Robots are taking over oil rigs, deep learning is building software & more

"To me, it's not just about automating the rig, it's about automating everything upstream of the rig," says Ahmed Hashmi, head of upstream technology for BP Plc." Using deep learning to listen for early warning signs that a car might be nearing a breakdown. "Jeff Dean, who leads the Google Brain research group, mused last week that some of the work of such workers could be supplanted by software. He described what he termed "automated machine learning" as one of the most promising research avenues his team was exploring." Andrew Ng demonstrates Baidu's new office entrance!