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Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’

Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’

AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’ A single person claims to have authored 113 academic papers on artificial intelligence this year, 89 of which will be presented this week at one of the world’s leading conference on AI and machine learning, which has raised questions among computer scientists about the state of AI research. The author, Kevin Zhu, recently finished a bachelor’s degree in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, and now runs Algoverse, an AI research and mentoring company for high schoolers – many of whom are his co-authors on the papers. Zhu himself graduated from high school in 2018. Continue reading...

theguardian.com
Dec 6
Artificial intelligence (AI)TechnologyAcademics
UK firms can win a significant chunk of the AI chip market | John Browne

UK firms can win a significant chunk of the AI chip market | John Browne

Britain’s legacy in chip design is world-class, and we could supply up to 5% of global demand if we get our act together The UK is in a uniquely promising position, far too little understood, to play a lucrative role in the coming era of artificial intelligence – but only if it also grabs the opportunity to start making millions of computer chips. AI requires vast numbers of chips and we could supply up to 5% of world demand if we get our national act together. Lord Browne is the co-chair of the Council for Science and Technology . He is the chair of BeyondNetZero and was the chief executive of BP from 1995 to 2007 Continue reading...

theguardian.com
Nov 13
Artificial intelligence (AI)Technology sectorComputing