Baidu = A Hundred Times (or Countless Times)

I am gathering materials for AI. Taking some time away from Sukuk for a while.  Baidu is a search engine similar to Google, but focus on China. The content of the article below is produced by Baidu, re-posted by MIT Technology Review.

According to the article - The 5 AI Developments:

1. AI and vaccine

2. Robotaxis & Fully automated cars.

3. Applied natural language processing.

4. Quantum computing.

5. AI chips.

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Defining Creativity

Excerpt from the article.

"In October 2018 the British auction house Christie’s became the first to sell a work of art created by an algorithm.

The painting, Portrait of Edmond Belamy, was sold for $432,500, which was much more than anyone had been expecting. This groundbreaking sale created some controversy, not least in the AI art world itself."

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Potret of Edmond Belamy. The following information is cnp from Google Search:

"The Belamy series was created via machine learning by the Paris-based arts collective known as “Obvious.” They fed thousands of portraits into an algorithm, effectively teaching the machine portraiture techniques of the 18th century. The result was a series of 11 images known as the fictional “La Famille de Belamy.”

10 Millions of Happy (and Sad) Data

Come across this article - with the subtitle as aboved - when researching data on Dataconomy site.

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AI Language Translator

In 2013, I went to Greece for a conference with my son. Due to the language barrier, he observed: "Why didn't someone invent an apps that can automatically translate what we say in our language (Malay) to Greek?"

This post is dedicated to him. He is an engineer now, soon to complete his master's in Mechanical Engineering. More on the AI Language Translator here.

Excerpt:

"As Doctor Netaya Lotze says – “Artificial intelligence is on the rise…However, some key criteria still need to be met before it can serve as a substitute for a real-life language teacher: spontaneity, creativity and shared knowledge.”

Our advice? Don’t forget about your English classes yet, but make sure you have your phone on hand for those difficult moments, just in case."

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Fatwa Pujangga (in Malay)

Found this. This is a song, with poetic lyrics. Cover by Faul LIDA is heart-warming.

Image credit: Aku Langit.

https://www.sherrina.com/2017/05/14/sejarah-lagu-fatwa-pujangga/

The Misery Index

First introduced in 1960s by Arthur Okun. Misery Index = inflation + unemployment. The index is a metric of well-being from an economic perspective. A new version is introduced by Hanke.

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The Lambda Covid-19 Variant

The Lambda variant, or the "C.37" has been spreading rapidly in South America, particularly in Peru where the earliest documented samples of the virus date from August 2020. More in the article here.

Stay safe, everyone.

 

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