A 4 post collection
The barbell effect of machine learning | TechCrunch
As revolutionary as machine learning will be, its impact will be highly asymmetric. While most machine learning algorithms, libraries and tools are in the public domain and computing power is a widely available commodity, data ownership is highly concentrated.
The best article I’ve read on the positive and negative effects of machine learning and AI proliferation.
TensorFlow is Google's new AI software
This is Business Insider’s report on this code. I’m sure there are compelling reasons for Google to open source this code, but still, you have to respect them for making it available.
The dawn of artificial intelligence | The Economist
Pretty good piece on AI, which also has some good suggestions on how to carefully handle the tech. Reading this also makes me wonder how free-market-at-all-cost believers would react to government regulation of AI systems.