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Senior Data Scientist - @adam_rab (Python, SAS, Hadoop, R, Matlab, Machine learning, natural language processing, CPlex, C , etc.)

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By providing us with your information, you agree to become a Bullhorn Reach User, and to our use and disclosure of your information as described by our Privacy Policy. My clients are looking for computer scientists, statisticians, biostatisticians, physicists, computational social scientists, economists, engineers, operations researchers- in short they are looking for Data Scientist with strong hands on experience in "Big Data" as well as predictive modeling, optimization, machine learning, neural networks using a range of advanced technical tools (Python, SAS, Hadoop, R, Matlab, Machine learning, natural language processing, CPlex, C, etc.) This is a position that will be responsible for helping develop quantitative solutions to solve complex applications. The candidates will be involved in developing leading-edge, "out of the box" advanced analytic solutions and processes.


Britain can crack AI, if we put our minds to it

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Sherry Coutu spends much of her time above the Atlantic, shuttling between Cambridge and Silicon Valley in search of the brightest talent in the technology sector. When it comes to artificial intelligence -- one of the fields expected to make the biggest difference to the way we live our lives over the coming decades -- she believes that Britain has an edge. "There is a huge amount of evidence to show that we are No 1," said the Canadian-born tech guru, who has lived in Britain since 1993. But, she added, "we are still growing fewer companies than we should". Artificial intelligence (AI) is an overused term. Some big companies attempt to pass off basic systems that simply provide automated responses to consumers as an "AI solution".


Can machines think, and what machine learning can teach us

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One of people's biggest fears about artificial intelligence is that machines will rise up and humanity will be obsolete, that we will give'them' too much power and control, and they will take over through either benevolence or malevolence. The root of many of these science fiction horror stories is the ability for the machines to think for themselves and come to a reasoned logical conclusion. We have had a test for machine intelligence in the form of the Turing test, which sees if a machine can fool a human interrogator into thinking they are talking to another human. However, the test is not without its problems and one of my favourite criticisms of Turing's test came over Twitter: The Turing test is like saying planes don't fly unless they can fool birds into thinking they're birds. Initially I thought "ok, fair point - we are defining that the only true intelligence is described by the properties humans exhibit", and while one of the better responses did point out that cherry picking a single feature was not the same as the Turing Test, it did get me thinking based on my initial interpretation of the Tweet.


The need for Consciousness in an AI System

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Last March Microsoft released an AI bot called Tay which they were forced to close down within days of release. The reason was the bot learned from its users and then started to say unsavoury things. The bot had a deep learning neural network and was modifying itself according to its users behaviour. The developers took the bot down and started to try to modify its neural network software to prevent this happening. However, I think the problem is, that they are missing a software component, rather than needing to modify the neural net. In fact the neural net is behaving correctly.


Samsung to launch AI assistant service for Galaxy S8

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SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Sunday it would launch an artificial intelligence digital assistant service for its upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone, seeking to rebound from the Galaxy Note 7's collapse and differentiate its devices. The world's top smartphone maker in October announced the acquisition of Viv Labs Inc, a firm run by a co-creator of Apple Inc's Siri voice assistant program. Samsung plans to integrate the San Jose-based company's AI platform, called Viv, into the Galaxy smartphones and expand voice-assistant services to home appliances and wearable technology devices. Samsung is counting on the Galaxy S8 to help revive smartphone momentum after the discontinuation of fire-prone Galaxy Note 7s, which will hit its profit by $5.4 billion over three quarters through the first quarter of 2017. Investors and analysts say the Galaxy S8 must be a strong device in order for Samsung to win back customers and revive earnings momentum.


Seek to Investigate The Implications of Artificial Intelligence For Humanity

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Everywhere you look, now there is some form of artificial intelligence appearing. Whether it's to make a process more efficient or whether it's to keep humans safe and away from danger, robots are creeping in at every chance they get, and this is expected to carry on for quite some years to come. Now, a new center has been launched in Cambridge, England that will look to continue the study of AI more closely along with the implications that come with these marvelous machines. There will be seven projects of focus at the CFI over the next three years and will cover things like autonomous weapons, and responsible innovation. Professor Stephen Hawking was at the launch of the VFI, and he commented, "Success in creating AI could be the biggest event in the history of civilizationโ€ฆ.it could also be the last unless we learn how to avoid the risks."


How to Approach a Data Intensive Problem

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"It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data." Are you stuck with a problem? Previously I have written a general introduction about predictive functions, and where you might use them for providing "killer" features in your applications. I argued that the data analytics will be a part of the modern software engineering. In both of these disciplines problem solving is an essential skill, and harder are the problems you can crack, the more unique applications you will get.


What are Artificial Intelligence Jobs? Udacity

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At Udacity, we believe applications of artificial intelligence will bring transformative change to all industries, and not in some distant science-fiction future--we are seeing rapidly growing demand for AI-related skills right now, and new artificial intelligence jobs are emerging every day. This is exactly why we created our recently announced Artificial Intelligence Nanodegree program. Many of these jobs are still very new however, and we've learned from our program applicants--who already number in the thousands!--that So we took it upon ourselves to answer this question. To begin, we needed concrete data.


Artificial Intelligence Is Here: Now What?

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The topic of "artificial intelligence" has recently brought a confluence of nationally significant announcements. In September, Stanford University released its One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence, which was quickly followed by the announcement in early October that five firms -- Amazon, DeepMind of Google, Facebook, IBM, and Microsoft -- have formed a nonprofit named the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society (Partnership on AI). A week after the Partnership on AI announced its formation, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), which is overseen by the Executive Office of the President, released Preparing for the Future of Artificial Intelligence. For the release of the Stanford and the NSTC reports, perhaps, but the formation of the Partnership on AI is no coincidence. The members of the Partnership on AI realize the marketplace is at an important "tipping point" when it comes to the increasing utilization of AI in the U.S. AI is already used in automobiles to enable enhanced driving safety features and GPS services, in smartphone apps, and in wearable medical device -- to name just a few examples.


Iris AI drastically expedites research through the power of artificial intelligence

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There are more than 30 million research papers out there, and more than 3,000 papers are published every day. Put simply, you haven't a chance in hell to read all of them. So what's a poor researcher to do when set a challenge in a brand new field of research? Once the wave of blind panic and urge to drink copious amounts of gin has dissipated, you reach for a technology solution. Iris believes it has just the thing.