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Domingos: The hardest problem in AI is learning representation
“The hardest problem in AI is coming up with a representation. Once you've done that, the rest follows, and when you don't do that, you don't really get very far”
Pedro Domingos Oct 22, 2019 ▶ 18:14 Fireside Chat: Pedro Domingos, Head of Machine Learning, DE Shaw (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
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Domingos: AI is an amazing tool for authoritarianism
“AI can be a great tool for democracy. It is also unfortunately an amazing tool for authoritarianism.”
Pedro Domingos Oct 22, 2019 ▶ 25:40 Fireside Chat: Pedro Domingos, Head of Machine Learning, DE Shaw (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
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Domingos: Dumb AI is vastly more dangerous than smart AI
“The real danger of AI is not that computers will get too smart and take over the world. The real danger is that computers are too stupid, and they've already taken over the world, right? Computers are making decisions about us the whole time, and they're dumb,…”
Pedro Domingos Oct 22, 2019 ▶ 26:57 Fireside Chat: Pedro Domingos, Head of Machine Learning, DE Shaw (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
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Domingos: Major deep learning wins come from combining multiple techniques
“A lot of the things that people think of as successes of deep learning are actually successes of combining deep learning with other things.”
Pedro Domingos Oct 22, 2019 ▶ 15:41 Fireside Chat: Pedro Domingos, Head of Machine Learning, DE Shaw (FirstMark's Data Driven NYC)
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