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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In putting together <a href="http://statelibraryeclips.wordpress.com/">
eClips</a>, I occasionally run across items that I think might be of interest to the research community. I am happy to pass along.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br>
As always, let the State Library know if we can be of assistance.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. Awash With Data, Now What?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. Artificial Intelligence – Too Smart for its Own Good?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. Free Ivy League Courses<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">1.</span> <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">So, you’ve got data……loads of it</span>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But…… what do you do if you don’t have enough labor to analyze it?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Oregon Awash With Cannabis Data, But With Few To Analyze It<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-cannabis-marijuana-tracking-data-olcc-colorado-washington/">https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-cannabis-marijuana-tracking-data-olcc-colorado-washington/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">2.</span> <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Maybe AI can be the answer to our problems?</span>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Well, kinda….but AI might find its own way and it might not exactly be what we want.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From the Washington Post’s Science update<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">“</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#2A2A2A">Thanks to neural network expert
<a href="https://s2.washingtonpost.com/67b007/5ae9fcadfe1ff64f2511408e/amVycnkudy5jdXJyeUBzdGF0ZS5vci51cw%3D%3D/5/44/cd7c66b44149734b71ca82f9c8dddcb3">
<span style="color:#005B88;text-decoration:none">Janelle Shane</span></a>, who pointed it out on Twitter, I recently stumbled across
<a href="https://s2.washingtonpost.com/67b008/5ae9fcadfe1ff64f2511408e/amVycnkudy5jdXJyeUBzdGF0ZS5vci51cw%3D%3D/6/44/cd7c66b44149734b71ca82f9c8dddcb3">
<span style="color:#005B88;text-decoration:none">this fascinating collection of anecdotes</span></a> from three dozen computer scientists. They argue that machine learning algorithms — computer programs that figure out how to solve problems through trial and
error — can be creative too.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#2A2A2A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:#2A2A2A">Among their examples:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">A robot that was supposed to evolve to move as fast as possible didn't develop legs or wheels; it learned to somersault. “Evolution discovers that it is simpler to design tall creatures that
fall strategically than it is to uncover active locomotion strategies,” the researchers wrote.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2A2A2A;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">A computer program designed to automatically fix a buggy sorting algorithm found a simple — if unhelpful — solution to the problem: it short-circuited the buggy program, deleting the contents
of the lists it was supposed to sort. If there are no items on a list, it can't be out of order!<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#2A2A2A;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:24.0pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif">And algorithm tasked with figuring out how to use the minimum amount of force needed to land a plane reached a solution unexpectedly fast. When researchers took a closer look, they realized that
the algorithm was instead applying forces too large for the system to handle, causing it to register as a “zero.” As Shane wrote, “The pilot would die but, hey, perfect score.”<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">The “fascinating collection of anecdotes” is available at:
<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.03453.pdf?wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1">https://arxiv.org/pdf/1803.03453.pdf?wpisrc=nl_science&wpmm=1</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">3.</span>
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">300 Ivy League Online Courses You Can Take for Free</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Take a look at: <a href="https://statelibraryeclips.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/eclips-tip-looking-to-acquire-skills-300-free-ivy-league-online-courses-you-can-take-for-free/">
https://statelibraryeclips.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/eclips-tip-looking-to-acquire-skills-300-free-ivy-league-online-courses-you-can-take-for-free/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There may be a number of courses that might be of interest to the group.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Until next time,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Jerry<o:p></o:p></p>
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