AI for good or ill?
Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and many other high profile people have expressed concerns over the potential risks AI might pose. Why so? Well, it seems we are exceeding predictions over … Read more
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In the tech.courses blog we explore technology topics including as Machine Learning, TensorFlow.js, and JavaScript. These blog posts complement our online video courses but are available to all!
AI in the dock.
How long would it be before AI was used by criminals? Well, I am afraid to say….they already do! Deepfake makes use of AI in a process know as human image synthesis. … Read more
Has Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) been upstaged?
Google’s TPU is a custom ASIC specifically designed for machine learning with the accent on TensorFlow. It’s been in use now for a couple of years and has also been powering RankBrain, … Read more
Brunel’s legacy deciphered.
Isombard Kingdom Brunel, one of the most ingenious and prolific engineers in history, famous for railway lines, tunnels, bridges, docks and ships was infamous for his poor handwriting. Leaving copious notes, diaries … Read more
Sensory deprivation
Most machine learning or AI applications will rely on input. Whether from a keyboard or more possibly from a real time sensor (for the purposes of this brief thought cloud I will … Read more
Facing up to recognition
In the West we are told we live in a surveillance society. Certainly in the UK there are cameras everywhere. Formerly they were connected to tape based security recording equipment which were … Read more
AI algo used to predict ‘no show’ patients at up coming appointments.
UCL London has developed an algorithm using previously gathered data from those who have had appointments for MRI scans to predict 90% of those who would not turn up for their appointment. … Read more
An alternative AI health helpline
Alan Turing argued that if the machine could successfully pretend to be human to a knowledgeable observer then you certainly should consider it intelligent. With that in mind I want to explore … Read more
Plotting TensorFlow.js Activation Functions
When getting started with a modern machine learning library such as TensorFlow.js, you have to become comfortable with designing Artificial Neural Network (ANN) structures. An ANN is formed from a number of … Read more
Muffins, Chihuahuas and AI
We have seen in the news that facial recognition has a problem differentiating between some muffins and Chihuahuas. A contending muffin could be characterised as having a sandy colour bun and three … Read more