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Algorithms

New Scientist

Originally a way of solving complicated equations with moving variables, the modern definition of an algorithm is morphing

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Conquering the challenge of quantum optimization

Physics World

The algorithms underlying the internet optimize the flow of your data through servers. Some of these optimization decisions are easy – in the sense that an optimal solution can be found quickly by a computer algorithm. Perhaps the most exalted question in computer science is whether all problems have efficient algorithms.

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Fighting algorithmic bias in artificial intelligence

Physics World

Machines are often assumed to make smarter, better and more objective decisions, but this algorithmic bias is one of many examples that dispels the notion of machine neutrality and replicates existing inequalities in society. They only reflect and amplify the larger biases of the world.”. Jessica Esquivel.

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Xanadu puts quantum advantage in the cloud

Physics World

The latest experiment, which involves taking measurements that correspond to drawing a sample from a distribution, takes Xanadu’s Borealis 36 microseconds per sample, whereas the team estimate it would take 9000 years for the world’s fastest supercomputer to model the same experiment using the best known algorithms.

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Global AI Regulation: Canadian Edition

Arnold Porter

An AI system is defined as “a technological system that autonomously or partly autonomously, processes data related to human activities through the use of a genetic algorithm, a neural network, machine learning or another technique in order to generate content or make decisions, recommendations or predictions.”

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4 articles you need to check out on the future of building engineering

Frontiers

He noted that while ML algorithms have been shown to increase design diversity, data requirements will continue to be a limiting factor, particularly in the structural engineering field. Predicting the response of laminated composite beams: A comparison of machine learning algorithms. Article link : [link].

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Study of 1,000 selfies helps explain how we use them to communicate

Frontiers

To avoid tiring participants, they used an algorithm to select 15 random selfies for each participant to review, ensuring that every selfie was evaluated by roughly the same number of people and that each person saw a variety of selfies. “We The 1,001 selfies remaining were presented at a standard size, on a plain grey background.