April 14, 2024

AI

How to Encode Constraints to the Output of Neural Networks

A summary of available approaches Runzhong Wang · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 12 min read · 11 hours ago — Image generated by ChatGPT based on this article’s content. Neural networks are indeed powerful. However, as the application scope of neural networks moves from “standard” classification and regression tasks to more complex decision-making and AI for Science, one drawback is becoming increasingly apparent: the output of neural networks is usually unconstrained, or

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Entering the RadyVerse: A Look at Five VR and AI Projects for Training Healthcare Workers at the University of Manitoba’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

One of the virtual reality labs being used to train nursing students in the College of Nursing at the University of Manitoba As many of my readers already well know, I am the computer science and agriculture librarian at the Jim Peebles Science and Technology Library at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and I have been writing about “news and views on social VR, virtual worlds, and the metaverse” (as the tagline

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The Tiny Ultrabright Laser that Can Melt Steel

In 2016, the Japanese government announced a plan for the emergence of a new kind of society. Human civilization, the proposal explained, had begun with hunter-gatherers, passed through the agrarian and industrial stages, and was fast approaching the end of the information age. As then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe put it, “We are now witnessing the opening of the fifth chapter.” This chapter, called Society 5.0, would see made-on-demand goods and robot caretakers, taxis, and

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TechCrunch Fintech: Meet PayJoy, a fintech operating at the intersection of doing good and making money | TechCrunch

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at how two fintech companies serving the underserved are faring, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday at 7:00 a.m. PT, subscribe here.  The big story PayJoy is an example of a company with positive unit economics and a mission to help the underserved. It’s not often that we see those two things intersect,

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Hardware

Best Buy’s Flash Tech Sale Brings Huge Savings For Geeks And Grads

If you’re quick, you can save on some great deals from Best Buy this weekend before they disappear. Deals include a Samsung Tab S8 Ultra tablet, Apple MacBook Air, and an outdoor TV. Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra Deal Anyone who needs to be productive on the go will benefit greatly by having a powerful and portable tablet. The Samsung Galaxy Tab series tablets have proven themselves to be both. The Tab S8 Ultra makes

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Robotics

Project CETI develops robotics to make sperm whale tagging more humane – The Robot Report

Listen to this article Project CETI is a nonprofit scientific and conservation initiative that aims to decode whale communications. | Source: Project CETI Off the idyllic shores of Dominica, a country in the Caribbean, hundreds of sperm whales gather deep in the sea. While their communication sounds like a series of clicks and creaks to the human ear, these whales have unique, regional dialects and even accents. A multidisciplinary group of scientists, led by Project

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