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Meta’s new learning algorithm can teach AI to multi-task
Data2vec is part of a big trend in AI toward models that can learn to understand the world in more than one way. “It’s a clever idea,” says Ani Kembhavi at the Allen Institute for AI in Seattle, who works on vision and language. “It’s a promising advance when it comes to generalized systems for learning.” An important caveat is that although the same learning algorithm can be used for different skills, it can only learn one skill at a time. Once it has learned to recognize images, it must start from scratch to learn to recognize speech. Giving an … Read More
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Tonga struggles with ash, psychological trauma after eruption and tsunami
Families have prevented children from playing outside as Tonga struggles to deal with the ash and psychological effects of last week’s volcanic eruption and tsunami, aid workers and local residents said. Telephone service interrupted. The Red Cross said it was providing 173 households on the main island of Tonga not only with tents, food, water and toilets but also comforts. “Right now everyone is still having issues,” said Drew Havea, vice president of the Tonga Red Cross. Because of the ashes, “families make sure their kids aren’t playing outside, that everyone is inside,” he said. Although some residents of the … Read More
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