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Researcher explores visual media through the lens of machine vision
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Researcher explores visual media through the lens of machine vision

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Large visual collections, such as paintings, photographs, drawings, and other forms of visual media, offer valuable insights into historical...

Hidden labor of computer history explored by researcher
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Hidden labor of computer history explored by researcher

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Computer history is not only a history of machines but also of politics, culture, language—and human work. Julia Ravanis’...

PhD researcher focuses on clean energy justice for underserved communities
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PhD researcher focuses on clean energy justice for underserved communities

Emmanuel Taiwo’s doctoral dissertation, at U of T Scarborough’s IMPACT Lab, examines clean energy innovations and access to energy retrofits in underserved Greater...

Researcher discusses the ‘cruel optimism’ of tech industry layoffs
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Researcher discusses the ‘cruel optimism’ of tech industry layoffs

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In 2022, after decades of booming growth, technology companies in the United States began to lay off droves of...

AI meets the conditions for having free will—we need to give it a moral compass, says researcher
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AI meets the conditions for having free will—we need to give it a moral compass, says researcher

Credit: Photos Hobby, Unsplash AI is advancing at such speed that speculative moral questions, once the province of science fiction, are suddenly real...

News media must reinvent their watchdog role, says researcher
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News media must reinvent their watchdog role, says researcher

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Big Tech companies such as Amazon, Apple, Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft have deeply embedded themselves into every aspect of...

What is reinforcement learning? An AI researcher explains a key method of teaching machines
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What is reinforcement learning? An AI researcher explains a key method of teaching machines

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Understanding intelligence and creating intelligent machines are grand scientific challenges of our times. The ability to learn from experience...

Fashion and tech now intertwined, researcher argues
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Fashion and tech now intertwined, researcher argues

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fashion is found on runways, shop windows and the accounts of social media influencers. Until recently, Varun Grover, Distinguished...

Apple’s missteps highlight risks of AI producing automated headlines, researcher says
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Apple’s missteps highlight risks of AI producing automated headlines, researcher says

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain “Luigi Mangione shoots himself,” read the BBC News headline. Except Mangione, the man charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive...