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Artificial intelligence
Search and data structures
Remember our search algorithm trip to the beach? If not check out the next tweet in this thread. Our trip can be represented as a graph. What's a graph? It's a data structure used by algorithms to do smart things.
Plan...Search...Repeat
Suppose we're going on a trip to the beach. It's 500 km away, with two stops: one at a petting zoo and one at a pizza restaurant. We will sleep at a lodge close to the beach on arrival and partake in three activities. The trip to the destination will take approximately 8 hours...
The Turing test and sci-fi
The Turing test was created by Alan Turing in the 1950s to examine a machine's ability to exhibit human-level intelligent behaviour. He called it the imitation game. Here's what it's all about.
Read my book, Grokking Artificial Intelligence Algorithms
I wrote Grokking Artificial Intelligence Algorithms. The book is a fully-illustrated and interactive tutorial guide to the different approaches and algorithms that underpin AI.
AI algorithm families
Different families of algorithms solve different problems. We don't necessarily need to be experts in the details of each one, but having a grasp on what problems they can solve, and how they generally work, equips us with more tools when making decisions.
AI: Where we've come from, and where we are
History is filled with myths of "mechanical men" and "autonomous thinking” machines. Looking back, we’re standing on the shoulders of giants in everything we do. Here's a brief look back at some AI history.
Algorithms are like recipes
Algorithms are like a pita bread recipe. There's a problem being solved (making good pita bread), ingredients required (pieces of input), a sequence of steps to follow (recipe instructions), and the resulting output, in this case, pita bread of a certain quality.
Data is everywhere
Data is defined as "information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined, considered and used to help decision-making". We're unconsciously using data all the time.
Intelligence is a mystery
Intelligence is a mystery - the more you learn, the more questions you have. Scientists, philosophers, and engineers all have different opinions about the phenomena that are both esoteric to some and seemingly simple to others. How do we build AI without knowing what the I is?...
Basics of Genetic Algorithms
Charles Darwin proposed a theory of evolution that centers on natural selection. Natural selection is the concept that stronger members of a population are more likely to survive
Neural Networks: A Primer @ NDC Porto
The Nature of AI Algorithms @ RubyFuZA Cape Town
Neural Networks: A Primer @ NDC Sydney
How to set up the Intel Movidius Neural Compute Stick
Artificial Intelligence in Perspective
Neural Networks: A Primer @ DevConf Johannesburg
