What's up? You're reading Inclined AI. Welcome to March! You’re ⅙ of the way through 2023.

Here's what is on tap today:

• Microsoft drops a Windows update and a huge research paper

• TechCrunch+ says Active Learning is the future

• Image recognition tech is helping teens keep their lives private

• The Writers Guild is trying to protect members for ChatGPT

GOOD MORNING, KOSMOS

Researchers from Microsoft published a new paper called “Language Is Not All You Need: Aligning Perception with Language Models.”

Already lost? I don’t blame you; these papers can be super scientific. Here’s what you need to know:

1/ They’ve created Kosmos-1, a Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM).

This MLLM uses few-shot learning and zero-shot learning to follow instructions. These two concepts mean it can comprehend context better than current models.

2/ We’re witnessing a step toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

This sucker runs on 1.6B parameters and learns through various inputs, including language and visuals. That’s what we mean when we say “multimodal learning.”

3/ Kosmos-1 did great with nonverbal reasoning tests like the Raven IQ test.

Let’s skip the tech talk. Picture this. Your car sputters to a stop, and you’re no mechanic. You get out, open the hood and snap a photo of the engine bay.

Within seconds, an AI powered by an MLLM like Kosmos-1 diagnoses the issue and gives you steps to take. Excuse me; I need to pick my jaw up from the floor.

A Quick Bonus Round…

…is in the cards because Microsoft’s product team updated Windows 11. 

If you’re using Windows, you can soon use Bing Chat straight from the taskbar across all services. It took a year, but the newest Windows is finally cool.

The power of AI is truly at your fingertips if you’re a Windows user. So try it out, and let me know how you like it!

I’m still on Mac…for now. 

THE NEXT BIG THING IN GENERATIVE AI: ACTIVE LEARNING?

I added the question mark like Ron Burgundy because I’m not convinced.

A recent Techcrunch+ article laid out why this burgeoning concept will revolutionize generative AI, and, at the very least, I figured it was worth covering.

Here’s What They Said

Today’s reinforced learning (amongst other strategies) teaches AI using a crap ton of data and computational power. You’re letting the model explore a vast jungle and only giving it directions every few miles.

Right now, technology for machine learning requires lots of GPUs and data labeling.

Active learning is a possible solution. Models learn from prelabeled data and then explore unlabeled data.

The difference is between supervised learning (standard) and semi-supervised learning (active learning). Around 80% of machine learning projects' bandwidth goes to supervised learning.

Imagine a world where that’s not the case, and companies do more with less. Eric Landau, the author of the article above, believes in this future.

Not only that, but he’s willing to bet that the infrastructure for active learning is no longer a hurdle. Many startups can now utilize this strategy to create new generative AI tools that blow away this previous generation.

Once again, the future continues to rush toward us like a high school linebacker running after the ball carrier. Let’s hope it ends a lot better than that metaphor. 

Quick Nuggets

🚗 Waymo is testing driverless cars with employees in LA

🅰️ Ex-Adobe CTO is starting a new marketing generative AI company; raises $65m for it 

🩸 Researchers use AI to help predict cardiovascular disease

🍎 Apple’s machines are apparently better than Microsoft or Google. They’re simply not rushing to release

⏰ Uncontrolled AI is barreling toward us, according to Time Magazine 

🧠 Predicting Alzheimer’s 5 years before diagnosis—AI did that

📢 FTC shoots a warning shot across tech companies, “keep your AI in check”

🍪 AI Chips are an opening many startups are willing to jump on after all this hype

✒️ WGA wants to protect its writers from the rise of ChatGPT

📻 Radio is threatened by the swarm of AI encroaching on its business

🐾 Amazon’s AI system tracks its drivers’ movements. Here’s how

🎓 Students can quote ChatGPT in essays as long as they don’t claim it as their idea

📷 Take It Down is a new tool that uses AI to help kids remove photos they wish they could take back

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Good Content, Lying Cake

I’m lactose intolerant. This image might be the most terrifying thing I’ve seen online. Don’t try this at home, kids.

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