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Detecting when an AI model is uncertain of its prediction helps improve it
By Moein Shariatnia | Sep 13, 2024
New AI tools and models are being developed every day, though many of them feature a great deal of uncertainty. Quantifying and detecting this uncertainty goes a long way toward ensuring that AI is more reliable and trustworthy, argues AI and ML expert Moein Shariatnia.
Generative AI is a boon for business schools, not a blight
There is much concern about students’ growing reliance on generative AI to help them with homework and overall learning, but many business schools are showing how the benefits may outweigh the drawbacks, argue Lily Bi of AACSB International and Alain Goudey of the NEOMA Business School.
Is AI a tool, a sentient entity, or some combination of the two?
In this episode of the Delta Dialog, The Yuan contributor Tomoko Mitsuoka shares her insights into responsible AI development, the importance of educating the public on AI, and the challenges of balancing technological innovation with social values.
Machine learning is making it easier to identify cell types from single cell data
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is an advanced technique for measuring the transcriptome of every cell. After extracting scRNA-seq data, computational methods then detect cell types for each extracted sequence. In this article, Dr Sara Moein explains the role of machine learning in cell type identification.
If AI governance is to be successful, AI assurance must play a key role
AI assurance verifies whether or not AI systems comply with legal rules and regulations. While a legal framework governing the use of AI makes sense, such a regime must be enforceable to make a real difference, argues AI writer and entrepreneur Ana Chubinidze.
Views of AI ethics and regulation are influenced by religion and culture
This week’s episode of the Delta Dialog examines AI from a cultural and ethical perspective. Tomoko Mitsuoka, AI ethicist and contributor for The Yuan, shares her unique insights, grounded in both Japanese and Western viewpoints, to explain how different beliefs influence the perception and development of AI.
Stay tuned for The Yuan’s brain science themed webinar this July!The Yuan recently ran a three-week series of articles from April 1 to April 19, with topics examining the intersection of neuroscience and AI. The series was a great success and will be followed up in July by a webinar featuring some of the series’ outstanding contributors.
Are AI solutions in healthcare cost-effective and financially viable?A common complaint about AI in healthcare is that the tech is inefficient and too costly for widespread implementation. Radiologist and medical executive Gustavo Meirelles takes a closer look at how AI is already transforming the industry, as well as its promise going forward.
If AI governance is to be successful, AI assurance must play a key role
AI assurance verifies whether or not AI systems comply with legal rules and regulations. While a legal framework governing the use of AI makes sense, such a regime must be enforceable to make a real difference, argues AI writer and entrepreneur Ana Chubinidze.
AI may be default ‘kingmaker’ this year in biggest-ever worldwide elections
While AI’s presence in elections has some benefits, such as connecting with voters, these are vastly outweighed by drawbacks such as widespread disinformation. Governments and AI companies are also not doing enough to combat the problem, argues The Yuan’s contributor Ben Armour.
Prof Robert Skidelsky shares thoughts on Keynes, AI, and the future of work
The Yuan recently sat down with Robert Skidelsky, a member of the British House of Lords and Professor Emeritus of Political Economy at Warwick University, for his thoughts on some of the world’s most pressing issues, including the future of AI, work, government policy, and more.
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Cognition
Companies should do more to encourage employees to be excited about AI
As AI continues driving wholesale change, ordinary employees and others who might lose out naturally resist such upheaval. The situation is not all bad, however, and perceptions might change if workers became more aware of reasons to be excited, argues strategy Prof Timo Vuori.
Cognition
An AI apocalypse may seem inevitable, but can still be prevented
Fears of being rendered obsolete by machines or other new tech have lurked for hundreds of years, but are now resurfacing as AI becomes ever more sophisticated. Such jitters proved overblown in the past, but could this time be different? Prof Robert Skidelsky weighs in.
Cognition
Creator tweaks LLM ‘Hallucination Detector’ to better flag confabulations
A ‘Hallucination Detector’ is 60% spot-on at flagging LLM phantasms, says AI and ML researcher Lloyd Watts, PhD, founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist at Neocortix and Audience, who is redoubling his efforts to fine tune the program (republished with permission from a LinkedIn post).
Cognition
Looking ahead, OpenAI’s got 9.9 problems, and Twitch ain’t one
While late 2022 and 2023 were heady times for ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI, the AI darling faces many serious challenges in 2024 as its momentum slows and cracks in its business model become more apparent, argues best-selling AI author, entrepreneur, and professor Gary Marcus.
