As a result, more than 55% of pesticide in India goes towards cotton farming. However, the wrong usage of these chemicals can damage the crop or reduce the quality. That’s why Wadhwani AI, a research institute in India, started searching for solutions in 2018 to help farmers save their crops using insights from artificial intelligence. Conceptualization and data collection The idea of the AI model was to determine how many pests are seen in that area and send an advisory on pesticide usage....

The benefits of artificial intelligence, however, are not completely free. Companies that use AI to detect and prevent crime also deal with new challenges, such as algorithmic bias, a problem that happens when an AI algorithm causes systemic disadvantage for a group of a specific gender, ethnicity, or religion. In past years, algorithmic bias that hasn’t been well-controlled has damaged the reputation of the companies using it. It’s incredibly important to always be alert to the existence of such bias....

Over the past decade, the complexity and capacity of neural networks has increased sharply. Coinciding with the extraordinary growth of cheap and easily accessible heavy-duty supercomputers and graphics processing units (GPUs), they have come to the fore as the de facto network “brain” of choice for problem solving, pattern recognition, and anomaly detection. Today, organizations use them for sales forecasting, customer research, data validation, and risk management among many other applications....

For all the recent controversy over the accuracy or lack thereof, of many of the most terrifying coronavirus models, data science continues to be one of our most potent weapons in the fight against the pandemic. Nowhere is this more evident than in the deep learning power of artificial intelligence (AI). But what, exactly, is the role of data analysis in the battle against COVID-19, and how might AI be the key to finding a cure?...

The technique is, however, controversial – we can’t be sure how a child with an altered genome will develop over a lifetime. But with the COVID-19 pandemic showing just how vulnerable human beings are to disease, is it time to consider moving ahead with it more quickly? There’s now good evidence that the technique works, with research normally carried out on unviable embryos that will never result in a living baby....

To illustrate the point, this is the number of parameters for the most common architectures in (natural language processing) NLP, as summarized in the recent State of AI Report 2020 by Nathan Benaich and Ian Hogarth. You can see this below: In Kaggle competitions, the winner models are often ensembles, composed of several predictors. Although they can beat simple models by a large margin in terms of accuracy, their enormous computational costs make them utterly unusable in practice....

But what actually triggered the change in temperature? In our new paper, published in Science Advances, we show that its onset coincided exactly with the largest documented asteroid breakup in the asteroid belt during the past two billion years, caused by a collision with another asteroid or a comet. Even today, almost a third of all meteorites falling on Earth originate from the breakup of this 150 kilometer-wide asteroid between Jupiter and Mars....

In the last couple of years, Oppo has vied to occupy the space once held by Huawei, and the company’s newest flagship, the Find X5, is an indication it’s fighting harder than ever for wider recognition. Truthfully, the company is already in a pretty comfortable position. Although it’s “only” the fourth-biggest smartphone company (behind Xiaomi, in addition to Apple and Samsung), it’s also part of a much bigger family than its competitors....

The team argued that AGI could emerge through an incentive mechanism known as a reward function. “We hypothesize that intelligence, and its associated abilities, can be understood as subserving the maximization of reward,” the study authors wrote. Their claims have been dismissed by some scientists, but they nonetheless shine a spotlight on a powerful technique. What is reinforcement learning? In reinforcement learning (RL), a software agent learns through trial and error....

The phenomenon of sports betting among African youths has taken the region by storm. Recent polls and anecdotal reports point to a grim scenario, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. A 2017 GeoPoll survey found that up to 54 percent of sub-Saharan African youth between 17 and 35 years have engaged in sports gambling. Kenya, with 74 percent participation in sports betting, had by far the largest percentage of youth involvement in this activity....

In the Netherlands, that data is collected and managed by the KNMI, or the Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut — a.k.a., the government’s meteorological branch. The KNMI forecasts weather, researches climate change, and monitors seismic activity. Their reach goes far beyond the Netherlands. In 2017, the KNMI-built TROPOMI was launched into the atmosphere aboard the Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite. Recently, the TROPOMI measured and mapped the decline in nitrogen dioxide concentration over China from December to March due to COVID-19....

Inspired by a fighter jet, the Gen3 features a completely reworked exterior that makes it look kinda like a modern F18 aircraft on wheels. Formula E believes that the new car design, which is both smaller and lighter than the Gen2 model, will enable faster, more agile wheel-to-wheel racing, as it’s built for high-speed street circuits. The Gen3’s weight reduction is also coupled with a significant power increase. The rear motor now comes with a 350kW (469hp) output, from 250kW (335hp) in the Gen2....

This is the question rippling through various marketing communities as people are trying to get their bearings and form some kind of a plan to move forward in this rocky economic climate. And the classic marketing answer is: It depends. However, I’m going to outline my thoughts on what this means for content promotion and how we can move forward to be as productive as possible. What should you say — and how?...

Onboarding to a new company is hard work. Keeping all the information straight is its own work stream that deserves thought and attention. Countless names, faces*, teams, initiatives, and acronyms fly by before noon. Believe me. I’m in the process right now. This week I landed on a system I’m pretty happy with. You’re a knowledge worker. Build a knowledge base You need a place to put all the information you’re receiving....

As the COVID-19 pandemic goes on, it can be tricky to maintain social ties and have fun with your family and friends. We all want to hang out and do things, but in the interests of everyone remaining healthy, that’s not an option for lots of people. That said, while it’s still not wise to go to movies, concerts, or game nights with friends, there are still ways you can enjoy movies, music, and games with them....

If you’ve been putting off trying new games such as Crusader Kings III and Panzer Corps 2 because of their sheer scope or you’ve tried to get into older games such as Europa Universalis and Distant Worlds but the learning curve was too steep, this guide’s for you. When we say “hardcore” strategy and wargaming titles we don’t mean to only include games that pass the Gary Grigsby litmus test for complexity....

As of March 2019, there were over 38 million cars on the roads of Great Britain, according to transport and policy organization the RAC Foundation. With more cars in use, it can get increasingly tough to find a parking spot, let alone remember where you parked your car. Don’t worry though, you can use Google Maps to remember where you parked. Here’s how to do it. Hopefully it’ll take one more stress out of your day....

A day in the life I just saw your recent marketing email about your AI startup called (company name). And I think you’d be the perfect person to read this article, (person’s name)! Here at Neural, we’ve invented a new technology that will revolutionize everything! Can I go ahead and schedule you for a 45-minute call with a C-suite executive who doesn’t specialize in the topic? Is today good for you?...

Often when I’m surfing the web, I end up coming across an interesting site or article that I’d like to send to my phone to read later or maybe share with my friends. The old me would’ve emailed these links to myself — like an amateur — but now I just use Chrome’s simple “send to phone” feature.. But, now I just use Chrome’s “send to phone” feature. Here’s how you can use it for any Android phone:...

I use Slack for work and other messenger apps for personal conversations. However, I know a ton of friends who have to use WhatsApp or Telegram as their work communication tool as well. This could be really annoying and might make you miss important messages from friends too. Thankfully, Telegram has a feature called Folders that allows you to separate work and personal chats. Here’s how you can use it:...