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Do You Like AI, Hackathons, and Lectures?Archive 2019
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Do You Like AI, Hackathons, and Lectures?

Are you from Plzeň or the surrounding area? Then come and join us at the Aimtechackathon, where we will have a TechTalk on 9th March on the topic A Brief Introduction to...

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Emotion Detector or How We Defeated IBMArchive 2019
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Emotion Detector or How We Defeated IBM

Time and Space: 26.2.2019, 18:00 – VŠE Žižkov, SB 321 Is artificial intelligence and virtual assistants still a distant future? We invited Honza Tyl to prove otherwise...

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Artificial Intelligence Surprises in Debate CompetitionArchive 2019
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Artificial Intelligence Surprises in Debate Competition

The AI project Debater from IBM recently faced off against a world debate champion.

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Robots Attack, but Only the Budget for Now. The State Fears Losing Tax RevenueArchive 2019
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Robots Attack, but Only the Budget for Now. The State Fears Losing Tax Revenue

Robots are attacking the budget! The state fears that due to robots, it will lose tax revenue and 400,000 jobs. Czech politicians are grappling with the issue of how…

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The Global Race in Robotics: Will Europe Fall Behind the USA and China in Artificial Intelligence?Archive 2019
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The Global Race in Robotics: Will Europe Fall Behind the USA and China in Artificial Intelligence?

“Focusing on the human being” is the cornerstone of the European Union's approach to establishing rules for the use of artificial intelligence. However, some warn that this phrase may...

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Neuron-Digital Connection Will Upload Your Consciousness to a Computer.Archive 2019
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Neuron-Digital Connection Will Upload Your Consciousness to a Computer.

Bzzzzzz …Hmmm. What? The computer is unresponsive. It seems the entire system has frozen. I think the transfer has failed :( No, it will be fine. Source: xkcd.com

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I bring bad news. We have improved the Czech and English emotion detector!Archive 2019
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I bring bad news. We have improved the Czech and English emotion detector!

We have modernised the algorithms, so you can now see which words the neural network places greater weight on (the AI attention button in the bottom right). We also used much larger and more diverse datasets for training...

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Is this your machine for machine learning?Archive 2019
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Is this your machine for machine learning?

Yes! You throw your data onto this great heap of linear algebra, and then answers pop out the other side. What if those answers are wrong?…

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Myths about Data Science Debunked!Archive 2019
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Myths about Data Science Debunked!

Becoming a data scientist is complex. Not only do you need to learn mathematics, statistics, and programming, but you also have to constantly battle the myths you hear around you…

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Web Element – Lecture on AIArchive 2019
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Web Element – Lecture on AI

Are you interested in teaching your computer to understand written text? How we wrote a programme with the capacity of two cockroach brains and defeated IBM with it? How our…

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Artificial Intelligence Manipulates Us. We Are Unable to Understand Why Neural Networks Decide as They Do, Says Professor PěchoučekArchive 2019
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Artificial Intelligence Manipulates Us. We Are Unable to Understand Why Neural Networks Decide as They Do, Says Professor Pěchouček

Professor Michal Pěchouček established the CTU Centre for Artificial Intelligence 18 years ago. Today, he is surrounded by more than a hundred experts, and that number will grow. Last year, he began...

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Doctors Yearn for Surgical Robots Equipped with a Sense of TouchArchive 2019
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Doctors Yearn for Surgical Robots Equipped with a Sense of Touch

Robot-assisted surgeries are the future of medicine. However, current machines still have a significant disadvantage. “Robots offer high-definition imaging and fine control, but I can’t feel if I’m damaging something by pulling on tissues…

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Support for Artificial Intelligence Research Has Doubled. Schools Are the Biggest BeneficiariesArchive 2019
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Support for Artificial Intelligence Research Has Doubled. Schools Are the Biggest Beneficiaries

Support for artificial intelligence research has doubled. Schools are the biggest beneficiaries. We informed you about this and other interesting facts about Czech AI last year. Now...

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Czech Scientists Build the Car of the Future. It Drives on the Road, but the Steering Wheel is Controlled from the OfficeArchive 2019
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Czech Scientists Build the Car of the Future. It Drives on the Road, but the Steering Wheel is Controlled from the Office

In addition to cars that will drive themselves, the future also belongs to vehicles and machines controlled remotely. Czech scientists are working on it. In Brno...

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Chinese Artificial Intelligence Will Become a Tool for the Oppression of People, Warns SorosArchive 2019
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Chinese Artificial Intelligence Will Become a Tool for the Oppression of People, Warns Soros

Chinese artificial intelligence will become a tool for the oppression of people, warns Soros – the American billionaire. The American billionaire, philanthropist, and lobbyist George Soros has accused China and its…

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How Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Our Roads? A Group of Students Translates Theory into PracticeArchive 2019
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How Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Our Roads? A Group of Students Translates Theory into Practice

A group of American students uses TensorFlow and a camera to identify various road damages, such as cracks and potholes. The aim was to teach the programme to quickly locate road damage from footage captured by a camera mounted on the car's bonnet...

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Apple Receives an Invitation to Prague. IBM Wants to Explore Artificial Intelligence HereArchive 2019
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Apple Receives an Invitation to Prague. IBM Wants to Explore Artificial Intelligence Here

In collaboration with IBM, a technology centre focused on artificial intelligence is set to be established in the Czech Republic. The Czech delegation met with IBM Vice President Martin Schroeter on Thursday,…

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The End of Politicians' Lies? Artificial Intelligence Will Soon Be Able to Verify Their Statements in Real TimeArchive 2019
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The End of Politicians' Lies? Artificial Intelligence Will Soon Be Able to Verify Their Statements in Real Time

Scientists from Duke University have created a tool that could find application, for instance, in the American presidential elections in 2020. It should be able to...

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Czech Republic Aims to Break Through in Europe with Artificial Intelligence. Prague Generates Five Times More Experts than Key Montreal, Says ExpertArchive 2019
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Czech Republic Aims to Break Through in Europe with Artificial Intelligence. Prague Generates Five Times More Experts than Key Montreal, Says Expert

At CTU, they are also developing robotic technology that will transport cars from the production line and park them autonomously at Škoda's factories. And the American corporation IBM...

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Emotion Detector in SocietyArchive 2019
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Emotion Detector in Society

It has been exactly 14 days since we asked you which public figure or well-known brand we should assess emotions in the public space. According to…

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Artificial Intelligence and EthicsArchive 2019
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Artificial Intelligence and Ethics

Although the development of AI is still in its early stages, we are already experiencing its real benefits today. It can drive cars, detect financial fraud, translate languages, assist with...

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Gamers Unknowingly Helped China Build a Supermodern Police System Using Artificial IntelligenceArchive 2019
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Gamers Unknowingly Helped China Build a Supermodern Police System Using Artificial Intelligence

The world today brings many surprises. Computer gamers have always demanded excellent performance from their machines and the most faithful representation of increasingly demanding games. The willingness...

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Unsupervised MT - Machine Learning Without a TeacherArchive 2019
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Unsupervised MT - Machine Learning Without a Teacher

It is still more of a concept, with relatively weak results, but I am surprised that it works at all. Let’s take a look at machine translation. Traditionally…

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Publications on Machine Learning and NLP Written in 2018Archive 2019
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Publications on Machine Learning and NLP Written in 2018

In this article, you will find a number of statistical graphs regarding what has been published in this field, in which journals, how much each author has published, and so on.

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