How to reduce the carbon footprint of AI? (Part I)

How to reduce the carbon footprint of AI? (Part I)

Can artificial intelligence be deployed to slow down global warming, or is AI one of the greatest climate sinners ever? That is the interesting debate that finds (not surprisingly) representatives from the AI industry and academia on opposite sides of the issue. While...
The time is ripe for contract intelligence

The time is ripe for contract intelligence

There are tasks that absolutely no one likes to do: filling up an income statement, for example, or cleaning up a hard drive to free up some space. Reading through hundreds of contracts to spot potential errors is also one of the most boring activities one can...
AI is not sexy at all

AI is not sexy at all

Forget all the miraculous things you’ve read about artificial intelligence in magazines. Machines defeat the world’s best Go players. Machines beat poker professionals, write poems, and outperform humans on IQ tests. Machines might even one day eradicate cancer....
Why intelligent machines must be versatile

Why intelligent machines must be versatile

Lexicographers have a hard time these days. With the rise of social media, they are confronted with the appearance of new terms almost in real time. As they observe search trends in online dictionaries, they must react quickly. Some of these new terms are easy to...
Fifty shades of python

Fifty shades of python

If I say “python”, what is the first image that comes to your mind? Do you imagine the sinuous shape of a giant snake or do you think of programming language? Did the image of a luxury bag pop up on your retina or did you grin recalling the caustic humour of a surreal...
The power of images

The power of images

Images are universal. Images are language independent. The university professor in Chicago, the bank employee in Beijing, the hairdresser in Rome, all recognize the jubilation of the American sailor kissing a woman on Times Square and the horror of the naked...
Brute force is not the answer

Brute force is not the answer

These days, news coverage on Artificial Intelligence (AI) conveys a simple equation: AI = Deep Learning. No wonder, billions of dollars revolve around this technology  – and its marketing. Waves of enthusiasm shiver through the media when Google’s DeepMind...
The false positives syndrome

The false positives syndrome

There is the funny side of false positives – Ben Stiller’s baffled expression when discovering that the mysterious activities of his stepfather-to-be, sneaky Robert de Niro, camouflaged under the code name “Operation Koh-Samui”, relate in fact to the secret...
A new flagship is born – OpenAI

A new flagship is born – OpenAI

And it happened again, a new wanted poster is on the wall. This time it’s artificial intelligence, under the name of OpenAI, that receives a $1 billion award. With all the noise that the ongoing AI hype creates, $1 billion is what is needed to get attention in the...