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The mountain range and the heat bath

14 July 2023Book ReviewsAI, artificial intelligenceNick Dunbar

Is there another book left to be written about AI? The second of a two-part series.

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How generative AI made Nvidia a giant of the S&P 500

5 May 2023Risk Commentary, TechnologyAI, artificial intelligence, equities, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, OpenAI, semiconductorsNick Dunbar

11 years ago, Geoff Hinton and two grad students used a pair of GPU chips to win an image classification contest. Now these chips are powering the generative AI boom and have doubled Nvidia’s market cap.

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The Book of Why

14 October 2018Book Reviewsartificial intelligence, Bayesian probability, scienceNick Dunbar

Judea Pearl’s causal modelling and a critique of AI

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Did Bayes’ theorem kill a woman in Arizona?

23 March 2018Technologyartificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, Google, UberNick Dunbar

The death of a pedestrian hit by an Uber self-driving car highlights the need to understand the decision-making of autonomous vehicles. The story goes back 17 years to when the technology was first refined.

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Artificial intelligence: boom or bubble?

1 April 2016Articles, Technologyartificial intelligenceNick Dunbar

Artificial intelligence is booming and technology companies are pouring billions into AI research. But has AI really got to a take off point, and what does the history of the field have to tell us about the prospects for success?

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