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AI research is a dumpster fire and Google’s holding the matches Scientific endeavor is no match for corporate greed How it started There wereapproximately 85,000 research paperspublished globally on the subject of AI/ML in the year 2000. Fast-forward to 2021 and there were nearly twice as many published in the US alone. To say there’s been an explosion in the field would be a massive understatement. This influx of researchers and new ideas has led to deep learning becoming one of the world’s most important technologies....

AI study claims tennis is the most ‘euphoric’ sport. I’m not convinced Football FTW Measuring emotions Emotion recognition technology (ERT) is an extremely controversial area of AI. Scientistshave arguedthat the systems are not only inaccurate and biased, but akin to phrenology. The skepticism is rational. People show their emotions in countless ways, which makes analyses based on facial movements unreliable at best. Researchshowsthat emotions are expressed differently across cultures and societies....

AI study claims tennis is the most ‘euphoric’ sport. I’m not convinced Football FTW Measuring emotions Emotion recognition technology (ERT) is an extremely controversial area of AI. Scientistshave arguedthat the systems are not only inaccurate and biased, but akin to phrenology. The skepticism is rational. People show their emotions in countless ways, which makes analyses based on facial movements unreliable at best. Researchshowsthat emotions are expressed differently across cultures and societies....

AI study suggests a London gallery’s been exhibiting a fake for years Algorithms are searching for art forgeries AI forgery detection Popovici may have been surprised, but the painting’s authorship has been disputed for decades. Scholars have argued that the style ismore heavy-handedthan any other works by Rubens. They point to Samson’s cropped toes as a clear sign that the piece wasn’t painted by the Flemish master. The algorithm has added credibility to their claims....