Post-pandemic
How different countries leveraged the power of AI to navigate COVID-19
This first part of a series explores how AI helped the world weather COVID-19 and at least partially cushion its impact. While the pandemic exposed many shortcomings, it also shed light on future improvements. Biomedical engineer and med-tech innovator Anjali Rajan presents a glimpse into popular AI applications in pandemic management deployed by five countries.
Post-pandemic
Lessons learned during the pandemic must never be forgotten
As the COVID-19 pandemic fades into the past, people are eager to put it behind them and move on with their lives. However, the lessons taught by the pandemic must be remembered to prevent such a disaster from happening again.
Post-pandemic
Deep learning is a great tool for automatically detecting COVID-19
Intelligent methods help medical professionals detect and diagnose COVID-19 more quickly and so expedite treatment for patients suffering from severe cases, as ear, nose, and throat specialist Dr Mehrnaz Ataei and genetic and healthcare ML developer Dr Sara Moein succinctly explain.
Post-pandemic
A viable path out of the pandemic is crucial
Most people now act as if COVID-19 is over, yet the virus remains active and dangerous. The limited ability of current vaccines and drugs to prevent infection or treat long-COVID means much more must be done before the threat posed by this pathogen is truly a thing of the past.
Game-changers
Generative AI is a boon for business schools, not a blight
There is much concern about students’ growing reliance on generative AI to help them with homework and overall learning, but many business schools are showing how the benefits may outweigh the drawbacks, argue Lily Bi of AACSB International and Alain Goudey of the NEOMA Business School.
Game-changers
Machine learning is making it easier to identify cell types from single cell data
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is an advanced technique for measuring the transcriptome of every cell. After extracting scRNA-seq data, computational methods then detect cell types for each extracted sequence. In this article, Dr Sara Moein explains the role of machine learning in cell type identification.
Game-changers
Biomarkers, wearables, and LLMs are redefining health and longevity
This episode of the Delta Dialog discusses the rapidly evolving fields of personalized health, the integration of AI, and the future of healthcare. Biomarkers, wearable devices, and large language models like BioGPT are transforming how the world approaches health and longevity.
Game-changers
Oxford Drug Design leads the charge for an AI-powered cancer cure
A cancer cure once seemed like an ambitious yet distant dream. However, companies like Oxford Drug Design are transforming this dream into reality. The Yuan contributor, Oladimeji Ewumi, explores this exciting development in a recent interview, revealing how the landscape is changing for the better.
Emerging markets
AI in DubAI: Dubai is becoming a premier global center for advanced tech
Dubai, one of the world’s most advanced and international cities, also happens to contain ‘AI’ in its name - which is quite fitting given the importance of this futuristic metropolis as a global tech hub. Digital transformation and AI expert Semih Kumluk has more.
Emerging markets
Innovation and Collaboration Take Center Stage at Reuters Pharma Conference 2024
The Reuters pharma conference is a central platform for pharma executives, patient advocacy groups, and other healthcare experts to share insights, exchange ideas, and be informed about evolving trends within the pharma industry, reports The Yuan contributor Oladimeji Ewumi.
Emerging markets
Warren Buffett strikes a gloomy note over AI at his company’s annual confab
Warren Buffett, the éminence grise of investment, took the occasion of his company shareholders’ meeting to air his views on AI - part upbeat and part desponding. Though concededly no AI maven, Buffet’s remarks made waves nonetheless as he voiced his hopes and fears for the tech.
Emerging markets
Market power is permanent even with intense technological competition
Contrary to what one might think, the competition and ceaseless innovation that are hallmarks of today’s globalized, digital, hyperconnected world are actually increasing and entrenching market power for large, established players, argues Stanford economics prof Mordecai Kurz.
Domain knowledge
The intersection of AI and healthcare is dynamic and ever evolving
This episode of the Delta Dialog explores the dynamic intersection of AI and healthcare. The Yuan contributor Dr Ahmad Nazzal shares his journey from his early fascination with science and computers to his current work in digital health and AI, particularly in radiology and neuroscience.
Domain knowledge
Writing, editing AI-related content comes with many challenges
This episode of the Delta Dialog examines the challenges and opportunities of writing and editing AI-related content, the intersection of AI and linguistics, and ethical considerations in AI research from the perspective of Jack Kotin, one of The Yuan's editors..
Domain knowledge
GenAI Falls Short in Easing Physician Burnout, Study Shows
GenAI is one of the world’s most recently hyped technological developments and boasts impressive achievements. However, it falls short in critical areas, notably in its inability to significantly alleviate physician burnout, reports health writer and AI expert Oladimeji Ewumi.
