AI for Algorithms, Chemical Weapons, Zelenskyy Deepfake, Border Control

<p>Our 90th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!</p> <p>Outline:</p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">(00:00) Intro</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Applications & Business <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">(1:10) <a href='https://www.quantamagazine.org/machine-learning-reimagines-the-building-blocks-of-computing-20220315/'>Machine Learning Reimagines the Building Blocks of Computing</a> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(5:50) <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/16/lonely-elderly-companion-ai-device/'>Meet ElliQ, the robot who wants to keep Grandma company</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(10:52) Lightning Round </li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Research & Advancements <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">(12:24) <a href='https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/17/22983197/ai-new-possible-chemical-weapons-generative-models-vx'>AI suggested 40,000 new possible chemical weapons in just six hours</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(14:15) <a href='https://synced.medium.com/meta-ais-sparse-all-mlp-model-doubles-training-efficiency-compared-to-transformers-a6cf633ea6cf'>Meta AI’s Sparse All-MLP Model Doubles Training Efficiency Compared to Transformers</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(16:15) Lightning Round</li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Society & Ethics <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">(17:33) <a href='https://www.techtarget.com/searchenterpriseai/feature/AI-and-disinformation-in-the-Russia-Ukraine-war'>AI and disinformation in the Russia-Ukraine war</a>  + <a href='https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/03/16/deepfake-zelenskyy-surrender-video-is-the-first-intentionally-used-in-ukraine-war'>Deepfake Zelenskyy surrender video is the 'first intentionally used' in Ukraine war</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">(19:28) <a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/03/11/mexico-border-surveillance-towers/'>Powered by artificial intelligence, ‘autonomous’ border towers test Democrats’ support for surveillance technolog