Artificial Intelligence #105

Hey, in this issue: get the squirrels off one's birdfeeder with AI; researchers build AI that builds AI; a robot has operated on a pig without human help; ML and NLP research highlights of 2021; how one person can control a swarm of 130 robots; can Wikipedia help offline reinforcement learning; and more.

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• [Project] Squirrel Soaker 9000: get the squirrels off one's birdfeeder with artificial intelligence (video, blog)
• Researchers build AI that builds AI
• A robot has operated on a pig without human help
• [MIT] Deploying machine learning to improve mental health
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• ML and NLP research highlights of 2021
• [Wired] Google hopes AI can turn search into a conversation
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• [PopSci] An inside look at how one person can control a swarm of 130 robots
• [Paper with code] Can Wikipedia help offline reinforcement learning? (paper, code)

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