainly weka and matlab implementations) and feature sets in nearly 80 submissions. After the first 10 testing submissions, I realised that there was a concept drift happening between 2007 and 2008. The success rates decline gradually from 2007.

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Getting Started with AI

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In ML, there are a variety of algorithms that can help solve problems. In graduate school, a course in AI will usually have a quick review of the core ML concepts (covered in a previous course) and then cover searching algorithms, game theory, Bayesian Networks, Markov Decision Processes (MDP), reinforcement learning, and more.

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The Future of Digital Marketing: AI and Automation (6 Tips)

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In 2008 I observed people’s online activity with social media and I sensed a game changing technology. AI algorithms can analyze customer data and predict which products or services they are most likely to be interested in. Any change that taps human consciousness at that scale needs to be listened to and embraced.

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Using Machine Learning to Improve Cryptocurrency Mining Profitability

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Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the world to bitcoin in 2008. Blockchain is governed by some of the most sophisticated machine learning algorithms that are designed to maximize security. It is conducted by highly sophisticated machine learning algorithms. Cryptocurrencies are very secure, because they rely on the blockchain network.

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How Big Data Has Impacted The Real Estate Industry

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They will be even better at this in the future, as big data algorithms improve further. The error rate for real estate professionals using AI algorithms is just 9%. We saw a decline in real estate agents after the financial crisis of 2008, but the crisis wasn’t the only factor that drove agents to leave the business.