Collaborative Intelligence Week in Review - 26Apr2024
Best business article(s) I read this week…
This article from Vanderbilt University describes how several faculty members are using AI to enhance the classroom experience. It provides several great examples that should spur your own thinking about creative ways to use these technologies.
What is Artificial General Intelligence?
In talks about the future of AI, I often bring up the possibilities of Artificial General Intelligence and its implications. This “explainer” from McKinsey & Company provides a great overview.
Best technical article(s) I read this week…
Deep reinforcement learning for process design
This article is specific to chemical engineering, but its insights can be applied to other industries. It describes how deep learning can be used to meet the challenges of “increasing complexity of the design task, the lack of experienced engineers, and the pressure on improving sustainability and profitability while shortening development times.”
News items I found interesting…
Digital twins and their role in the circular economy
This analyst report describes how manufacturers are using digital twins to improve productivity, quality, and delivery performance while reducing inventory and other costs.
Exploring the Legal Risks and Rewards of Generative AI
This is a video and transcription from The National Law Review in which an intellectual property lawyer from Foley & Lardner discusses issues related to the use of generative AI.
Quantum Computers Can Now Run Powerful AI That Works like the Brain
This Scientific American article describes how researchers have built a transformer model (the neural architecture that underpins generative AI) on a quantum chip. The chip used only six cubits, so it wasn’t as accurate as current AI models running on silicon, but it’s an important development.
Coolest thing I saw…
The company has created a “digital nose” to analyze components of a human breath to aid in early disease detection. I continue to be amazed at the many ways machine intelligence is being applied across industries.
A company that caught my eye…
Stainless builds software development kits in multiple languages for companies offering public APIs. Clients include OpenAI, Antrhopic, and Cloudflare. The company recently closed a $3.5M seed round.