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Revenge of the nerds: Facebook is developing human-level AI to fight bullying

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by on May 1, 2019 at 8:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Social Media


Facebook might be taking its bullying problem a lot more seriously than you think. Rather than hire more humans to flag troubling content, it plans on developing AI with human level intelligence to do the job. An official company blog post today, on the subject of content moderation, laid out a road map for machine learning solutions to bullying on Facebook: One potential answer is an approach that Facebook Chief AI Scientist, Yann LeCun, has been discussing for years: self-supervision. Instead of relying solely on data that’s been labeled for training purposes by humans — or even on weakly supervised…

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Cryptocurrency Q1 roundup: How did Ethereum perform?

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by on May 1, 2019 at 6:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Ethereum’s creators wanted to create a platform that would allow users all over the world to write decentralized applications, and use the Ethereum blockchain as what it calls a “world computer.” Ethereum made smart contracts a common part of the blockchain conversation. Smart contracts are programming tools that let developers write self-executing scripts that run on the Ethereum blockchain. When these scripts are executed, the computing nodes are compensated for their work in Ethereum’s native token, Ether. One, perhaps unforeseen, consequence was that Ethereum’s smart contracts enabled the initial coin offering (ICO). Unfortunately, many ICOs revealed themselves to be little…

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Hitting the gym makes esports athletes more successful

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by on May 1, 2019 at 5:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


When you think of the daily life of an esports player, you might imagine something sedate. Professional gamers, by definition, sit at computers and work to hone their talents by staring at a screen and clicking buttons. But, as many of them will be quick to tell  you, there’s a lot of work that goes into improving play, and it’s not for the faint of heart. When I first started inquiring about what daily life was like for an active esports pro, I asked several coaches and managers what the biggest misconception is. One and all, the answer was the…

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Julian Assange: Convicted, unrepentant, and behind bars

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by on May 1, 2019 at 4:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider


It was an ignoble end for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. After having spent almost seven years defiantly hiding in Ecuador’s London embassy, where he spread state secrets and bodily excretions alike, his tenancy was ended by several burly coppers who dragged him by into a waiting police van as he yelled incoherently about Gore Vidal. BREAKING: #Assange removed from embassy – video pic.twitter.com/qsHy7ZVPg5 — Ruptly (@Ruptly) April 11, 2019 The Met’s finest then took Assange, who at this point looked like the greasy lovechild of Rasputin and Saddam Hussein, to a Central London police station, where he was charged with…

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TNW2019 Daily: Register for roundtables and workshops

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by on May 1, 2019 at 3:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Events, Insider, TNW2019


There are eight days left until TNW Conference! Do you know what that means? It’s time to register for TNW2019 sessions! Roundtables and workshops are now open Deep-dive into topics on the future of tech at TNW2019! Join hands-on workshops and roundtable discussions with industry experts in every field of tech imaginable. Use your ticket ID to sign up now for your favorites. Be quick – these are already filling up fast! Pro tip: if you’re still trying to convince your boss that you should attend TNW2019, this is a great way to do it. Scroll through the sessions and find the…

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