Data scientists and engineers often encounter difficulties when collaborating on machine learning (ML) tasks due to concerns about data reproducibility and traceability. Software code tends to be transparent about its origin and modifications, but it's often hard to ascertain the exact provenance of the data used for training ML models and the transformations conducted.
To tackle…
Rodney Brooks, co-founder of iRobot and keynote speaker at MIT’s “Generative AI: Shaping the Future” symposium, warned attendees not to overestimate the capabilities of this emerging AI technology. Generative AI is used to create new material by learning from data they were trained on, with applications in art, creativity, functional coding, language translation and realistic…
While delivering holiday presents may seem straightforward for fictional characters like Santa Claus, for companies like FedEx, the task represents a complex optimization problem. To solve it, these companies usually utilize specialized software known as mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) solvers. These solvers break down large optimization problems into smaller pieces, utilizing generic algorithms to identify…
The realm of artificial intelligence (AI) is shrouded in uncertainty and marked by intense debates among industry experts and leaders. These debates revolve around fundamental yet complex issues involving AI's intelligence, progress, and safety.
Concerning AI's intelligence, debates examine whether machines will one day surpass the intellect of their human creators and when this could…
During the "Generative AI: Shaping the Future" symposium held as part of MIT's Generative AI Week, experts discussed the opportunities and risks of generative AI, a type of machine learning that creates realistic outputs such as images, text, and code. The keynote speaker, Rodney Brooks, co-founder of iRobot and professor emeritus at MIT, warned against…
Santa Claus delivers presents with the help of magic, but delivering holiday packages isn't quite as simple for companies like FedEx. These businesses often rely on advanced software called mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) solvers to route their deliveries. Yet, while these solvers break down complex problems into smaller, more manageable segments, it can still take…
Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are fields that have made significant progress due to the use of larger neural network models and training these models on massive data sets. This progression has occurred through data and model parallelism techniques and pipelining methods, which distribute computational tasks across multiple devices at the same time.
Despite…
Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) is a technique that improves the alignment of Pretrained Large Language Models (LLMs) with human values, enhancing their usefulness and reliability. However, training LLMs with RLHF is a resource-intensive and complex task, posing significant obstacles to widespread implementation due to its computational intensity.
In response to this challenge, several methods…
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) possesses great potential but equally great risks if misused or overestimated, warned Rodney Brooks, co-founder of iRobot, at MIT’s "Generative AI: Shaping the Future" symposium. The event kicked off the university's Generative AI Week on 28 November and attracted hundreds of academia and industry representatives to the institution's Kresge Auditorium. Generative…
The logistics of delivering holiday packages by companies such as FedEx requires specialized software for efficient routing, given the immense complexity of the optimization problem. The software currently in use, known as a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) solver, often takes days to arrive at a solution, and even then, the companies have to accept solutions…
Enhancing Large Language Models (LLMs) capabilities remains a key challenge in artificial Intelligence (AI). LLMs, digital warehouses of knowledge, must stay current and accurate in the ever-evolving information landscape. Traditional ways of updating LLMs, such as retraining or fine-tuning, are resource-intensive and carry the risk of catastrophic forgetting, which means new learning can override valuable…
At the “Generative AI: Shaping the Future” symposium held on Nov. 28, Rodney Brooks, iRobot co-founder and a keynote speaker, cautioned attendees against overestimating the capabilities of generative AI. Noting that “No one technology has ever surpassed everything else”, Brooks stressed that flippant assumptions about the inferred abilities of generative AI could lead to failure.…