Domain knowledge
AI improves understanding of diet-gut microbiome interactions, gut health
The human gut microbiome has a huge impact on health and how prone people are to contracting illness, which means that efforts to use AI to make healthcare better and more personalized are incomplete unless they incorporate this field, argues cell biology expert Martina Rossi.
Generic
Is AI a tool, a sentient entity, or some combination of the two?
In this episode of the Delta Dialog, The Yuan contributor Tomoko Mitsuoka shares her insights into responsible AI development, the importance of educating the public on AI, and the challenges of balancing technological innovation with social values.
Generic
Views of AI ethics and regulation are influenced by religion and culture
This week’s episode of the Delta Dialog examines AI from a cultural and ethical perspective. Tomoko Mitsuoka, AI ethicist and contributor for The Yuan, shares her unique insights, grounded in both Japanese and Western viewpoints, to explain how different beliefs influence the perception and development of AI.
Generic
AI can be a force for good that powers sustainable development, but how?
For those who fret that AI heralds an apocalyptic end to society in its current form, a powerful counterargument is that society cannot be preserved or improved without AI playing an outsized role. AI expert Simone Castello examines why this is indeed the case.
Generic
Both AI and human-driven community issues are delivering better healthcare
This Delta Dialog episode features an intriguing chat with Marcus Ranney, MD, a seasoned veteran in the healthcare and tech sectors. He shares insights from his diverse career, from expeditions in extreme environments, to work with NASA, to his current focus on longevity science.
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Community
Companies should do more to encourage employees to be excited about AI
As AI continues driving wholesale change, ordinary employees and others who might lose out naturally resist such upheaval. The situation is not all bad, however, and perceptions might change if workers became more aware of reasons to be excited, argues strategy Prof Timo Vuori.
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May 31, 2024
An AI apocalypse may seem inevitable, but can still be prevented
Fears of being rendered obsolete by machines or other new tech have lurked for hundreds of years, but are now resurfacing as AI becomes ever more sophisticated. Such jitters proved overblown in the past, but could this time be different? Prof Robert Skidelsky weighs in.
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May 29, 2024
Creator tweaks LLM ‘Hallucination Detector’ to better flag confabulations
A ‘Hallucination Detector’ is 60% spot-on at flagging LLM phantasms, says AI and ML researcher Lloyd Watts, PhD, founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist at Neocortix and Audience, who is redoubling his efforts to fine tune the program (republished with permission from a LinkedIn post).
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May 17, 2024
Looking ahead, OpenAI’s got 9.9 problems, and Twitch ain’t one
While late 2022 and 2023 were heady times for ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI, the AI darling faces many serious challenges in 2024 as its momentum slows and cracks in its business model become more apparent, argues best-selling AI author, entrepreneur, and professor Gary Marcus.
|
Apr 23, 2024
How different countries leveraged the power of AI to navigate COVID-19
This first part of a series explores how AI helped the world weather COVID-19 and at least partially cushion its impact. While the pandemic exposed many shortcomings, it also shed light on future improvements. Biomedical engineer and med-tech innovator Anjali Rajan presents a glimpse into popular AI applications in pandemic management deployed by five countries.
|
Sep 18, 2023
Lessons learned during the pandemic must never be forgotten
As the COVID-19 pandemic fades into the past, people are eager to put it behind them and move on with their lives. However, the lessons taught by the pandemic must be remembered to prevent such a disaster from happening again.
|
Jun 06, 2023
Deep learning is a great tool for automatically detecting COVID-19
Intelligent methods help medical professionals detect and diagnose COVID-19 more quickly and so expedite treatment for patients suffering from severe cases, as ear, nose, and throat specialist Dr Mehrnaz Ataei and genetic and healthcare ML developer Dr Sara Moein succinctly explain.
|
May 24, 2023
A viable path out of the pandemic is crucial
Most people now act as if COVID-19 is over, yet the virus remains active and dangerous. The limited ability of current vaccines and drugs to prevent infection or treat long-COVID means much more must be done before the threat posed by this pathogen is truly a thing of the past.
|
Apr 05, 2023
Generative AI is a boon for business schools, not a blight
There is much concern about students’ growing reliance on generative AI to help them with homework and overall learning, but many business schools are showing how the benefits may outweigh the drawbacks, argue Lily Bi of AACSB International and Alain Goudey of the NEOMA Business School.
|
Sep 10, 2024
Machine learning is making it easier to identify cell types from single cell data
Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is an advanced technique for measuring the transcriptome of every cell. After extracting scRNA-seq data, computational methods then detect cell types for each extracted sequence. In this article, Dr Sara Moein explains the role of machine learning in cell type identification.
