Machine Learning / Artificial Intelligence

OUR FUTURE WITH THE MACHINE

2/27/2014ALEX POON

ALEX POON

• VP Engineering @ Outbrain (JUST QUIT)

• Co-founder of Visual Revenue (Acquired by Outbrain 2013)

• Love scalable systems, machine learning; Fascinated by Robots

• Used to build signal intelligence software for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

• Play Zerg in Starcraft II

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

MACHINE LEARNING

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEThe INTELLIGENCE exhibited by machines or software, and the

branch of computer science that develops machines and software

with INTELLIGENCE.

A branch of artificial intelligence, concerns the construction and

study of systems that can LEARN from data

MACHINE LEARNING

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What about the future?

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FUTURE: A little bit of both

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Working with Machines

SUMMARY

• Strong Machine Learning techniques != Intelligence

• In the near future, more data, sensors, natural language input

• Machine and human cooperate to solve complex problems

• Human judgments can improve algorithms when done right

• We can partner with machines if we understand them

ALEX POON

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