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Keeping an Eye on AI with Dr. Kate Crawford
Episode 14, February 28, 2018 – Today, Dr. Crawford talks about both the promises and the problems of AI; why— when it comes to data – bigger isn’t necessarily better; and how – even in an era of increasingly complex…
In the news | Microsoft Research Podcast
Keeping an Eye on AI with Dr. Kate Crawford
Dr. Kate Crawford talks about both the promises and the problems of AI; whyâ when it comes to data â bigger isnât necessarily better; and how we can adopt AI design principles that empower people to shape their technical tools…
In the news | Nautilus
How to Understand Extreme Numbers
Dan Goldstein, principal researcher, and Jake Hofman, senior researcher, have been running experiments to see what kinds of contextual clues help people grasp the meaning of large quantities like distances, dollar amounts, population sizes, and more.
In the news | Microsoft The AI Blog
‘Aha, now I get it!’ Microsoft is building technology to put numbers in perspective
When people in the United States ask Microsoft’s search engine Bing how big Syria is, they learn the country is 71,498 square miles and about equal to the size of Florida. When they ask Bing how many calories are in…
‘Contextual bandit’ breakthrough enables deeper personalization
| Miro Dudík
News portals that simultaneously personalize every part of the landing page for every visitor and mobile health apps that adaptively tweak every part of an exercise regimen to maximize the benefit of every user are becoming plausible due to an…
Opportunities abound in the creative and collaborative culture of STEM
| Jennifer Chayes
The explosion of data available today everywhere from biomedicine to the arts is opening new opportunities for researchers with backgrounds in science, technology, engineering and math to pursue creative and collaborative endeavors that have deep societal impact. My research has…
In the news | The AI Blog
Divide and conquer: How Microsoft researchers used AI to master Ms. Pac-Man
Microsoft researchers have created an artificial intelligence-based system that learned how to get the maximum score on the addictive 1980s video game Ms. Pac-Man, using a divide-and-conquer method that could have broad implications…
In the news | The Wall Street Journal
Grasping Giant Numbers Is Far From Second Nature
Microsoft researchers have developed templates that use ratios, ranks, and unit changes to make large numbers easier to understand; a method that helps inform Bing search results.
In the news | The Wall Street Journal
It’s Time for a Revolution in Investor Disclosures
Microsoft researchers have shown that numbers become much easier to grasp — and remember — when the words “to put this in perspective” are coupled with a familiar reference.