|
Sep 03, 2024
Biomarkers, wearables, and LLMs are redefining health and longevity
This episode of the Delta Dialog discusses the rapidly evolving fields of personalized health, the integration of AI, and the future of healthcare. Biomarkers, wearable devices, and large language models like BioGPT are transforming how the world approaches health and longevity.
|
Aug 20, 2024
Oxford Drug Design leads the charge for an AI-powered cancer cure
A cancer cure once seemed like an ambitious yet distant dream. However, companies like Oxford Drug Design are transforming this dream into reality. The Yuan contributor, Oladimeji Ewumi, explores this exciting development in a recent interview, revealing how the landscape is changing for the better.
|
Jul 23, 2024
AI in DubAI: Dubai is becoming a premier global center for advanced tech
Dubai, one of the world’s most advanced and international cities, also happens to contain ‘AI’ in its name - which is quite fitting given the importance of this futuristic metropolis as a global tech hub. Digital transformation and AI expert Semih Kumluk has more.
|
Jul 18, 2024
Innovation and Collaboration Take Center Stage at Reuters Pharma Conference 2024
The Reuters pharma conference is a central platform for pharma executives, patient advocacy groups, and other healthcare experts to share insights, exchange ideas, and be informed about evolving trends within the pharma industry, reports The Yuan contributor Oladimeji Ewumi.
|
Jun 04, 2024
Warren Buffett strikes a gloomy note over AI at his company’s annual confab
Warren Buffett, the éminence grise of investment, took the occasion of his company shareholders’ meeting to air his views on AI - part upbeat and part desponding. Though concededly no AI maven, Buffet’s remarks made waves nonetheless as he voiced his hopes and fears for the tech.
|
May 09, 2024
Market power is permanent even with intense technological competition
Contrary to what one might think, the competition and ceaseless innovation that are hallmarks of today’s globalized, digital, hyperconnected world are actually increasing and entrenching market power for large, established players, argues Stanford economics prof Mordecai Kurz.
|
Mar 05, 2024
The intersection of AI and healthcare is dynamic and ever evolving
This episode of the Delta Dialog explores the dynamic intersection of AI and healthcare. The Yuan contributor Dr Ahmad Nazzal shares his journey from his early fascination with science and computers to his current work in digital health and AI, particularly in radiology and neuroscience.
|
Jul 16, 2024
Writing, editing AI-related content comes with many challenges
This episode of the Delta Dialog examines the challenges and opportunities of writing and editing AI-related content, the intersection of AI and linguistics, and ethical considerations in AI research from the perspective of Jack Kotin, one of The Yuan's editors..
|
Jul 09, 2024
GenAI Falls Short in Easing Physician Burnout, Study Shows
GenAI is one of the world’s most recently hyped technological developments and boasts impressive achievements. However, it falls short in critical areas, notably in its inability to significantly alleviate physician burnout, reports health writer and AI expert Oladimeji Ewumi.
|
Jul 04, 2024
AI improves understanding of diet-gut microbiome interactions, gut health
The human gut microbiome has a huge impact on health and how prone people are to contracting illness, which means that efforts to use AI to make healthcare better and more personalized are incomplete unless they incorporate this field, argues cell biology expert Martina Rossi.
|
Jul 03, 2024
Is AI a tool, a sentient entity, or some combination of the two?
In this episode of the Delta Dialog, The Yuan contributor Tomoko Mitsuoka shares her insights into responsible AI development, the importance of educating the public on AI, and the challenges of balancing technological innovation with social values.
|
Sep 05, 2024
Views of AI ethics and regulation are influenced by religion and culture
This week’s episode of the Delta Dialog examines AI from a cultural and ethical perspective. Tomoko Mitsuoka, AI ethicist and contributor for The Yuan, shares her unique insights, grounded in both Japanese and Western viewpoints, to explain how different beliefs influence the perception and development of AI.
|
Aug 29, 2024
AI can be a force for good that powers sustainable development, but how?
For those who fret that AI heralds an apocalyptic end to society in its current form, a powerful counterargument is that society cannot be preserved or improved without AI playing an outsized role. AI expert Simone Castello examines why this is indeed the case.
|
Aug 14, 2024
Both AI and human-driven community issues are delivering better healthcare
This Delta Dialog episode features an intriguing chat with Marcus Ranney, MD, a seasoned veteran in the healthcare and tech sectors. He shares insights from his diverse career, from expeditions in extreme environments, to work with NASA, to his current focus on longevity science.
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Aug 13, 2024
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